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New Philips DVP5992 DVD player with USB 2.0 feature!! | ||||||||
| agidol posted 2008 Apr 21 23:16 | ||||||||
| Just went to Philips website and found this player, which according to their downloadable leaflet, has USB 2.0 feature that is specifically designed to play move, music or photo. I don't think Philips ever officially endorsed video play thru USB in other models like DVP5960 or DVP5982 so is this one we've been truly waiting for? The one true multi media server-player that can play anything from an external hard drive? This must be so new because I couldn't find any info. on Google except on the Philips website. Just thought I'd like to share this info with all. | ||||||||
| agidol posted 2008 Apr 24 15:41 | ||||||||
| No one has any comments or additional info on this player? I guess it's really NEW. | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Apr 24 15:53 | ||||||||
| I own the 5982 I use the USB 90% of the time for watching movies with no issues at all. i don't see any major benefit for me at this point
PS.on how many sites did u post this info? :lol: so far i found 2 | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Apr 24 16:01 | ||||||||
| Picture/Display
D/A converter 12 bit, 108 MHz Picture enhancement Progressive Scan , High Def (720p, 1080i, 1080p) , Video Upscaling(720p, 1080i/p) Sound D/A converter 24 bit, 192 kHz Signal to noise ratio > 90 dB Distortion and Noise (1kHz) > 65 dB Crosstalk (1kHz) > 70 dB Dynamic Range (1kHz) > 80 dB Sound System Dolby Digital Frequency response 30-20000 Hz Video Playback Playback Media CD , CD-R/CD-RW , Video CD/SVCD , DVD , DivX , DVD+R/+RW , DVD-R/-RW , DVD-Video Compression formats MPEG1 , MPEG2 , DivX 3.11 , DivX 4.x , DivX 5.x , DivX 6.0 , DivX Ultra , WMV Video disc playback system PAL , NTSC Audio Playback Playback Media CD , MP3-CD , MP3-DVD , CD-R/RW , WMA-CD , Audio CD Compression format Dolby Digital , MP3 , PCM , WMA MP3 bit rates 32 - 320 kbps | ||||||||
| newnews posted 2008 Apr 25 00:40 | ||||||||
| This player can support WMV files which is a big improvement, but the manual do not mention that it will support idx/sub subtitle. Gain something but lose something | ||||||||
| agidol posted 2008 Apr 25 11:01 | ||||||||
| I posted to 3 sites (here, AVSforum and Afterdawn) so I can get some info. from other members who may have some insider knowledge on this player. I think the main advantage is that this player is eqipped with USB 2.0 and has "potential" to eliminate jerky video problem that my 5960 and possibly 5982 has when feeding high bit video via USB 1.1 from an external drive. That to me is a huge plus and worth replacing. My PS3 does have USB 2.0 so it has no jerky motion issues but it doesn't read DviX files as well as my trusty DVP5960. | ||||||||
| handyguy posted 2008 Apr 25 11:33 | ||||||||
| I don't think they would take out any type of subtitles. They do take out some features & add new ones.
Best divx player for me is still an xbox. | ||||||||
| somebodeez posted 2008 Apr 25 11:53 | ||||||||
| No DTS? | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Apr 25 14:22 | ||||||||
| When I can walk into my local B&M store to buy I'll be all over this one. USB2 & WMV. Good. Sad to say however I'd bet it still has the same garbage remote hwever | ||||||||
| tj1182 posted 2008 Jun 02 23:14 | ||||||||
| Who cares about the remote? Use a universal remote, works ten times better than the crappy one it comes with.
I can't wait for this player, I have the DVP5982 and love it, but the WMV and USB 3.0 is a major upgrade on my end. What's the planned release date? | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 03 11:02 | ||||||||
| USB 2.0 and WMV support are in the DVP5990. It is out for a while now. I bought mine at Best Buy. Better remote too. | ||||||||
| tj1182 posted 2008 Jun 03 11:35 | ||||||||
| Then what's the difference with 5992? if it has the same features and probably less money.
