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Thread Author: Soupytwist Replies: 3
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 21:57 
 Video file conversion - Soupytwist
I have just bought an in car DVD player. I deliberately chose one that could read files via a USB port. It says on the packaging that MPEG4 files are readable. I converted several DVDs to .mp4 files using Handbrake (& the H264 codec) on a MacBook Pro. For some reason the DVD player won't recognise them. Are .mp4 not MPEG4 files? I thought they were.
Apparently Divx files are also compatible - what's a good way of turning the mp4s into Divx files please?

Any help gratefully received.
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 Wed 28 Jul 10 23:07 
 Video file conversion - Stuartli
There are plenty of freeware offerings around, such as:

www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html?gclid=CKX3naGcj6MCFQ6ElAodVjfhXw

tinyurl.com/ygaq2px

www.download3000.com/download_23283.html

www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-easy-to-use-freeware-video-converters/

There are dozens more.

Visit the DivX website for its offering:

www.divx.com/en/win
Last edited by: Stuartli on Wed 28 Jul 10 at 23:08
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 Thu 29 Jul 10 00:19 
 Video file conversion - rtj70
Handbrake does indeed produce MP4 files. Which video CODEC did you have selected. I tend to use FFmpeg and output to MP4 file extension based files.

Naming a file .mp4 does not mean it's an MPEG4 file. Maybe the DVD player says MP4 but expects DIVX which is a variant of MP4.

EDIT: What file extension does the player expect and what were the files using?
Last edited by: rtj70 on Thu 29 Jul 10 at 00:20
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 Thu 29 Jul 10 10:44 
 Video file conversion - rtj70
I should have added ffmpegX on the Mac will convert MP4 files to DIVX. But it's a bit fiddly to install due to the files it relies on having to be obtained and installed separately.
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