Usb video wont work

sunnydays_2

Hi I had a video clip of my party on my mobile phone it only lasts about 20 seconds and I put it on to my laptop windows media and then on to my memory stick. When I put the stick in my usb on the dvd machine it comes up on the tv screen unauthorised so I cant watch my clip does anyone know why this happens???

debitcardmayhem

sunnydays wrote: »

Hi I had a video clip of my party on my mobile phone it only lasts about 20 seconds and I put it on to my laptop windows media and then on to my memory stick. When I put the stick in my usb on the dvd machine it comes up on the tv screen unauthorised so I cant watch my clip does anyone know why this happens???

I don't know but questions need to be answered
Does it run fine on the lappy?
What format is it in
Which Phone
and which DVD player
Then someone may be able to help if not me;)

sunnydays_2

Answers

Yes it runs fine on lappy
It is in video format
It is a samsung phone
It is a toshiba dvd player.:o

sunnydays_2

Could it be because its only a 20 second or less clip?

debitcardmayhem

sunnydays wrote: »

Answers

Yes it runs fine on lappy
It is in video format
It is a samsung phone
It is a toshiba dvd player.:o

Ok lost me after answer 1 but , on the lappy what filetype extension is it eg AVI, MP4, MP2 , WMV etc
also which toshiba model ?
No more questions from me but it will help others again. Thanks R

sunnydays_2

Hi its file extension AVI
and Toshiba model sd2010kb

debitcardmayhem

sunnydays wrote: »

Hi its file extension AVI
and Toshiba model sd2010kb

There are answers out there, and you need to convert the file to Divx (probably or Xvid) sorry to be vague , but trying to watch TV .. . I will look again later unless a Video expert comes along later
it all seems to depend on the "Envelope" that gets wrapped around the file. Do you have a manual ? and what does it say anything(unlikely I know) about which formats it accepts.

bat999

sunnydays wrote: »

...does anyone know why this happens???

Hi
Probably the codecs used (inside the AVI file) by your Samsung phone are not recognized by the Toshiba player.

Try converting it to XviD/mp3 in AVI using a converter such as Winff.
Here:- http://winff.org/html_new/

Choose:-
Convert to ... AVI
Device Preset ... XviD Fullscreen or XviD Widescreen

debitcardmayhem

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
Probably the codecs used (inside the avi file) by your Samsung phone are not recognized by the Toshiba player.

Try converting it to XviD/mp3 in AVI using a converter such as Winff.
Here:- http://winff.org/html_new/

Choose:-
Convert to ... AVI
Device Preset ... Xvid Fullscreen

Worth a try you young Bat;) I guess it may be a problem with the fact that DVD player thinks the USB stick copy is a region other than UK but am clutching at straws.

Whatever happened to GATT / EU law ...... I paid local taxes + possible import duties and therefore don't stop me playing it ?

sunnydays_2

Thanks everyone will give it a try and let you know what works.:beer: