Video files ripped onto my USB stick come out choppy/unplayable when played on TV - why?
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Whenever I try and catch up on TV shows that I miss, I resort to downloading them (from a perfectly legal site, obviously). Once the file has finished downloading, I copy+paste it onto a USB stick so I can watch it on my TV. I use a DVD player that has a USB port on it (my DVD player has a USB mode). I've done this plenty of times in the past, but ever since I moved, it hasn't been going very smoothly.
When I attempt to play the video files, around 60-70% of the time they will "skip" every 10 seconds or so. The video and audio glitch up temporarily and then continues playing, but it skips over 2-3 seconds of video. You could think of it as trying to play a scratched music CD. Most of the time the file just stops playing altogether. I honestly have no clue why this is happening so I was looking for some help.
We have satellite internet. So our download speed is very slow. I thought that the reason the files come out "choppy" might have to do with our internet connection. We have a very high latency - high enough that I can't play any video game online without lagging out/getting booted. I'll also start/stop the downloads when I need to use the internet because it completely bogs down our computers. I thought that maybe our connection was causing the files to download in a fragmented sort of way, if that makes sense?
How do you legally download a TV show?
[QUOTE=Jelly;29664740]How do you legally download a TV show?[/QUOTE]
iTunes.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;29664768]iTunes.[/QUOTE]
He mentions stopping torrents in the OP and if he is getting them from iTunes it's probably the DRM.
He said it's legal, he is given the benefit of the doubt, quit being a backseat moderator.
Does it play fine on your PC off the stick? It might just be a very horrible stick that can't read quick enough to play smoothly, it's more likely that the DVD plyer just isn't very powerful, though, and can't play the quality of the movies you're trying to watch smoothly.
Well, a few points to add. The video files appear to play fine on the computer. We purposely get the lower quality versions of shows. The standard AVI format I mean - no 720p or Blu-Ray. The DVD player was advertised as being capable of handling the video qualities we use. But, I can always be safe and clarify what my DVD player can/can't do, so I'll try that :)
I guess I have to isolate the problem now. Try some different USB sticks, maybe use another computer, ect. I was hoping it might be a common occurrence because most people on FP have experience with "downloading video files", regardless of the sources they use. I'd never heard of this problem until I moved out into this rural neighborhood.
I can almost assure you that it's the dvd player. I had the same issue with dvd players/shitty computers. The video and audio try to stay in sync, but the hardware just can't do it. I had the issue with 1080p files on my old laptop.
[QUOTE=xxdeadb0ltxx;29667487]Well, a few points to add. The video files appear to play fine on the computer. We purposely get the lower quality versions of shows. The standard AVI format I mean - no 720p or Blu-Ray. The DVD player was advertised as being capable of handling the video qualities we use. But, I can always be safe and clarify what my DVD player can/can't do, so I'll try that :)
I guess I have to isolate the problem now. Try some different USB sticks, maybe use another computer, ect. I was hoping it might be a common occurrence because most people on FP have experience with "downloading video files", regardless of the sources they use. I'd never heard of this problem until I moved out into this rural neighborhood.[/QUOTE]
Try different codecs, the internet has nothing to do with it. AVI isn't a format, it's just a container for video and sound.
Did you start using a different usbstick?
Your DVD player probably just can't decode the video fast enough.
I had a similar problem while trying to play videos off of mine.
[editline]8th May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=QuikKill;29690664]I can almost assure you that it's the dvd player. I had the same issue with dvd players/shitty computers. The video and audio try to stay in sync, but the hardware just can't do it. I had the issue with 1080p files on my old laptop.[/QUOTE]
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