best thing is to just get a phillips DVP 642 that will play your .avi files without conversion. They're like $60 and worth every penny. If you must make a DVD, i think you're on t…

hotani, are you saying that that DVP 642 will play a disc filled w/avi files i just "copied" onto the disc, like copying any data? (a different process than "burning" movies or avi…

(but i will also try the "process" you have outlined, thanks)

reggie X; i've always found the topic of how much fits on a disc confusing i've got 700 MB worth of avi's, and a disc holds 4.3 the avi's play as 10 hrs, but is it the size (700 …

Quote: Originally Posted by smileLP hotani, are you saying that that DVP 642 will play a disc filled w/avi files i just "copied" onto the disc, like copying any data? (a differe…

Quote: Originally Posted by smileLP reggie X; i've always found the topic of how much fits on a disc confusing i've got 700 MB worth of avi's, and a disc holds 4.3 the avi's p…

>>The really easiest way to do this would be Toast, since it'll handle all the conversion for you automatically, and show you how many files will fit on a single DVD. I use T…

hotani, sad to say none of the outlined steps or "missing codecs" resulted in a positive result so i'm now very int'd in that philips dvP 642 one question: how does the menu opt…

also, as many avi's show up "small" on a computer screen, does this dvd player expand each avi to fill the screen (tv) size? thanks again

When you insert a data disc into the DVP 642, it shows a listing of all the files on the disc. When playing them, it resizes to your screen. Only thing I see it having trouble with…

ok, thanks, i'll get one in the next few days and i'll report back how i like it (which i expect i will) thanks mucho!

update/question for HOTANI i got it all hooked up and you're right, the DVP 642 DOES play avi's! so i'm very pleased about that btw, is it just me, or when you're watching an av…

Before you do ANYTHING with your avi's, run them through DivX Doctor/ and save them as self-contained Quicktime movies. You'll have a lot more success from that point. Chris

chabig, i don't know what's changed but divX doctor used to do a great job changing avi's to mpgs (QT), but a few mos. ago it mostly stopped working. dunno if it had to do w/my t…

It still works great for me. When you upgraded to Tiger, perhaps you forgot to reinstall the DivX codec. Chris

i do have divx codec v. 6 stuff on my mac. is that the latest? it appears to be based on my poking around the web. thanks

ok, i just tried divx doctor again, and it converted a 300 MB file REAL FAST. the copy it made is 800 kb or some such. how is that possible? unless it's taking it's "source mat'…

ok, the divx doctor converted version just "kicked in" w/the actual file size, and it's essentially the same as the original. i guess it just needed a few mins. to calculate and i…

yeh, the divx doctor converted file isn't being recognized by the dvd player maybe if i add a ".mpg" suffix? instead of the existing weird one ("#2B3D28.m 1")

it's official - - my dvd player does NOT like the divx doctor altered (avi to "mpg") movie; it won't play it or even acknowledge it's in there (the "add .mpg suffix" thing didn't …

Quote: Originally Posted by smileLP ok, i just tried divx doctor again, and it converted a 300 MB file REAL FAST. the copy it made is 800 kb or some such. how is that possible…

first of all, thanks for the tip re multi-msgs; i will definitely try to remember! (and my apologies...) thanks for the history lesson; i did NOT know that stuff. but i'm still …

I am new too seti. I have a dual 1.25 g4 but its crunching 1 in 12 hours tried downloading the optimized software and running it instead of BOINC's, but would not run can anyone he…

We were all new once. What your going to have to do is play catch up. Reading around this board will tell you a lot and reading the BOINC program help files should help some more. …

Okay done some reading and now I get 1 block per 4-6 hours is that the fastest I can expect?