Convert *******s to DVD

[egg50]

Can anyone give some advice on how I can convert my ******* files (avi, mpeg etc) into a DVD so can watch on my player? I tried to upload onto USB but the file would play on my TV.

Thanks!

 

[Philbert]

You haven't done a search or followed the threads here.
That was recently discussed.
Do your own research.

USB on every HD TV I've ever heard about is for photos or a file upload ; NOT to play media.
It;s not that kind of input.

 

[Patrick_S]

If your tv can play videos via USB you won´t have to burn a dvd, it would be enough to convert the videos to a file format that your tv can play. My tv can play most video formats, but it has problems with some wmv formats (i think it´s wmv2 it can´t play), maybe it´s the same problem for you. A program like Freemake Video Converter should work fine for converting your videos (you will of course loose some video quality after the conversion).

 

[Philbert]

If your tv can play videos via USB you won´t have to burn a dvd, it would be enough to convert the videos to a file format that your tv can play. My tv can play most video formats, but it has problems with some wmv formats (i think it´s wmv2 it can´t play), maybe it´s the same problem for you. A program like Freemake Video Converter should work fine for converting your videos (you will of course loose some video quality after the conversion).

The USB port on a TV is usually just a service port -- a port for a service tech to do diagnostics and updates.

"My TV has a USB port. I can NOT play movies through the USB port. It is only a service port.

For USB ports in TVs to be able to play movies, there would have to be decoders built-into the TVs, and some sort of standardization as to which codecs/formats that are playable (MPG? MPEG2? H.264? DVIX? WMV? Or...throw them all in?). It's not a feature they would quietly build into a TV for free just because they happen to have a USB port."
Maybe in Sweden they have tvs with USB inputs that play Video, not here in the US unless things have changed very recently.

 

[Patrick_S]

The USB port on a TV is usually just a service port -- a port for a service tech to do diagnostics and updates.

"My TV has a USB port. I can NOT play movies through the USB port. It is only a service port.

For USB ports in TVs to be able to play movies, there would have to be decoders built-into the TVs, and some sort of standardization as to which codecs/formats that are playable (MPG? MPEG2? H.264? DVIX? WMV? Or...throw them all in?). It's not a feature they would quietly build into a TV for free just because they happen to have a USB port."
Maybe in Sweden they have tvs with USB inputs that play Video, not here in the US unless things have changed very recently.

I did a quick check on Radioshack´s site for the specifications on a Samsung TV, and i can´t see any difference in what the TV can play via USB compared to a similar TV for the European market (the only difference i can see is that american TV´s doesn´t seem to have any support for PAL video).
Link: http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...ce=CAT&znt_medium=RSCOM&znt_content=CT2032057

 

[Philbert]

USB is an input for direct video, ie photos; or a file for software update or repair.
You need an outside tech thing to play video...but like I do it's easier just to run a VGA cable to the tv and run off a pc or a laptop.
There are other tech units that will play from a USB memory stick/flash drive, but it's easier to use a pc or DVD and convert mp4 to VOB or ISO file...I use VOB.
There is free software that converts mp4 to vob for burning to a disk, or you can buy some software.
Google it, there's a lot of info on it.
There may be a TV with an input USB that will play video, it's very uncommon.

 

[Patrick_S]

There may be a TV with an input USB that will play video, it's very uncommon.

If this is true for TV´s in the US then i would be really pissed off if i lived there. I did a check on a swedish electronics store´s website, and every single TV i checked could play videos via USB (i checked TV´s from Samsung, Panasonic, LG, Sony, Toshiba, Philips and Thomson).

 

[Philbert]

Pissed off would change what? Anything?
Pay more and get more...I paid $320 for a new TCL 40" with a Samsung panel, had it for 3 years now and it's a great tv. Samsung quality picture, all the connections I need and some I don't; I have no usb for a video input on the USB side, I don't wanna take the time to put one movie or several videos on a flash drive and then put it in the slot.
I have access to hundreds of files on my laptop, and 1 VGA cable connects it to my tv, one 3.5mm to RCA does the sound to my Sound System.
And my laptop plays most ALL extensions of video files, unlike the limited types using a TVs software.
'sides, I already addressed that in a previous post...

