It seems like it is dificult to change the DVD, can I rip my DVD:s and put them on an SD card? Will it play ripped movies off an SD Card?
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It depends on the format of the movie once ripped, in the instruction manual it lists several different movie file forma it plays and I have found through trial and error that mp4 format with an mp3 audio set upseems to work the best. If you can choose how you want the ripped file to format while ripping I would do it that way. You can also use a video converter to convert the files to the mp4/mp3 format and that will make the ripped files playable as well. Hope this helps.
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I haven't found a way to get SD or the USB to work for several formats of movies.
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It is a little difficult to change the DVDs, but I have always been able to without a problem. I have not used an SD card yet for it, so I do not know about if it will play them or not.
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You can most definitely play movies on it, I convert everything into .avi files though and noticed that it cannot take full HD, like the very large resolutions even if I thought it would but the lower ones like 480 it can take. But that wasn't a problem for me, there's a free software online you can reduce the size of the movies with. I haven't tried mp4 but the box says it would play. Good luck!
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No, you'll need to "rip" them first with a program like Joboshare DVD Ripper which will create a single "container" file that you can play via the usb port on you TV box or, in my case, I just plug it into my DVD player and select the USB entry button on my remote. The movie files are listed and you just click on the one you want to play. Nice thing about Joboshare is that by default it provides "jumps" every five minutes so that you can navigate quickly back and forth (the feature is adjustible). External hard drives like this are perfect for storing and playing media files.
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So, it can't burn DVDs to be watched on a traditional DVD player, but can it play DVDs? Also, another customer mentioned that it can't play a u-tube video, is that true?
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I never had to do any of that with mine, thank goodness. I use DVD-R, I burned, I finalized, and they play in my Samsung and my Mac Mini's drive.I had something odd happen the other day, though; a DVD I ordered from Netflix wouldn't play, even after I cleaned it up, but same DVD would play in my computer's drive. It was a foreign film, but I wonder what it was about a commercial disc that would make the Samsung spit it out every time, telling me "please check the disc"? That's the only time that's happened! I wonder if by now it's time to clean the laser.
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Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
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i have had success with playing the DVD on various machines by using the FINALIZE disc option. use SETUP, then DISC EDIT, then FINALIZE and choose YES.
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I have never tried to play .iso dvd rips. I recommend go to their website and ask support.
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i have a question regarding the SD card integration. Can you play files (audio and video) on the SD card directly or you have to move them to the internal memory before you can play them? Thank you
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I don't own one - yet - but I believe there's 2 ways:1. Rip your DVD using a 3rd party program - handbrake should work I believe. Looks like the player supports a lot of formats by default.2. If you want integration, here's a direct quote from the Archos 5 website: "...You can now copy your DVDs onto your ARCHOS 5 and play them directly, with subtitles if you want, with the MPEG 2 compatibility. ..." For that you'll need to buy the Cinema codec from them.
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I have not had any problem playing in any format . USB, SD card etc. Again, for the money, This is a very good unit., David.
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Yes to both questions, John. The currently installed codecs can't read all popular formats, but for those that work, you can copy the movies to a USB drive and play them from that attached device. You can also install Samsung's DLNA server software on your home computer and start serving files from your My Documents almost immediately. Or you can use a DLNA-supported NAS device and read your files from that device. I am hoping that the codecs and firmware will be updated often to bring the capabilities more up to par with many other popular formats. I'm having so-so success across my various stored formats, but VOBs (DVD build files) and avi files seem to play okay. My mp4 files generated by Handbrake are not working out as I had hoped, but the firmware on my NAS device apparently is part of that problem. This is emerging technology and it pays to keep all software and firmware up to date to keep abreast of updated capabilities. The information is scattered widely, so keep searching often as well.
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Does anyone know how to get your dvd to change to long play so that I can get more recording time I can't get mind to change from sp to anything else. Thanks Darlene
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I'm guessing you can install a 3rd party DVD viewer. For ripped dvd's, you can watch with XBMC or some other media player I believe.
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Thx Gibo, but could you be a little be more specific... I mean... What format do Rip dvds have? If this upscaling dvd player cant... which one can?
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Thanks Victor for the info. i am trying to burn the 1080p content onto DVD-R to see if PS3 can play. It turns out it does see the files and plays them but the audio is choppy. i tried cooying the file directly onto the PS3 Harddrive, even then the audio is choppy...the video is playing well though. any thoughts on how to make the audio better ?
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yes you can. that's why I bought mine .I can get about 20 movies or more on a 64gb. it depends what your play it through . you may have to change the format to a FAT32 .to use with a dvd player . easly found converter.