Toshiba HD-A3 avi compatibility

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  1. svtstang

    svtstang Regular member

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    Short and sweet, does the A3 support avi playback?? I have searched google endlessly, yet I cannot find a clear answer. Hope somebody looks at this thread soon!

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    svtstang, Nov 22, 2007
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    Short and sweet - No.
     
    error5, Nov 22, 2007
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    svtstang Regular member

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    Well that blows, thanks for the quick response.
     
    svtstang, Nov 23, 2007
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  4. diabolos

    diabolos Guest

    AVI is a container format not a codec. The Toshiba players support MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264, VC-1). I don't think they support divx although their DVD players do.

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    diabolos, Nov 25, 2007
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    Isnt MPEG-4 divx/xvid, or am I missing something?

    I am going to pick one up regardless (sweet deal with the 10 HD Dvd's), guess divx support is asking to much lol.


    Thanks for the response.
     
    svtstang, Nov 25, 2007
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  6. diabolos

    diabolos Guest

    Divx is a codec that is based on MPEG-4 but was not voted into the final spec as an officially supported MPEG-4 video codec. AVC (A.K.A H.264) is the official video codec for the MPEG-4 standard.

    Other MPEG-4 based (or Compliant) video codecs include VC-1 (A.K.A WMV-9).

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