Newbie converting problem, please help.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:57 am

Hi guys,
I've come from another website which could play movies from usb on both bluray player and portable dvd (for little one). But now it's gone under.
I've got Utorrent and I've downloaded a couple of movies. I can play them on my laptop but they're not readable on both Bluray and portable.

I've downloaded DivX and using the converter (Home Theatre 720) but it's taking FOREVER! Then when it did get to 100% a pop up box appeared saying it couldn't complete and I had to end the program.
All files are a mix of MP4 and Avis.

I've read numerous threads and nothing works. (Not a techie either so please post in laymans terms!)

Can anyone please help? Sad

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:10 am

Dont use DivX for anything unless you bought the retail version from a shop and you can use the box as a paper weight or door stop.

Home Theatre 720 - if its made by sony thats your problem

The movies you downloaded from "the other website" what format are they in ?

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:19 am

trollster wrote:

Dont use DivX for anything unless you bought the retail version from a shop and you can use the box as a paper weight or door stop.

Home Theatre 720 - if its made by sony thats your problem

The movies you downloaded from "the other website" what format are they in ?

I believe they were mpegs, but they were on a usb key which little one broke. They were downloaded from btjunkie through Utorrent.

Our bluray player won't read the files after downloading from this site. What will help?
I'm completely clueless at this, as I'm sure you can tell! Smile

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:23 am

You are downloading nothing from this site, you are downloading it from the internets, nothing is on this site except the actual .torrent file which allows you to download the movie.

I need to know what brand of bluray it is, some will play different formats and some wont

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:34 am

trollster wrote:

You are downloading nothing from this site, you are downloading it from the internets, nothing is on this site except the actual .torrent file which allows you to download the movie.

I need to know what brand of bluray it is, some will play different formats and some wont

The brand is a Samsung. I've looked up the formats and it says it can play mpegs, divx, etc. Not AVIs tho.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:09 pm

avi is the container format.. avi can have the divx or xvid codec.. some players will not play the xivd format for some reason

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:06 pm

avi could also be x264 or various other codecs

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:45 am

cbilljones wrote:

avi could also be x264 or various other codecs

I'm still really lost on how to convert. I've actually tried the usb key with the "converted" files on a portable dvd player and that's not opening them either!

Can anyone please help? I feel like I'm going round in circles!

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:54 am

we need the links of what you downloaded and the model of dvd player... the more info we have the better we can help you

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:18 am

schlomo72 wrote:

we need the links of what you downloaded and the model of dvd player... the more info we have the better we can help you

Thanks for the quick reply. Nice to know someone else is awake! Smile

The BR player is a Samsung C5500.
The files I've downloaded range from Jaybobs to MKVs, MP4 and AVIs.

I d/l this one the other day which wont play
http://ca.isohunt.com/download/327476089/the+beaver.torrent
along with
http://ca.isohunt.com/torrent_details/331648617/bridesmaids?tab=summary

http://ca.isohunt.com/torrent_details/194713821/cop+out?tab=summary

Some files will play but they are mainly for LO like this one:
http://ca.isohunt.com/release/721885/cars+2
and
http://ca.isohunt.com/torrent_details/370511293/happy+feet+2?tab=summary

It's all very annoying and confusing that a couple will play but most wont!

I've tried d/ling different files but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I've worked out how to convert using Divx (which the BR says it will play) but it still doesn't.
I'm on Windows 7 if that helps too. Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:38 am

your player plays.. divx..mkv and mp4 and certain dvd disks
also this

The player may not play certain CD-RW/-R and DVD-R due to the disc type or recording conditions.
If a DVD-RW/-R disc has not been recorded properly in DVD video format, it will not be playable.
If contents which are consisting of more than 10 Mbps bit-rate have been recorded in DVD-R, it is not supported.

brides maids is xvid
cop out is xvid
the beaver is xvid

cars 2 is mkv
happy feet2 is xvid

you shouldnt have to convert anything.. just burn the file to the disk or put it on your usb.. you can get up to 6 600+mb .avi files on one dvd

you could also try convertxtodvd
https://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=178405

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:07 am

schlomo72 wrote:

your player plays.. divx..mkv and mp4 and certain dvd disks
also this

The player may not play certain CD-RW/-R and DVD-R due to the disc type or recording conditions.
If a DVD-RW/-R disc has not been recorded properly in DVD video format, it will not be playable.
If contents which are consisting of more than 10 Mbps bit-rate have been recorded in DVD-R, it is not supported.

brides maids is xvid
cop out is xvid
the beaver is xvid

cars 2 is mkv
happy feet2 is xvid

you shouldnt have to convert anything.. just burn the file to the disk or put it on your usb.. you can get up to 6 600+mb .avi files on one dvd

you could also try convertxtodvd
https://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=178405

i haven't got the capability of burning disks so prefer to use the usb. Will the player play avis or will I have to convert to xvid?

Any idea why some won't play? I was using bt junkie before they closed it and all the torrents worked perfectly both on th BR and on the portable dvd player for in the car.
I'll have a look at Convertxtodvd. Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:45 pm

yorkduck wrote:

I was using bt junkie before they closed it and all the torrents worked perfectly both on th BR and on the portable dvd player for in the car.
I'll have a look at Convertxtodvd. Smile

Isohunt indexed .torrents from bt junkie as well as other torrent sites so its nothing to do with the site.
The movie files are not stored on isohunt they are on other peoples computers or seedboxes the only thing you get from the site is a .torrent

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:23 pm

hi people,
i had a close problem with "my new telly", after many posts. i found out through trollster all about frames per second. "Thank s trollster".

i did DL from jaybob as well but since i use different people now its all sorted.