"For USB ports in TVs to be able to play movies, there would have to be decoders built-into the TVs, and some sort of standardization as to which codecs/formats that are playable (MPG? MPEG2? H.264? DVIX? WMV? Or...throw them all in?). It's not a feature they would quietly build into a TV for free just because they happen to have a USB port.
Maybe in Sweden they have tvs with USB inputs that play Video, not here in the US unless things have changed very recently."

 

[Rey C.]

If this is true for TV´s in the US then i would be really pissed off if i lived there. I did a check on a swedish electronics store´s website, and every single TV i checked could play videos via USB (i checked TV´s from Samsung, Panasonic, LG, Sony, Toshiba, Philips and Thomson).

It's a generalization and not really true. The answer is, "it depends." Once you get into what are now called "smart TVs", things open up, especially with the newer sets. I have an older (4 years old) Samsung HD/LCD set. It only has one USB slot and it will only play music (mp3) and display jpg and maybe bmp images from a USB stick. But the Panasonic Viera VT series plasma I got in December has three USB slots and (I believe) one SD card slot. Depending on the file format, it can play music, display images and play movies from either the USB or SD slots - but the slots are on the back and not easily accessible (the bastard is too big and heavy to be moving around), so I haven't played with these features very much. But if the movie file isn't in the correct format, a person can download this conversion tool: multiAVCHD 4.1 build 771 and go from there.

multiAVCHD allows you to turn a bunch of MKV, M2TS, TS, VOB, AVI files and a bunch of DVD, Blu-ray/AVCHD/BDMV folders into disc with a simple menu structure that should play on Blu-ray players. Put up to 252 different files, MPEG2, Quicktime MOV, MKV/AVC, M2TS/MTS, TS and AVCHD/BluRay folders in one place and navigate all these via nice 1080p top menu. One click DVD to Blu-ray/AVCHD(no re-encoding). Convert Blu-ray/AVCHD to SD DVD ( Standard DVD-video). Full description.

Input formats (folders):
all compatible files will be loaded as video or audio titles

Output formats (authored structures):
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 & MPEG-2 - USB/SDHC/MemoryStick/CompactFlash/HDD (solid media / Playstation 3)

From what little I've read about this, even newer Vizio sets can play video from USB (either a memory stick or USB external drive), as long as the file format is correct, so it can be read by the set. I believe newer, higher end LG and Sony sets will too (probably Samsungs, as well), but I'm not positive about what movie file formats they can read from the USB slot.

 

[Patrick_S]

Ok, so i´m gonna do one last post here since i seem to be getting nowhere. Philbert: The information you are using in your posts were relevant three, four years ago. Lots of features have been added to TV´s just over the last couple of years. The fact is that most new TV´s can play videos of the most common types (MPEG1, MPEG2, avi for example), and some brands can play just about any filetype. I have a 32 inch Samsung that´s one year old, and it´s not a smart-tv (it cost about 600 dollars) and the only file types i´ve had problem with is wmv´s that uses wmv2 encoding (there´s a list of all the filetypes it can play in the manual and it can play 15 different video filetypes (some of which i have never even heard of)). The ability to connect an external harddrive straight to the TV´s USB port is a feature that lots of new TV´s have and will probably soon be a standard feature on all TV´s, so the argument that it´s easier to connect the computer to the TV is not true either. To get decent video quality you also need a good graphics card on your computer when you´re playing full-HD videos. I bought a new computer a few weeks ago, and i see a huge difference in video quality compared to the lower end graphics card i had in my old computer. Grapics cards are pretty good now on even cheap computers, but people that have computers that are four-five years old with low end graphics cards would without any doubt get much better video quality if they´re using the USB connection than if they hook up the computer to the TV.