AVI video format is not on the list. Does that mean this player can't play .avi videos?
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We regret to inform you that AVI files can not be played back on this player.
1521914
It did, it works beautifully with all formats and believe me I have them all, good luck
2023092
Hi there, almost all kind of videos I've been played on it, mp4, avi, mpg, mkv, flv with no problem. I've used dlna to share the videos from mac and pc. I hope this will help.
250064
It plays only DVD format (I think they call it VR mode), not any other video. It plays MP3 music and displays JPEG. That's it.
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It is not designed as an HDTV player, but if you are playing .avi files you should be able to view them as good as your set can be!
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I play a lot of MP4,and AVI's.........they play well........MKV don't know.........haven't used them..................
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I simply renamed my xvid movie which usually has a .avi file extension to a .mpg file extension. Low and behold, the blu-ray player played it just fine with no conversion necessary. Surprise! (rolls eyes...)
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When I first got my tv, I remember playing video files with it via a usb key. The last time I tried, it did not appear to work, and I recall recreating the files using handbrake or something in different formats, and was never able to make it work. I think I was about to unplug everything else and retry it when I gave up and put it on disk and played it through the blu-ray player. This is the link for my particular tv , which displays a list of the supported video formats. http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201104/20110427083150372/BN68-01691A-02Eng-110427.pdf I took a snap shot, but apparently can't paste or attach via this communication mode. ( sorry ) there were some avi modes listed.
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A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want)
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I've tried a few different video file formats, including some MP4, and it's played them fine from a USB thumb drive. Since the screen itself isn't HD, I haven't tried any HD files in there, but I can verify that up to DVD quality resolution it plays media files just fine.
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Download vlc media player I use this and have never had any problems. It can run almost every video format. Just google vlc media player and it comes up . Then select your operating system and it'll download. If that doesn't work you probably have a problem with your computer.
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I did not try .iso files, however it has had no problem playing .mov,avi,MP4,mkv or divx files. For the price the unit works really nice.
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i can not get my video to play it says not supported i tried to save it different ways but wont work
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Good question, I was looking for that question and saw yours. I have a 500GB that I assume is no problem. I have read it plays some AVI files and not others, depending on codec.
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It depends on the encoding of the .avi file, but in general it does play .avi files. Avi files encoded using DivX will definitely work, others are hit or miss.
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I just tried both avi and mp4 from a flash drive and both were detected but did not play. Bummer
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I can't seem to play DVD's. I load it and I just get a list of files. Do I have to install a media player?
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Sorry - I am not familiar with AVI file types. It works great with regular DVDs.