Playing AVI files from Blu-ray player

[ELK1958]

Hello out there - I have never done this before so please bear with me. I have tried this, but am looking for verification: I converted a VHS tape to an AVI (about 3.5GB) then copied the file to a Blu-ray disk and it would not play from the player/burner. But, if I copy that file from the Blu-ray disk to the desktop it plays fine. Also, if I copy it from the Blu-ray disk to a DVD disk it plays without a problem. Is this simply a case of the speed of the drive (it is a 2X) and not being able to transfer the video fast enough?

Thanks!

[prerich]

Originally Posted by ELK1958

Hello out there - I have never done this before so please bear with me. I have tried this, but am looking for verification: I converted a VHS tape to an AVI (about 3.5GB) then copied the file to a Blu-ray disk and it would not play from the player/burner. But, if I copy that file from the Blu-ray disk to the desktop it plays fine. Also, if I copy it from the Blu-ray disk to a DVD disk it plays without a problem. Is this simply a case of the speed of the drive (it is a 2X) and not being able to transfer the video fast enough?

Thanks!

I'd have to know your process. If you are just burning the avi file to the BD you are actually making a BD data disc, not a BD movie disc - these disc will not be able to be played by bd players but will be able to be played by an OS application such as media player (because its still a .avi file not a BD file - I forget the BD extension). Tis would also explain it going to DVD. It's the way you are processing or should I say burning the disc.

[ELK1958]

Originally Posted by prerich

I'd have to know your process. If you are just burning the avi file to the BD you are actually making a BD data disc, not a BD movie disc - these disc will not be able to be played by bd players but will be able to be played by an OS application such as media player (because its still a .avi file not a BD file - I forget the BD extension). Tis would also explain it going to DVD. It's the way you are processing or should I say burning the disc.

This is just an AVI file created in Adobe Primere Pro CS3 and copied as data onto a Blu-ray disk and meant to be an uncompressed archive backup of a VHS tape. It is intentionally not in the Blu-ray format for purposes of using the file to convert to other file fomats at a later date.

[Xerios]

sounds like u just burned a blu-ray data disk... it wouldnt play in a player because its not a video disc. maybe im missing something but thats what it sounds like when u describe it to me

[love blu or go home!]

Originally Posted by Xerios

sounds like u just burned a blu-ray data disk... it wouldnt play in a player because its not a video disc. maybe im missing something but thats what it sounds like when u describe it to me

He isn't palying it on a blu-ray player but he is trying to play it on a PC with a blu-ray drive on it. I don't know what the problem could be.

[prerich]

Originally Posted by ELK1958

This is just an AVI file created in Adobe Primere Pro CS3 and copied as data onto a Blu-ray disk and meant to be an uncompressed archive backup of a VHS tape. It is intentionally not in the Blu-ray format for purposes of using the file to convert to other file fomats at a later date.

Right click on the disc to explore it, then open the file, Windows will choose the proper program to play the file WMP ect....
As a Data disc, you won't be able to just pop it in and play it - you must choose the file. If you have tried it this way - I don't know what else to say (its not the drive though).

[ELK1958]

Hi all,
I'm sure I'm not explaining this very well. You are correct - I am playing the file on a PC (the same PC\Drive that the file was created on) but, when I click on the file windows media player launches but, nothing happens, it freezes and never plays. But, then I can take that same AVI file and put it on a DVD disk and play it from the same Blu-ray drive on the same PC, windows media player opens and the video plays fine. I can't see the Pc being the problem . . . it is a beast. New Dell XPS 720 / 3.2GHz quad core / 4GB ram / 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT / 1Tb drive. I keep thinking it is a Blu-ray drive speed limitation and that this will improve as the drives get faster - but I have been looking around on the web for some time and can find no proof of this.
Thanks all for your input!

[Xerios]

only thing i can think of is read speed of the Disc itself, not the drive..