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2010
05
Feb

AVI files, DVD players, 0.99GB and Ubuntu

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DVD Video

Most DVD players now-a-days support the AVI format. So it is highly convenient to watch downloaded content on the TV after burning it to a DVD±RW.
But while playing some downloaded content I observed a pattern. Files which are more than 1GB in size always had a problem with playback.
The playback would take time to start/stop/pause.
In-case i wanted to rewind or skip the file would screw up in that the audio/video lost synchronization.

This pissed me a lot until i thought about it. The answer was very simple. DVD players are made to read VOB files which have a maximum file size of 1GB (1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes). The maximum size that I have seen on DVD is 0.99GB. Hence files with more than 1GB size always posed a playback problem.

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2007
09
Feb

DVD palyers and AVI compatibility

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DVD AVI compatibility

So you got a spanking new DVD player which screams out that its able to play DivX/XviD encoded AVI files. And after burning your favourite movie ona CD/DVD you pop the disk into the DVD player and sit back with a bowl of popkorn and Coke (i feel like i am promoting Coke …yikes!!!) and lo… your DVD player refuses to play the file or the file is played but it’s too jerky..skipping every second . Enters KTP… This will teach you how to re-encode AVI files so that you can make sure they will have maximum compatibility with stand alone players (although absolute compatibility is hard to ensure). Now because DVD players are different, and newer models will play more types of MPEG-4 files, this guide should only be used if you know that your AVI file isn’t standalone compatible (and preferably if you know what types of AVI/MPEG-4 files your DVD player will play). It is very important that you check your DVD player’s documentations or their official website to see if they have any information on AVI/MPEG-4 compatibility.

Now starts the dirty work.

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