So it supports AVI xVid or doesn't it? Files won't play

[bcsteeve]

Hi.  I’m having a very frustrated time with my new WD [doesn’t] Play.   I got it because of its supposed extensive file/format support, but I dunno now.  I have some success, but others that really should play (as far as I can tell)… just don’t.

Here’s the media info from an example that doesn’t work:

General
Complete name : \\SERVER\Videos\Public\Title - s01e01.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 189 MiB
Duration : 11mn 18s
Overall bit rate : 2 335 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.32.0
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 11mn 18s
Bit rate : 2 129 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.206
Stream size : 172 MiB (91%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 11mn 18s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 15.5 MiB (8%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.72 video frame)

Thanks for any help.

 - Steven

[bcsteeve]

Incidentally… does it make a difference WHERE the file is?  I read some post somewhere that suggested a Roku could play some files directly from USB but those same files couldn’t play via network.  That seems odd to me, but I wonder if it applies to the WD Play too?  I don’t have a USB drive handy to test, but I’ll try to dig one up.

Before someone asks… yes, I’m aware network shares aren’t supported.  These are served up by a DLNA and other (non-AVI) files work OK.  Nothing seems to work “great” on this box.  I can’t say I’m not disappointed  But I’m trying to work with it.

[Techflaws]

I’m not sure packed bitstream is supported (via DLNA).

[bcsteeve]

Thanks for the reply.  You may very well be right… could you please expand on that a bit though?  I’m a bit of a video-■■■■■.  Is there a fast method for fixing that situation?  I fixed it on my own my transcoding to h264/mp4 but that took a LONG time.  If there’s a faster way that keeps it as a xvid/avi but addresses that packed bitstream element… well, I’d appreciate it.

[bcsteeve]

Actually, since you pointed me in the right direction… it wasn’t hard to find a tool.  For Windows, anyway.  I suppose I’d prefer to do it in linux, but this is fine:   MPEG4 Modifier

Thanks for the headsup.

[DjDiabolik]

Otherwise The PACKET BITSTREAM it’s perfectly supported by a USB Driver like a pen drive