Philips DVP642 and forward/reverse

[fewtch]

I have a Philips DVP642-37 with the 1109 firmware, and have noticed that some AVI's can be fast forwarded/rewound and some can't.

For the life of me, I can't figure out the common factor in this. I know that nearly all DivX v3.11 files can be FF/REV, but XviD typically will not forward or rewind, nor can you jump to a particular time in the file. Some DivX v5.x can be, and some cannot.

At first I thought it was VBR MP3 that prevented FWD/REW from working, but that doesn't seem to be it. Then I thought it was B-frames, but that doesn't seem to make a difference either. Then I thought maybe it was files with AC3 audio, but AVI's with MP3 audio has the problem also...

Anyone figured this out? I'm stumped.

[lordyu]

I've been encoding from DVD and TV capture to XviD using both XviD 1.0.2 and XviD 1.11 using the default settings and I never have a single problem with FF/REW or jumping to a particular point in a movie. My player is DVP630/05 (UK model of DVP642) with firmware 0531. I've been using AC3, MP3, AC3+AC3, AC3+MP3. Never tried VBR MP3 though.

[fewtch]

Your advantage might be firmware 0531, which by all accounts is way better than 1109. Unfortunately it's not possible to downgrade after installing v1109.