Medion Md40814 Divx Multi-region Dvd Player

[enoughfakefiles]

I`ve bought one of them medion MD40814 DivX Multi-region DVD player.Sof ar it`s played every thing i`ve put in in or so i thought. :(

I put the dvd rip of heelboy in it and it would`nt play it.It say`s that it does not suppot the QPEL codec. :helpsmile:

Is there anyway you can update the software or firmware if that`s what it`s called.???

Thanks in advance. :)

[tesco]

never heard of qpel plugin. :blink:

anyway ill look on google in a sec for firmware updates.
but if there is nothing or the update doesn't fix the problem then best idea would be to re-encode the film to divx and re-burn it. :)

[abu_has_the_power]

i wanted to get that. it's not available in us is it?

[tesco]

Doesn't look like medion is releasing firmware updates. (http://forums.divx.com/viewtopic.php?topic=59893&forum=21)

all i found on google is people complainning that tere are no updates. :(

[lynx]

What format was your download?
I got Hellboy DVD-R from Suprnova and it plays no problem on mine.

@abu, AFAIK it is only available in Europe.

@Rossco, it's a fairly new player, people are unrealistic to expect immediate firmware updates. In any case, the complaint is about multi-session DVD-R which has only recently been officially supported, I think it is unlikely that many players will do any better.

[enoughfakefiles]

Originally posted by lynx@19 August 2004 - 00:05
What format was your download?
I got Hellboy DVD-R from Suprnova and it plays no problem on mine.

THIS (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=116892) was the one that i got lynx.It`s the two disc version.

[muchspl2]

should have got the kiss or even better the dvp642, it supports some xvid, some of the hight bitrate xvid it skips(doesn't even play)
but with already two firmware updates for the dvp642, I'm sure it can only get better
the kiss player has no problems playing xvid, but its 300.00+ against the 70.00 Phillips

[accat13]

good luck don't think any of the standalone players support QPEL..Its very processor intensive and I don't think there up to it.The dvp642 doesn't..Guess your going to have to convert it :frusty: thought you got away from converting right haha...

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by accat13@18 August 2004 - 17:23
good luck don't think any of the standalone players support QPEL..Its very processor intensive and I don't think there up to it.The dvp642 doesn't..Guess your going to have to convert it :frusty: thought you got away from converting right haha...
first correct answer in this thread so far. :lol:

there is no qpel plugin or qpel codec. it is an encoding/decoding option of some codecs like divx and xvid. stand-alone players do not support it, and most people are wise enough to not encode with it. chalk it up to the person who released it being a basic dumb ass who didn't think about hardware compatibility when he made the file.

[enoughfakefiles]

So does this mean that`s it`s a one off or is it gonna be happening more and more.Is best just to re-encode it to divx.And if so what`s the best software to use.??? :)

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by enoughfakefiles@19 August 2004 - 01:09
So does this mean that`s it`s a one off or is it gonna be happening more and more.Is best just to re-encode it to divx.And if so what`s the best software to use.??? :)
i dunno if it'll gain popularity. the option has been available for quite a while (more than a year? maybe two years?) and it's still used very rarely, as far as i know.

if you want to re-encode to divx or xvid, i recommend VirtualDub. you'd want to use "full processing" for the video, and "direct stream" for the audio since the sound most likely does not need to be re-encoded. if you make a new file and the unaltered audio has problems, then you should re-process your new file with the video set to direct stream and the audio set to full processing... this'll save you the trouble of encoding the video all over again.

if you want to make a VCD, SVCD or DVD, try TmpgEnc.

you can find helpful step-by-step encoding guides at http://www.videohelp.com/ and http://www.doom9.net/.