wtf is this???

[Ezteq]

DIXV AVI <--- whats it all mean??

i have the chance to buy some dvds and the seller says you need to have a dvd player thats compatable with this DIXV AVI i tried googling it and it may aswell of been in martian for the ammount of sence it made.

my dvd player is a pacific cost about 20 quid from asda and has some signs on the front, dolby, mps player, cd player but nothing about those other wossnames.

can someone explain it to me pleeease?

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xxx

 

[tris-]

you sure its not DIVX avi?

sounds like hooky DVDs man lol.
but its a codec for playing back certain media.
if your player supported DIVX it would be written on it somewhere

 

[Ezteq]

well ofc its hookey dvds lol im desperate to buy all 88 episodes of farscape (4 seasons... not including peacekeeper wars, which would be fab too if included) but i reeeeeally dont have £120 to spend on the collection.

hasnt got it written on me player, bummer cheers for informative post trisman

 

[tris-]

if its only DIVX AVI you could play them on your pc. assuming these episodes are going to be on CD and not a DVD.

if its CD you could pop them in teh pc and watch

 

[Ezteq]

aye it did say could watch on my pc but tbh im not going to watch 70 odd hours of high class sci fi whilst sat at the pc, lol i'd end up in need of a chiropracter and a small asian girl to walk up and down my back (high heels optional) when it's finished.

 

[tris-]

well then you may need to buy a nw DVD player

or if you have a cd writer, put a divx avi on and try play it back on teh dvd player!

 

[Ezteq]

*tris says something in a language you dont understand*




steady up old bean ive only just mastered the forman grill

 

[tris-]

do you want me to send some divx avi porno on a cd to you noob?

 

[Ezteq]

mebbe....





rather have farscape tbh but i suppose if needs must

 

[tris-]

this is for testing purposes only.

im just trying to help

/gets coat and jumps off nearest bridge.

/wonders half way through drowning why i got my coat

/swims to surface, takes coat home for mam to dry it

/jumps back off bridge

 

[Ezteq]

roffle well i told the seller i couldnt play em now, if i get any more responses with that dvxi avi thingy wossit in it ill look in to it but hopefully i'll just get straight up knock offs.

 

[Mey]

or get your knockers out for "charity" and instead spend the money on the real dvds.

What it could work!

 

[cHodAX]

well ofc its hookey dvds lol im desperate to buy all 88 episodes of farscape (4 seasons... not including peacekeeper wars, which would be fab too if included) but i reeeeeally dont have £120 to spend on the collection.

hasnt got it written on me player, bummer cheers for informative post trisman

You can grab a cheapo DIVX/DVD player these days for around £25-30, they are a great investment if you download loads of films/TV like I do.

 

[Solo]

housemate bought a dvd player that can play divx, so you can burn stuff from the net onto cd's or dvd's and watch it in the lounge without hooking your pc up to tv

If thats what you need they are about £30 on amazon.

 

[cHodAX]

Just checked Aria, they have the Crystal Divx player on webspecials today for just under £30 inc VAT. It is normally about £48 so it is a decent saving.

http://www.aria.co.uk/productinfocomm.asp?ID=15247&SpecialStatus=1

 

[Rellik]

or just download the episodes yourself then burn them in a non divx format, should be cheaper aswell...



whould post a link too where you can download them all but i don't wanna get banned

 

[Ezteq]

havent got a dvd drive in the pc, and i dont know if i can dl stuff like tv shows etc so thats that one out zee vindow lol. any hoo ill just see if anyones selling copies i can play on my dvd player instead of buying a whole new dvd player jusr for one set of dvds lol.

 

[cHodAX]

havent got a dvd drive in the pc, and i dont know if i can dl stuff like tv shows etc so thats that one out zee vindow lol. any hoo ill just see if anyones selling copies i can play on my dvd player instead of buying a whole new dvd player jusr for one set of dvds lol.

DVD versions are going to set you back alot more Ez, you can get 11-15 episodes as divx on a single layer DVD but you won't get more than 3 episodes if they are normal DVD backups. You will end up with 6-7 discs per series that way, so at least 24 discs for the collection. That is alot of time involved making the copies and that is what you will end up paying for. The episodes in divx won't need more than 10 discs total, half the time should work out at half the cost so expect to pay double for standard DVD format.

 

[Ezteq]

aww blimmin eck why cant anything be simple anymore, you never had this problem with records imo it was "got a record player... way hay you can listen to records!!"

and the most you had to contend with was the occasional invasion of fluff, if there was a scratch you just lifted the needle over it and carried on.


i miss the old days

 

[cHodAX]

aww blimmin eck why cant anything be simple anymore, you never had this problem with records imo it was "got a record player... way hay you can listen to records!!"

and the most you had to contend with was the occasional invasion of fluff, if there was a scratch you just lifted the needle over it and carried on.


i miss the old days

It's not complicated, just buy a cheap divx player and you are set. If you don't want to do that then just find a good supplier who can do the DVD versions