H.264 files and DivX Certification on Blu-ray.

[PuzZLeR]

Greetings folks. My time has come. I want to buy a BD player, but I have a nagging little question that's been bugging me.

The last few years I've been encoding alot of video (ex: such as music videos) to compressed formats such as DivX and H.264.

These are not HD - most resolutions are in 640x480. Most of my H.264 videos are in an MP4 container with AAC audio.

I'm in no rush for BD video playback of this content. I can wait for the day when good consumer-based software will easily convert these files to decent HD format as a BD video disc. Yes, there will be some lossiness, but hey, such is life.

But what about playback as data files?

My question(s):

Do BD players support H.264 content in an MP4 container burned to disc as data? I know that H.264 is an accepted standard, so there should be a built-in decoder no doubt. I know file discs are not DvD or BD, but I'm wondering if the "typical" BD player accepts them much like almost every new DvD player accepts MP3, JPG, etc. although it's not "compliant DvD audio/video".

I guess I'm referring to a format much like DivX certification. And speaking of, how is DivX certification doing with BD players? Is this commonplace as it is on DvD players?

And what about AAC audio?

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this about the market, now and in the future, for these optional types of formats and features, and I'd love to buy a player that supports them. No, I don't want a PS3, and I did not enjoy my Apple TV either. I want BD.

I know we buy BD players for the HD playback discs, and I do intend to enjoy this too, but these files too are important to me as well.

Thanks for any feedback!

[PuzZLeR]

BUMP!

Seriously though, other than the PS3, doesn't anybody have a BD player that plays this content or knows if BD players do, or don't, support it?

Thanks again for any feedback...

[plee]

Originally Posted by PuzZLeR

Greetings folks. My time has come. I want to buy a BD player, but I have a nagging little question that's been bugging me.

The last few years I've been encoding alot of video (ex: such as music videos) to compressed formats such as DivX and H.264.

These are not HD - most resolutions are in 640x480. Most of my H.264 videos are in an MP4 container with AAC audio.

I'm in no rush for BD video playback of this content. I can wait for the day when good consumer-based software will easily convert these files to decent HD format as a BD video disc. Yes, there will be some lossiness, but hey, such is life.

But what about playback as data files?

My question(s):

Do BD players support H.264 content in an MP4 container burned to disc as data? I know that H.264 is an accepted standard, so there should be a built-in decoder no doubt. I know file discs are not DvD or BD, but I'm wondering if the "typical" BD player accepts them much like almost every new DvD player accepts MP3, JPG, etc. although it's not "compliant DvD audio/video".

I guess I'm referring to a format much like DivX certification. And speaking of, how is DivX certification doing with BD players? Is this commonplace as it is on DvD players?

And what about AAC audio?

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this about the market, now and in the future, for these optional types of formats and features, and I'd love to buy a player that supports them. No, I don't want a PS3, and I did not enjoy my Apple TV either. I want BD.

I know we buy BD players for the HD playback discs, and I do intend to enjoy this too, but these files too are important to me as well.

Thanks for any feedback!

As far as Divx, there is no BD player that I've seen that supports it, though I think they can do it in the future.

On the MP4/H.264 question, I think it depend on how the video/audio was encoded. BD players are very "picky" on what they can play...

I think you should re-think the PS3, if the files you have can be play on it, you can just store them on HD and thus bring them up when you want to watch them (of course if you have the HD space). On a standalone, you'll need to pop in a disc, etc...

[Banjo]

I'm not sure but I think Samsung's BD-P1000 is DivX certified.

[plee]

Replied too soon...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=23516

[Thegemte]

This probably doesn't help but i bought the PS3 on release date, but found it didn't play divx and the dvd player (sony) then didn't support it. Now with the new lcd, and set up, i got the dvd player that upscaled and played divx.

PS3 version 2.00 in Australian update didn't offer divx which is a shame.

But the console with the dvd player is what i did.

[X400]

i know you don't want it but i'm going to suggest it anyways, PS3.

[stillshadow]

I recently bought a Sony HD Camcorder that writes directly to mini DVDs. It uses AVCHD (H.264) encoding to write the HD content onto a standard DVD. I know that you can pop these discs into a PS3 or any Blu-ray player for compatible playback. This was one of the selling points of the camcorder.

Thus, I would assume that it would work for any H.264 file. This is actually a mandatory feature of both HD format players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Applications

[PuzZLeR]

Well, I'm updating this thread to point out that the first DivX Certified BD player is coming (which is not PS3):

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080303/20080303005616.html?.v=1

As well, if it plays DivX, I can't see why it wouldn't also play H.264 files too since this is a default decoder in the chipset.