Bestbuy doesn't mention it plays WMV and it's on backorder. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8701844&product ... ductdetail | ||||||||
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2008 Jun 03 11:49 | ||||||||
That is odd but the 5990 doesn't have a DTS decoder either. | ||||||||
| blackrain2008 posted 2008 Jun 03 13:34 | ||||||||
That would only be true if the 5990/5992 uses the mediatek 1389xx chipset. If not, then I think that Oppo is still the way to go because it has both the mediatek chipset and USB 2.0 support. I have not yet seen anyone confirm that the 5990/5992 has the mediatek chipset. | ||||||||
| mikeeve posted 2008 Jun 03 17:29 | ||||||||
| I bought the 5992 at Costco yesterday. I realize the primary reason for the player is upconverting DVDs, but I am also interested in using the USB port for jpeg images on a flash drive. When jpegs are viewed from the USB port, the player insists on switching to 1080i mode (although DVDs are displayed at 1080p). The jpeg image quality if mediocre at best while the photos when displayed from the TV's USB port are stunning.
Does anyone know how displaying a picture at 1080i mode works? I'm not sure if the display is showing 1080 unique lines or 540 lines with each line doubled to make 1080. For whatever reason, the images are noticably worse than when I plug my flash drive directly into the TV. However, I don't like my TV's USB port because it is terribly slow (15 seconds loading a 6 meg pixel from flash versus 5 seconds for the 5992). P.S.: No, I will not open it to look at the chip! | ||||||||
| tj1182 posted 2008 Jun 03 18:03 | ||||||||
| I thought the 5992 wasn't out yet. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 04 09:59 | ||||||||
| Also a possibility that the 5992 is the Costco version of the 5990.
Many big chains have the same hardware with a different model number to avoid price matching someone else. | ||||||||
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2008 Jun 04 16:54 | ||||||||
Not even if I give you a cookie? We must know what chip they use for the sake of videophiles everywhere. :) | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jun 04 18:25 | ||||||||
| I bought one from walmart today.finally I can use my WD Passport 250. | ||||||||
| cheapnellie posted 2008 Jun 15 16:41 | ||||||||
| Just a quick note. I was able to flash the 5992 using the latest firmware of the 5990. So now my 5992 is running firmware 37.08.51.27 of the 5990. So far, everything looks and feel the same.
I'm beginning to think that there is no real difference between the 2 players, and that perhaps the only difference is that the 5992 has "better USB 2.0" support. Go ahead and try the firmware yourself if you bought yours from Costco. If it fails, just return it. | ||||||||
| plgery posted 2008 Jun 17 13:28 | ||||||||
| Just a question. Anyone try to play WMV HD content with 5592, like those can be download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvid ... wcase.aspx
Is it able to play those wmvs? | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 18 15:01 | ||||||||
| No support for HD thus no sense trying. All you'll do is get the unsupported resolution error message. | ||||||||
| plgery posted 2008 Jun 19 10:45 | ||||||||
| I see. :( Thank you for the explanation TBoneit. | ||||||||
| RabidDog posted 2008 Jun 21 08:35 | ||||||||
| Beware the USb port may be 2.0 compatible but may only transfer @ 1.1 speeds. this is the case with some other philips models. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 23 09:34 | ||||||||
| Note that the box does not say USB 2 compatible it says USB 2.
My informal testing shows that the USB port on the 5990 is much faster than the 5960 and 5982 USB ports. Video that would stutter on the older models plays smoothly on the 5990 and the FF/FRev work much smoother than the older models too. In summary I believe Philips when they say USB 2 for the 5990. | ||||||||
| fabpozzi posted 2008 Jun 23 10:09 | ||||||||
| One question about those Philips DVD players:
do they play DviX files in HD format, like 720p or 1080p? Up to now I was not able to find out a standalone player that does that! | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 23 11:27 | ||||||||
| No support for HD.
