Roku XDS with USB-what video files will it play Does it play the usual avi, mpeg, mp4, mkv, mov? Will if play vob?
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Roku 2 XS most certainly does support MKV and MP4. The down side is that there's currently a bug (or oversight) that makes it display all your videos in date order instead of alphabetical order.
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WD Media players plays just about every type of files you feed it to. It plays regular VOB or VIDEO_TS files (DVD movies) without the need of re-encoding or 'shrinking' it where you'd ended up with a movie of inferior and loss of quality. The internet app on the 'Live Plus' version is more than enough, including Netflix, Blockbuster and others.
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Interesting. Well I have several encoder programs on my computer so they will likely get a work out. Although truthfully, most of the time I simply burn a dvd of the avi I want to watch on my computer and then watch it through my dvd player. Thank you God for multiple HDMI ports on most HDTVs. If Western Digital would just improve their support of internet movie sites they could probably kill Roku. Instead they go the route of adding a hard drive to their media player. They're missing the direction of media players. They need to go wireless and support internet content sites. They have the file support down to a science now it's time to build on it. Interesting. Well I have several encoder programs on my computer so they will likely get a work out. Although truthfully, most of the time I simply burn a dvd of the avi I want to watch on my computer and then watch it through my dvd player. Thank you God for multiple HDMI ports on most HDTVs. If Western Digital would just improve their support of internet movie sites they could probably kill Roku. Instead they go the route of adding a hard drive to their media player. They're missing the direction of media players. They need to go wireless and support internet content sites. They have the... » Read More Interesting. Well I have several encoder programs on my computer so they will likely get a work out. Although truthfully, most of the time I simply burn a dvd of the avi I want to watch on my computer and then watch it through my dvd player. Thank you God for multiple HDMI ports on most HDTVs. If Western Digital would just improve their support of internet movie sites they could probably kill Roku. Instead they go the route of adding a hard drive to their media player. They're missing the direction of media players. They need to go wireless and support internet content sites. They have the file support down to a science now it's time to build on it. « Show Less
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the WD's strength is in local file support, but if internet streaming selection is what you want, the WD is a poor poor substitute for the Roku.
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Just a note that MKV is no longer supported. You should get a WD TV Live or use Plex Media Server. I think WD TV Live is much better this generation. Last generation, the support wasn't much more than a really outdated Netflix client. It now supports Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, CinemaNow, Blockbuster, Spotify, FaceBook, Pandora and more. Sure you lose Amazon, but CinemaNow and Blockbuster are good compensation along with the fact that it will basically play all of your videos files.
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I have the XDS and I can tell you that even for the supported file types it only works about 30% of the time and will almost certainly require re-encoding to work. It only supports a very limited range of settings and even people with a decent knowledge of video encoding have trouble getting videos to work.
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In my opinion USB video on Roku is pretty much non existant. I have a cinema tube and it can play anything even from an external drive. I wish Roku could do that for sure but for what you get its awesome for live streaming.
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Yes, however, it's limited. If you're looking to play locally stored videos and you have a newer PC, you'll want to look into Media Browser 3 or Plex (if you have a Mac, Plex is still an option). They will catalogue your media so you can scroll through it easily on the Roku and will re-encode the media to a Roku friendly format on-the-fly.
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The only files this TV plays using the USB input are JPG/JPEG photo-picture file types. It will not recognize MP3,MP4,AVI,MKV,VOB, etc.
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Works very well for me. I have tried mkv, avi, and mp4 with no problems at all. Only issue I have is if it is a blu-ray "backup" it will not play that. Any other "backup" from standard dvd's plays perfectly. I have been very pleased with the quality of this device in all aspects other than the blu-ray backups. Hope this helps.
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So far , my own mkv files will not play smoothly at all. Tried them from both USB stick and discs and from different sources and can;t get anything other than a highly pixelated picture. These are HD files so maybe that is the problem?So far this is the ONLY trouble I have had with the machine.
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Video format it support: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (VOB/ISO), MPEG-4 (DivX /Xvid), DivX HD, Xvid HD, AVI, MOV, MKV, RMVB, AVC HD, H.264, WMV9, VC-1, M2TS, TS/TP/M2T big question is why do you pick thi model over WD live streaming WDBHG70000NBK? WD live with build in wifi and it will play every video format you can think off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ix9f_aJt0
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Yes it plays video from sd card and usb in .avi I have not tried any other video format
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Will the DV-970HD browse for and play a video_ts directory/vobs on a USB (FAT) hard drive... and support all menus?
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No, DVDs have to be structured according to spec and contain only MP2 video with AC23, DTS, or MPEG audio. However, you can play your AVI files via the USB port, using a thumb drive. By the way, my Phillips DVD player failed the other day and I'm no longer recommending this brand.
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It has an older version of XMBC on it, so you can launch that - you'll have to navigate the file sources from inside the menu to find the mkv file, but generally yes. There may be issues with accelerated decoding, HD video from a usb thumb drive may be choppy.I would heartily recommend you install the latest version of XBMC, it was recently renamed to Kodi http://kodi.tv/download/
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Thanks for the reply. I received your answer after ordering the Roku unit from Amazon, so installed it anyway. Surprise, it works just fine!
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You can play certain formats via USB. This is what they list as compatible, but there may be more: MP3/WMA/WAV, JPEG, DivX(R)/MPEG1/MPEG2. The KWV41BT is the newer model, but I do not see any feature set differences between the units. Just some slight cosmetic and GUI changes.
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I have not used that drive, but I have used a Western Digital 3TB USB 3.0 drive with no problem at all. No problem playing any format video that I have come across with the player.
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The manual says it only supports playback of pictures from USB devices, though it lists the supported file types as JPG, DIVX, and MP3. I have never tried playing anything from a USB drive on this device, and don't know if firmware updates might have changed what is described in the manual.
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yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams) and the USB drive has enough storage space 1 hr of high def video is approx 16bg streams are blu-ray compatible i play them with VLC player and Media player classic
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The Philips website info says it plays mp4s but nothing about USB connection. I have have never tried to do so.
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Hello Crawdad, Thanks for your interest! This item can play the following files: *Digital video: MOV, MKV, AVI, RM, RMVB, FLV, WMV, MP4, VOB We hope this works for you because we would love to get your business today!