DVD Players that can play a DVD-ROM with MPEG files?

Hi,

I was just wondering -- same way as many CD/DVD players are able
to play a regular CD-ROM with MP3 files in it (even if the files
are organized in directory hierarchy), I wonder if there are any
commercial DVD players that would understand a DVD-ROM (i.e., a
data DVD) that contains MPEG or AVI files and play them as if it
were a regular DVD? (sounds like a good idea to me).

The thing is, why putting up with DVD-authoring, or VCD/SVCD,
choosing the right type of media, etc.? If the DVD understood
a normal filesystem with MPEG files, then one could use a CD or
a DVD, encode at whatever custom quality settings, and would
have full flexibility (sure, a computer can do that, but it's
less convenient, given that the PC is not necessarily near the
home theater system; and you normally want a DVD player near
the TV anyway)

Carlos
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Many of the cheaper settop players can do that, my <$50
Norcent DP-300 can for example. Some of the new ones
can play MPEG4 files off a DVD or CD. Try a Google.

Luck;
Ken

 

<http://www.videohelp.com/faq#mpegiso>

You wouldn't get menus, subtitles, chapters, etc. that way. "DVDMPEGISO"
is great for archival purposes and for quick dumps but has its limitations.

Ideally, all players would support "DVDMPEGISO" for flexibility purposes.

 

Because, if you only put a mpeg2 file on DVD:

a) you haven't got chapters
b) you cannot select subtitle on/off/language
c) you cannot select type of audio stream
d) no multi-angle view
e) hard to get to the extra content
....

 

There are a few players that support direct .mpg playing. There are
also players (Kiss, Woxter, Philips...) supporting mpeg-4 (DivX,
Xvid...) AVIs. The latter shall also play .mpg files.

It's good to be free of standards, specially in regards of resolution.
But that doesn't mean you shall be able to play any bitrate. There
must be a max bitrate that a given player can successfully play.

Menus, etc. are more a fashion thing than a real necessity.

 

a) so what, you don't have chapters with MP3's
b) unlikely that you will have them
c) probably only have one anyway
d) it's only a home grown mpeg after all
e) not at all true see a) above

 

Philips DVP642 will do this just fine. $69 at amazon.com and walmart.
excellent choice.

 

Well Pete, I'm only explaining why the tech industry is not supporting
mpeg2 file reading on most current DVD players, because the average Jonh
Smith can do shit with the mpeg2 file, just Play&Stop.
But from our point of view, it HAS sense, no question about that.

 

Actually, it's probably just simply easier for them to not support ISO
discs, not because what Joe Smith can and can't do.

It's also about demand. Manufacturers see little demand for the feature, so
they don't rewrite their firmware to support it (which costs money for
development and testing that isn't trivial).

If players with this feature start become best sellers, then you'll see it
become more common. That's why every manufacturer jumped on the MP3
bandwagon - because the first (Apex) players that supported it took off like
wildfire.