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worldpease
07-23-2004, 03:22 AM
Ok, Im gonna buy the Philips DVP642,
that plays DivX movies,

but Im wondering:

you know how we have to keep
updating the DivX Codecs in our
PCs,
well, what if with time ( few months or weeks),
the downloaded DivX are no longer compatible?

Is the DivX player equiped to be UpDated
or what?

If you can tell me,
thank you!...
lynx
07-23-2004, 09:14 AM
I've never tried it, so I don't know the exact details, but I believe you burn the firmware onto a cd, then put the cd into the player. It recognises the firmware disk (don't know the details of how) and updates it's firmware.

I don't know if this is possible with the DVP642, and I'm not likely to find out since it is an "American model" according to Philips (so why has it just been released in Dubai?). However, I seem to recall seeing something about someone screwing up his machine by turning it off in the middle of a firmware update, and I'm pretty sure that was on the DVP642.

All you've got to worry about now is how to get the firmware and what format the disk should be. :D
tesco
07-23-2004, 01:42 PM
or just re-encode the film to an older version of divx if u are too scared to update the firmware.
accat13
07-23-2004, 10:34 PM
the firmware update is very simple just keep your fingers crossed that you don't get a power outage..the file comes with a text file with instructions.Have a look here divx forums hardware (http://forums.divx.com/viewforum.php?forum=21) for more info on the 642. check out pg 2 there a long thread on the 642.
Virtualbody1234
07-23-2004, 10:38 PM
Hey, accat13. http://www.mcbriens.net/liam/img/smilies/wavehappy.gif
accat13
07-23-2004, 10:55 PM
hello Virtualbody1234
tesco
07-23-2004, 11:01 PM
Originally posted by accat13@23 July 2004 - 17:35
just keep your fingers crossed that you don't get a power outage..
Soon them things are gonna have a built in UPS. :lol:
worldpease
07-24-2004, 02:29 AM
OK Guys.
This pretty mush clears
all my doubts,
thenk you all...
Tough I have another interesting
and intriguin question,
but IŽll make a new post about it
right away.
tesco
07-24-2004, 02:33 AM
Originally posted by worldpease@23 July 2004 - 21:30
Ihave another interesting
and intriguin question
:lol:

Not the first time youi've said that though. :P