On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:44:19 GMT, Sara Bellum <Sara@cortex.com> wrote:
>noone <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in news:567f2639$0$4459$b1db1813$79461190
>@news.astraweb.com:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:21:01 +0000, Sara Bellum wrote:
>>
>>> I know there are brilliant experts here.
>>>
>>> My niece has a Panasonic DVD player, which has a USB port on it.
>>> Rather than keep making separate Video format DVDs for each film and
>>> posting them to her, as I have always done up to now, at great postal
>>> expense, I wish to put more than one film, as avi files, on a DVD and
>>> post just the one DVD, at a time.
>>>
>>> I will put the avi files on a DVD using my Windows7 PC.
>>> Using her Mac computer, does anybody now if she will be able to copy
>the
>>> avi files from the DVD and paste on the fat32 flash drive?
>>>
>>> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>
>> Yes, she can. It's just a simple file copy. But why go to the trouble
>> of burning a DVD with the risk of damage in the post and not just send
>> her a flash drive in the first place? It's smaller, less likely to get
>> damaged in the post and can easily have a larger capacity and cuts out
>> the time you both take at each end to copy to/from the DVD.
>>
>> You can certainly format with FAT32 up to 32GB in size but you have to
>> watch out for very large files. Individual files over about 4GB will
>> break
>>
>
>Thanks for the guidance.
>The USB function on the video player will only read FAT32 formatted Flash
>Drives. I am aware of the size limitation on FAT formatted drives.
>The postage cost will be OK, as I can get 3 DVDs in one envelope and pay
>for one stamp. My DVDs have always travelled safely as they are inserted
>between two layers of cereal cardboard and the whole package has immense
>strength. I have been doing this safely for years.
>It was just I am not familiar with Mac computers and did not know if you
>can copy files on them and paste on other drives.
>
>I would not post the flash drive itself as things tend to go astray in
>the post. The Blank DVDs only cost me 11p each. Also postage will be
>incurred sending the flash drive both ways and doubling the risk of it
>being knicked.
>
>I cannot just transfer the files themselves via the Internet as she has a
>limited data download package.
>
>Thank you again for your input.
>
>
>Regards,
>Sara
I'm not a MAC user but I don't see any reason why she couldn't
transfer the avi files from your disk to the flash drive, assuming she
can transfer any other kind of file from a back-up disk to a flash
drive, ie, jpgs, spreadsheets, documents, etc.
The more important point is whether the player can handle media files,
such as avi, mp4 or mkv. I'm not familiar with particular models of
DVD players in the UK, but I've never known one that would play media
files at all. Some might display jpg graphics using the USB port, but
not media files of any sort.
That capability, however, is a feature of most, nearly all, new models
of BluRay players. In addition to BluRay and standard DVD disks, they
can play media files (avi, mp4, mkv, and several others) either via a
flash drive (which I frequently do), via a portable hard drive, or
directly from the disk, which is recorded in standard 'back-up' mode,
that is, the way you would record the avi's on the disk you would send
to your niece. It's important to note that the disk must be 'closed'
or 'finalized' when you burn it, or most players will not be able to
read the file table, and the disk will appear blank to the player.
She may not be interested in buying a new BluRay player, though the
prices are coming down quite a bit these days; but I would not expect
her current DVD player to play any sort of media video file, the USB
port notwithstanding.
In fact, I don't think the media player on the MAC computer will play
avi files (the player on a friend's MAC does not. Hers only seems to
handle mp4 and mov files. There are players, such as the free VLC
player which will, and I believe the VLC has a free MAC version, as
well.)
If she does consider buying a BluRay, she may want to also consider
buying a 'region-free' player, so that she would be able to play disks
coded for the US as well as the UK. My current LG player is one such
machine, which lets me play our standard DVD's and BluRays from the US
as well as those I pick up from Amazon UK which are coded for use in
your country.
The other aspect of a 'region-free' machine is that many (most, but
not all) have circuitry to convert the image between NTSC, the US
broadcast standard, and PAL, which is used in the UK. Without that
circuitry, you'll either get a messed up image on the television, or
an error message from the player saying 'this disk is not compatible
with this player.' when playing disks intended for outside your
region. Having this circuitry should also eliminate any problem your
niece might experience in playing an avi, mp4 or mkv which was created
using a video of US source (30 frame per second image) versus a video
of UK source (25 frame per second).
Because of the custom modifications done to add the conversion
circuitry and remove the region code restriction, region-free players
are somewhat more expensive than regular off-the-shelf models; but I
also understand they are more popular in the UK than here in the US,
as there's a greater demand for US disks there than there are UK (or
other nation's) DVD's here. I don't know of any sources in the UK
(probably online sellers, as they are here), but I'm sure some of the
other UK visitors to newsgroups like this can suggest sellers to you
(or your niece). I'm sure many visitors to these groups already have
one.
Other than getting a Bluray player, or a standalone media player,
(there are many listed on Amazon UK, though I'm not familiar with any
of the players available on your side of the pond), your niece would
pretty much be restricted to playing media files on her MAC with VLC
player replacing her 'stock' MAC player. Not much fun for a two hour
movie.
Length reply, but I hope I've anwered a few questions. If you have
others, please feel free to ask.
Colonel Buckshot
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