EVD Playpack on XP

Discussion in 'Video playback problems' started by MarkNZ, Oct 23, 2005.

  1. MarkNZ

    MarkNZ Regular member

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    Hello,

    I have been given many EVD discs from china from a friend and would like to play them on my computer. Can anyone please help me on this.

    I have tried windows media player, PowerDVD, WindDVD with no luck at all.

    Mark
     
  2. colw

    colw Active member

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    They are a completely different format. Strongly doubt that current ROMs or Burners useing the - or + format will read them or playback.

    Best possible option would be an el cheapo Chinese DVD player.

     
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    Xsilver Regular member

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    I think you mean a EVD player as opposed to a DVD player. Altough it does use the same UDF file system that DVD uses. It uses the VP5 and VP6 codecs from on2 technologies and they have a decoder available on the following link http://www.on2.com/downloads/vp6-decoder/

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  4. MarkNZ

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    Here is some more information for you.

    The File structure for example is like this

    Main directory: EVD_1
    In this is : EVD.BAK, EVD.HDR, SEG_1.DAT, SEG_2.DAT, SEG_3.DAT.

    Now I can make an exact copy using Blindwrite which will play on a standalone EVD Player. I'm currently in Singapore and they ues EVD players on Plasma and LCD screens to impress the public, although you can not buy them in singapore yet.

    I have downloaded the On2 Truecast player and the VP6 decoder but can still not play on my PC.

    Ok thats all for now. Thanks Mark
     
  5. MarkNZ

    MarkNZ Regular member

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    I don't think this is possible to play on XP. I have found out Shinco will release two EVD players soon here in Singapore, cost about $300Sing. I plan to get one of these.

    Cheers Mark
     
  6. celtic_d

    celtic_d Regular member

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    DVD uses MPEG2, but you need more than just an MPEG2 decoder for playback. Same would go for EVD. You would think that they would have released a software player though?
     

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