My phillup DVD player has a USB port on the front?

BowerR64 · 04-23-2009, 12:35 AM

So ive been reading into this WDtv thing so i ordered a 1TB drive, today i got it in and out a few movies on the drive. Had to try it on my DVD players first i plugged it into my Toshiba HD-A3 and it didnt seem to do anything.

WHen i plugged it into the phillups DVD player it pulled up a menu and i searched threw the folders and came to the movies. It listed the VOB files as actual video files wich i found shocking. Clicked play and they work for a few seconds then they start to skip. Why?

Why wont the player play the files from the drive? It almost seems as if it has to low of a buffer or somthing because when it starts to skip the audio skips and the video skips, if i pause it and let the drive continue to run then unpause it plays good again for a few seconds then back to the skipping.

Is there a setting i can change maybe and get the thing to play the videos from the backup drive?

THey look great by the way but the skipping isnt working.

JohninTenn · 05-28-2009, 09:34 PM

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phatrat1982 · 06-10-2009, 12:08 PM

I am not sure if you have the same player I do or not but I have a Philips player with USB on the front also and I run a 500GB HDD to it and here is what I found out. I mostly convert my videos to divx as that is what the player wants to playback files at. I have some DVD files and I don't have skipping issues like you are saying ,but the chapters, menus, ect won't show up if played from the USB but they do when I burn them to DVD so what I suggest is either convert the videos to DIVX AVI files or maybe just burn them to a DVD or CD if they are small enough and try that.

04-23-2009, 12:35 AM	#1
BowerR64 Im still a n00b Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 125	My phillup DVD player has a USB port on the front? So ive been reading into this WDtv thing so i ordered a 1TB drive, today i got it in and out a few movies on the drive. Had to try it on my DVD players first i plugged it into my Toshiba HD-A3 and it didnt seem to do anything. WHen i plugged it into the phillups DVD player it pulled up a menu and i searched threw the folders and came to the movies. It listed the VOB files as actual video files wich i found shocking. Clicked play and they work for a few seconds then they start to skip. Why? Why wont the player play the files from the drive? It almost seems as if it has to low of a buffer or somthing because when it starts to skip the audio skips and the video skips, if i pause it and let the drive continue to run then unpause it plays good again for a few seconds then back to the skipping. Is there a setting i can change maybe and get the thing to play the videos from the backup drive? THey look great by the way but the skipping isnt working. __________________ Vizio VO32L 1080P Scientific Atlanta Explorer 4250HDC Sony DVP-NS315 Toshiba HD-A3 Philips DVP5982 Sony DVP-CX860 Sony SLV-780HF Aiwa AV-D30 receiver ADC spectrum analizer Bose SE5 main Infinity 2001 rear Boston center channel Im working on new gear

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05-28-2009, 09:34 PM	#2
JohninTenn High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 595	Check this out... http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/.../?partner=4760

06-10-2009, 12:08 PM	#3
phatrat1982 Official Lindsay Lohan Fa Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 24	I am not sure if you have the same player I do or not but I have a Philips player with USB on the front also and I run a 500GB HDD to it and here is what I found out. I mostly convert my videos to divx as that is what the player wants to playback files at. I have some DVD files and I don't have skipping issues like you are saying ,but the chapters, menus, ect won't show up if played from the USB but they do when I burn them to DVD so what I suggest is either convert the videos to DIVX AVI files or maybe just burn them to a DVD or CD if they are small enough and try that.