whlkev

Yes I did search and came up pretty empty, do I really have to convert all these avi, mpeg to dvd files to play in our cars?

anyone knows what formats it reads? thanks

passnu2

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I tried a MP3 & AVI and it wouldn't read it for me but I have 4th gen so thats half the problem I think with mine?

What are you looking to do?

whlkev

like burn a bunch of music video files in avi/mpeg so i can play it on my car

i guess i can use nero to convert them into dvd files then maybe it can read, but i just want to know if anyone has tried it so i don't start wasting blank dvds

passnu2

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^ I tried it on my IS350 and it did not work for me. It may have been something that I did wrong but I tried a movie and music videos and neither worked but worked on my DVD player in the home.

rominl

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i think only dvd format is playable for dvd

i know vcd will play just fine too, but that's cd format

whlkev

ahh thanks guys, gonna go home and see if my nero can convert video files to dvd

wonder how the track is going to work, perhaps it's setup by chapters

passnu2

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Please post back I am curious myself.

vhtran

^ I am not sure how the DVD on the GS will work, but from other cars I know that you have to mod it in order to have it play videos while driving. Simple mod but require some electronic skills.

whlkev

I can already play dvd while car is in motion, but that's not the point here =P

passnu2

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I got that part done. Just curious if it will read the burned disc. I wonder if I did it wrong in the past or it just won't work? Thanks!

JMan604

DVD's are formatted as .VOB while VCD's are formatted as .avi so I don't see any reason why the player won't play .avi files while it'll play vcd's. Best is to look for a program that will change your files to a vob file. Lots of free programs online. Just have to search in the right place. Once I get home, I'll post the program that im using.

RudeDoggy

Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but because of compression (or lack thereof), once you convert to MPEG2 .vob files you will only be able to store about 2 hours of video on a single layer DVD. (4.7 GB of video in xvid/divx MPEG4 format will yield significantly more than 2 hours of video.) But that's why we have 6 DVD changers right?

passnu2

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I tried AVI and it wont play...