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[Wizzard419]

http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/606356.html

But my $1,000/meter HDMI cable works great, it gets strong signal, raises the dead, makes me breakfast, teaches the elderly to yodel, and makes sweet sweet love to me every night.

[eyore]

I'd expect it to get me free access to the Disney vault as well at that price. You were robbed! 

[Wizzard419]

I was not! It cuddles me every night!

[stitchintime]

Hahahahaha!!

Hey, everyone.  I bought a Sony BDP-S270 at WalMart a few days ago and I have been watching wonderful HD Disney Videos.  Dolbyman, DarthVader, and PuntaGordaBob's videos all work fine playing from data DVDs.    They all look great on my screen which I have yet to exchange.

Unfortunately, my player won't run anything Divx HD or Divx, so I'm out of luck on Martin's videos,  (Major bummer there!  I love his stuff) but I do have a Divx DVD player (SD) to help with that and that player has an HDMI hookup. 

So, things are good.  Loving those videos, albeit some of them being a little heavy on the size. 

[eyore]

Never thought about trying them as data DVDs.
Do they still play as HD though or do the data discs have to be bluray?
My Bluray player doesn't work with Divx either.

[floridafan]

at the risk of sounding smug.......mines does 

[stitchintime]

Yeah, Eyore, they play on data DVDs.  You can put a few videos on each.   

I had a bright idea of hooking up my external Hard Drive into my Bluray unit's USB, but unfortunately it doesn't support the drive. 

There are some AVIs that won't work because of Divx encoding on my system, and I have run into problems with some MKVs, but all are in glorious 1080p and looking like I'm peering through a magic window on The World. 

I am just devastated we're not gonna get to go for my birthday this year.  I don't know when we'll be up there in the flesh, so this will tide me over a bit I guess. 

 

[Gringrinnyghost]

Hahahahaha!!

Hey, everyone.  I bought a Sony BDP-S270 at WalMart a few days ago and I have been watching wonderful HD Disney Videos.  Dolbyman, DarthVader, and PuntaGordaBob's videos all work fine playing from data DVDs.    They all look great on my screen which I have yet to exchange.

Unfortunately, my player won't run anything Divx HD or Divx, so I'm out of luck on Martin's videos,  (Major bummer there!  I love his stuff) but I do have a Divx DVD player (SD) to help with that and that player has an HDMI hookup. 

So, things are good.  Loving those videos, albeit some of them being a little heavy on the size. 

Nice Blu-Ray Player. I have a 46" Sharp Aquos Quattron (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow Pixels) TV. I love it. I have Never Testing Divx HD on my Sharp BD-HP24 (or any other DVD/Blu-ray unless it is Commercial) but I do know that my PlayStation 3 will play Divx HD.

[Wizzard419]

Never thought about trying them as data DVDs.
Do they still play as HD though or do the data discs have to be bluray?
My Bluray player doesn't work with Divx either.

I think the only time a bluray has issue with playback is when it's the image of a bluray disc stored on a green hard drive that has the C drive (if using partitions). I've heard that the playback can be choppy at times due to resource limits. I've actually heard that it's all drives that have the issue but green ones are the most likely because of power.

As long as it fits on the device/media, compression levels will remain unchanged.

[eyore]

I'm going to do a test on mine to make sure as I may be confusing the Bluray Player with the actual TV (the TV takes SD cards/USB etc but can't recognize Divx files). I know one of them only accepts Divx TV (so a hunch it's the TV then).
I'm presently downloading the recent Martin vid of the Pixar Play Parade which I will copy as data onto a DVD+RW disc (in case it doesn't play) - I know the Bluray player accepts them - and see what happens.
Fingers crossed. 

[eyore]

OK, a problem.
Looking at the manual, it says it does play Divx (and then there's a bit about having to register to play the protected Divx stuff) -  (it's a Philips BDP3000 player).
I burned the file to a DVD disc as data and it come up "unsupported file format" .
On the support page, it says this under the Divx section:
"Your player can’t play DivX HD, MKV, Q-pel, or GMC formats".
So that answers that. Bummer!
That may possibly apply to other Bluray players as far as HD is concerned. Plays Divx files fine, not Divx HD though.
Shame that wasn't written on the box. You'd think a Bluray HD player would play HD stuff, wouldn't you. 

OK, another question. Is it possible to have a lossless avi file to retain the HD?
If I could convert the Divx HD file to a format it can (or may) play, I may still be able to get it in HD form - or is that to simple? I'd really like to watch the files on my 32" TV instead of the PC monitor.
Any suggestions/solutions guys?
I'm just not up to scratch on HD stuff.

[Wizzard419]

I think it is possible, but other than possibly handbrake there are no free apps for it. But handbrake may be all you need anyway.

[kirky]

I suspect the problem with a "SD" file with HD resulotions is your player would not be able to handle the bitrate needed, even if Divx supported a real HD resolution (which is a distinct possibility).

Honestly, for the problems you're trying to solve, it's probably cheaper to get a bluray burner and just burn HD movies on that.  Or, probably even cheaper to get a media player of some sort (I think we went through this in another thread) like a WD Live, or Popcorn Hour, and p[lay the files off the HD.  Both are in the $100 range currently and solve a ton of problems.

[eyore]

Kirky, I suspect you are right. The other thread was regarding using storage mediums to play direct through the TV rather than a Bluray player.
The whole point was to copy the data files (smallish) to a recordable medium which would then play HD via the Bluray player rather than burning each to a Bluray disc (saving space and cost). It seems that resolution and bitrate both come into in (in simple terms, the player plays Bluray discs in HD. All other media (CD-R, DVD etc) play in SD only. Standard Divx play fine, of course and the picture is in 1080 although the quality isn't HD of course. I got this from some video forums wher ea similar question was asked so going on trust there.
Whether burning as data to a Bluray disc would work I don't know.
Scouring the Internet it seems there are some players that will play Divx HD but they are a little out of my price range.
I have to be honest, burned to a standard DVD, the quality is still excellent so I may let this rest now.
Thanks for the replies.

[dolbyman]

for as little as £100.00 you could get a popcorn hour (used)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Popcorn-Hour-A-110-Networked-Media-Tank-NMT-Boxed-/270705711799?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item3f07515ab7

it's not that high priced and would save you the hassle of burning discs "forever" ..