any avi or divx standalone players?

[eugchen]

so once and for all, are there any standalone avi or divx players that can play avi media? i would love to get one...

[BiBo]

There's a player designed by KISS technology, Denmark, that is announced to be able to playback DIVX (AVI files) content.
I just tested such a player with the latest firmware (end of march):
DIVX 4 and 5 are fine, even advanced profile (bidirect encoding, global motion compensation). But with DIVX 3.11 low motion codec there's no playback (typical SBC rip with GKnot and Nandub).
It seems that VBR MP3 sound within DIVX 5 pro rips is off sync :-(
I've been very excited before that test, but now...

It would be nice to hear something about that by others...


Bye, BiBo

[MrDarcy]

According to Kiss Technology, they are developing a new firmware update that will be able to play Divx 3.11 too.

And yes, VBR MP3 within AVI goes out of sync if you jump back and forth, but someone reports they are in-sync with regular playing from the beginning of the file.

[eugchen]

does anyone know how much this player will cost?

[MrDarcy]

The lowest price I found here in Italy is 360 Euros for the DP-450

There is also the DP-500 (with an Ethernet port too) that costs about 70-80 Euro more.

Bye!

[Jm8]

In Sweden you can buy the DP 450 for 320 Euros. In denmark you can buy the webtech DP50 exactly the same as KiSS DP500 for 320 Euros (TDC shop), that also supports streaming of video/images and MP3 from a PC server. It also supports something called Webradio.

Those things has been reported to work for many people.

I have aDP500 and I've tested with a number of XVID movies with subtitles in .sub format with great result!!! I think zooming works perfectly. I'm just exstatic about all the features it has.

Can't wait until I can download the 3.11 FW.

For most questions you'll find answers at www.kiss-technology.com and select support-DP500 FAQ. It has been updated a few days ago!!

More: It seems to run Linux operating system for an ARM 150 MHz processor and you can boot from a CD-R. When upgrading the FW you use a CD-R and burn it with the image supplied by KiSS. Examine this .ISO and you'll know what I mean.

Also check this url:
http://www.aspiron.ee/dvdswap/forum/
And maybe this one:
http://edgereview.com/ataglance.cfm?Category=Video&ID=390

[srsstvs]

A colleague bought a Magnavox player here in US in Blockbuster Video store for around $70 plays AVI files. I'm trying to get the model number from him and want to buy one for myself for playing downloaded files. I'll post it again after I've learned about the model number.

[eugchen]

good, thanks...i am interested. i did not even know that blockbuster sold dvd players!

[srsstvs]

I think this is the one MDV450SL. My colleague said originally priced over $100, he bought it for $89.99, now is on sale for $59.99! I'm going right after work to get one.

http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/article/details/0,,ART-805,00.html

[kouack]

:( i did check the link but doesn't says play avi

[srsstvs]

Forget about it. I bought one and tried it and doesn't work on avi. Checked with my colleague and he said it works on compressed avi. If you look at here: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=1209&Search=Search&#comments this guy says it plays avi.?@#???

[Kb_cruncher]

Scotts DVD842 http://www.scott.de/html/_englische_site/produkte/dvd/dvd_842/right.html

LitOn LVD2001 http://www.liteon.com/prod/getNewProduct.do?xml_id=4_1