Philips DVP6xx Player Information and links

SeeMoreDigital · 16th May 2005, 10:22

Technical Support Link
UK and Europe
http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...=Link_Software

Northern America
http://www.usasupport.philips.com/pr...SU_US_CONSUMER

Latest Firmware
Philips: DVP630/00, 630/02, 630/04, 630/05 | DVP632/00, 632/02, 632/04, 632/05 |
Philips: DVP640K/69, 640K/75 | DVP642/17, 642/37 |
Version No: 1109 - Released 17 Nov 2005

Latest Firmware Release Notes
TBA

Player Specification (as stated in their manual(s)) for: -
Philips: DVP630/00, 630/02, 630/04, 630/05 | DVP632/00, 632/02, 632/04, 632/05 |
Philips: DVP640K/69, 640K/75 | DVP642/17, 642/37 |

Useful Player Information Threads on the Doom9 Forum
Philips DVP642 / DVP630 - The three firmware files explained
Philips DivX DVD Player
Philips DVP642 + UDF File System
Philips DVP642 firmware Philips DVP642 question and comment
Philips DVP632/02
Philips DVP642 sync issues

TEST ENCODE(S): -
For all those who would like to test an Mpeg4+Mp3 encode in MP4. Please click here.

16:9 TV OWNERS PLEASE NOTE: -
Currently, most (if not all) ESS chip-set based players owners have reported having trouble displaying 16:9 square pixelled Mpeg4 encodes correctly. And contrary to popular belief, generating Mpeg4 encodes with PAR/DAR signalling (or using tools such as MPEG4 Modifier) will not help either.

What you need to do is complain directly to your player manufacturer!

Ingemar · 12th June 2005, 20:11

I posted under a new thread, this post was mistakenly posted as a reply. Sorry.

unskinnyboy · 12th June 2005, 20:33

This thread may also be of interest. This explains how a user generated XviD encodes playable on DVP 642/37 after some trial and error.

DJ Alik · 22nd July 2005, 06:59

New one posted today. See this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=97661

SeeMoreDigital · 22nd July 2005, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ Alik

New one posted today. See this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=97661

Thanks DJ.

How did you find this link?

When you visit Philips' "Product Support" site and look for DVP64x and DVP63x firmware upgrades, the old "Version: ver 0112 Posted: 23/02/05" is still listed.

Cheers

MaximRecoil · 23rd July 2005, 17:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by unskinnyboy

This thread may also be of interest. This explains how a user generated XviD encodes playable on DVP 642/37 after some trial and error.

From that thread you linked to:

Quote:

***YOU MUST NOT SAVE YOUR XVID ENCODED AVI in an openDML container format! ***
If you do, it will not play on this Philips DVP 642.

This is not true, at least not with the firmware that my DVP642/37 came with (1109). It has played every XviD AVI that I have tried in it so far without even the slightest hint of a hitch, all of which have openDML AVI containers.

The only problem I have had with it so far was with a single XviD w/VBR audio. If you watched it straight through there would be no problems but if you FF'd or RW'd during playback, the audio would get out of sync. I fixed it by demuxing to WAV and then recompressing to CBR MP3 and remuxing and then I could FF or RW with no sync issues resulting. I have played plenty of other AVI's w/VBR audio and none of them got out of sync when FF'ing or RW'ing so it must have been something specific to that file, not necessarily a DVP642 problem in general with AVI's w/VBR audio.

Gimpi · 31st December 2005, 21:53

This might be a helpful tip for to some, the DVP642 has overscan/clipping issues with 640x480 xvid/divx encodes. If you watch a lot of fansubed anime, this is going to be a big issue. Reencode to 576x432 from 640x480 and you won't get hardsubs being cropped off by overscan.

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SeeMoreDigital Life's clearer in 4K UHD Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Notts, UK Posts: 12,417	Philips DVP6xx Player Information and links Technical Support Link UK and Europe http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/d...=Link_Software Northern America http://www.usasupport.philips.com/pr...SU_US_CONSUMER Latest Firmware Philips: DVP630/00, 630/02, 630/04, 630/05 \| DVP632/00, 632/02, 632/04, 632/05 \| Philips: DVP640K/69, 640K/75 \| DVP642/17, 642/37 \| Version No: 1109 - Released 17 Nov 2005 Latest Firmware Release Notes TBA Player Specification (as stated in their manual(s)) for: - Philips: DVP630/00, 630/02, 630/04, 630/05 \| DVP632/00, 632/02, 632/04, 632/05 \| Philips: DVP640K/69, 640K/75 \| DVP642/17, 642/37 \| Useful Player Information Threads on the Doom9 Forum Philips DVP642 / DVP630 - The three firmware files explained Philips DivX DVD Player Philips DVP642 + UDF File System Philips DVP642 firmware Philips DVP642 question and comment Philips DVP632/02 Philips DVP642 sync issues TEST ENCODE(S): - For all those who would like to test an Mpeg4+Mp3 encode in MP4. Please click here. 16:9 TV OWNERS PLEASE NOTE: - Currently, most (if not all) ESS chip-set based players owners have reported having trouble displaying 16:9 square pixelled Mpeg4 encodes correctly. And contrary to popular belief, generating Mpeg4 encodes with PAR/DAR signalling (or using tools such as MPEG4 Modifier) will not help either. What you need to do is complain directly to your player manufacturer! __________________ \| I've been testing hardware media playback devices and software A/V encoders and decoders since 2001 \| My Network Layout & A/V Gear \| Last edited by SeeMoreDigital; 5th February 2006 at 15:10.

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Ingemar Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11	Philips DVP630 playback glitch I posted under a new thread, this post was mistakenly posted as a reply. Sorry. Last edited by Ingemar; 12th June 2005 at 20:13. Reason: Oops needed a new thread...

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Gimpi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	This might be a helpful tip for to some, the DVP642 has overscan/clipping issues with 640x480 xvid/divx encodes. If you watch a lot of fansubed anime, this is going to be a big issue. Reencode to 576x432 from 640x480 and you won't get hardsubs being cropped off by overscan. Last edited by Gimpi; 31st December 2005 at 22:17.

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unskinnyboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NTSC R1 Posts: 2,046	This thread may also be of interest. This explains how a user generated XviD encodes playable on DVP 642/37 after some trial and error.