theoldfarter
5th February 2007, 08:51
I have a Pioneer DV 383 player & a Pioneer DVR 540H recorder (160BG HDD), both play Divx.
The recorder was manufactured in September 2006.
Don't know when the player was manufactures but it possibly 2005 as when i bought it in July 06, it's successor, the 393, was being sold in shops.
The recorder has this info:
"Version 7.34 // Syscon: release_361 // Tuflcon:527.000*//Drive:1.05+ // Device: E2R-FE 1.2// Region 14"
That is not a typo, it says region 14! (what's that region?) LOL
The player has this:
"Firmware region 4 Rom Version 1.21"
I have connected both units to my Marantz A/V amp. The audio out is through the coaxial digital out. Both units are setup correctly in their audio/video out settings.
When I play a Xvid .avi (700MB Torrent file) that is in DD 5.1 sound on the player, it plays faultlessly.
On the recorder is a different story. At random intervals, the sound will drop out between 1 & 2 seconds & then return. Reverse play to a bit before the dropout & it will play past the point OK. It will drop out further on.
The Marantz display says that there is no audio signal.
When I convert the .avi file to DVD using Nero 7, it plays faultlessly on DVD.
I have eliminated the interconnect cables as the culprits by swapping them between the units.
I then burnt to a CD at 8x (slowest Nero will allow) to see if that makes a difference, it doesn't.
Tried a different brand of CD (Mitsubishi), no difference.
I suspect the pickup/associated electronics of sound parameters of the recorder is not quite in spec.
Any Ideas?
Is there a difference between various Rip's of Xvid/Divx?
I want to try to convert some of my retail DVDs into Divx & Xvid files, so I can see what the recorder does with them, before getting in touch with Pioneer about a possible fault.
Of those who use these converters, what are their names & what results do you get?
There are all sorts of converters out there but of unknown quality
The recorder was manufactured in September 2006.
Don't know when the player was manufactures but it possibly 2005 as when i bought it in July 06, it's successor, the 393, was being sold in shops.
The recorder has this info:
"Version 7.34 // Syscon: release_361 // Tuflcon:527.000*//Drive:1.05+ // Device: E2R-FE 1.2// Region 14"
That is not a typo, it says region 14! (what's that region?) LOL
The player has this:
"Firmware region 4 Rom Version 1.21"
I have connected both units to my Marantz A/V amp. The audio out is through the coaxial digital out. Both units are setup correctly in their audio/video out settings.
When I play a Xvid .avi (700MB Torrent file) that is in DD 5.1 sound on the player, it plays faultlessly.
On the recorder is a different story. At random intervals, the sound will drop out between 1 & 2 seconds & then return. Reverse play to a bit before the dropout & it will play past the point OK. It will drop out further on.
The Marantz display says that there is no audio signal.
When I convert the .avi file to DVD using Nero 7, it plays faultlessly on DVD.
I have eliminated the interconnect cables as the culprits by swapping them between the units.
I then burnt to a CD at 8x (slowest Nero will allow) to see if that makes a difference, it doesn't.
Tried a different brand of CD (Mitsubishi), no difference.
I suspect the pickup/associated electronics of sound parameters of the recorder is not quite in spec.
Any Ideas?
Is there a difference between various Rip's of Xvid/Divx?
I want to try to convert some of my retail DVDs into Divx & Xvid files, so I can see what the recorder does with them, before getting in touch with Pioneer about a possible fault.
Of those who use these converters, what are their names & what results do you get?
There are all sorts of converters out there but of unknown quality