From Above "No support for HD thus no sense trying. All you'll do is get the unsupported resolution error message. " OTOH supported resoultion which go no higher than DVD specs look pretty good when the 5990 which is what I have upconverts. There are players around however they are more of a Add your own hard drive type of thing. | ||||||||
| fabpozzi posted 2008 Jun 23 12:09 | ||||||||
| Bad new... then., which kind of hardware can play a 1280X720 movie, in somewhat format: DVD player (seems not), Xbox, PS3 or any other? Otherwise, to have a HD output it's better to set up a Home Theater PC ? | ||||||||
| dsp posted 2008 Jun 25 08:15 | ||||||||
| Hi everybody,
I just purchased a Philips DVP5990/37. Everthing works great, except for the subtitle, which is really hard to read. I tried to change the font via the Setup->Preferences->DIVX Sub, but there seems to be only one selection ("Standard"). Does anybody have any idea how to change the font, or a way to make the sub title more readable? BTW, I'm playing the movies in DVD format (VTS) from my hard drive. Thanks in advance. | ||||||||
| lizzoqops posted 2008 Jun 27 00:01 | ||||||||
| You can't do this with the player settings. You might want to wander over to the subtitle forum and check into adding custom subs to a dvd or divx file, that sounds like what you want to do. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jun 29 15:07 | ||||||||
| Where can you buy the Philips DVP5992?
Philips gave me a list of all the retailers in my area that supposedly sell this unit and none of them have it. | ||||||||
| louv68 posted 2008 Jun 29 16:49 | ||||||||
| If you're ok with the DVP5990 which is the same unit, just different color, then try Walmart. They had about 10 units at my local Walmart. They were going for just under $60 | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jun 29 17:02 | ||||||||
| yep Wal-Mrt is selling it for $57.99.cheaper than Amazon.com
if you still want the 9092 check amazon.com $69.99 + $16.95 shipping :lol: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP5992-1080p-Upscaling-Player/dp/B001AXBGZO | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jun 29 22:37 | ||||||||
| Philips says the DVP5990 only supports digital music and photos through the USB port. I assume that's because it's only USB 1.1 while the DVP5992 supports playback of movies, music and photos through the USB 2.0 port.
Would be nice to be able to walk into a Walmart, Bestbuy, Target, Circuit City, Sam's Club and Costco and purchase this unit like Philips states that you can instead of having to purchase it through the internet. EDIT: The 5990 doesn't support WMV either. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 29 23:08 | ||||||||
| Where did you hear that the 5990 doesn't have USB2 or play WMVs?
I must be dreaming then because the box my 5990 came in says USB2 and WMV support. It plays high bitrate video through the USB port fine. WMV, Divx, Xvid, MPG and MP3 just fine. Somebody has feeding you a line. You don't have to believe owners of course. You could go to Walmart and read the box. Or you could read the thread on the 5990 that is here. http://forum.videohelp.com/topic351069.html Almost forgot the best feature... Unlike the older model it's USB2 port supplies enough power to run my 2.5" laptop drive in a USB enclosure. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jun 30 03:12 | ||||||||
Just stating what I read on the Philips website about no WMV support and in my post I stated that I assumed that it had USB1.1 since it didn't mention support for movies from the USB port... Philips DVP5990 Compression formats - MPEG1 , MPEG2 , DivX 3.11 , DivX 4.x , DivX 5.x , DivX 6.0 , DivX Ultra Simply plug your device into the USB port on your Philips DVD system. Your digital music and photos will be played directly from the device. Philips DVP5992 Compression formats MPEG1 , MPEG2 , DivX 3.11 , DivX 4.x , DivX 5.x , DivX 6.0 , DivX Ultra , WMV Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Link plays media from USB flash drives The Universal Serial Bus or USB is a protocol standard that is conveniently used to link PCs, peripherals and consumer electronic equuipment. Hi-Speed USB devices have a data transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps - up from the 12 Mbps in original USB ones. With Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Link, all you have to do is plug in your USB device, select the movie, music or photo and play away. Guess I should've searched for the 5990 thread. Wonder why Philips would mislead everyone if it's the same player. One poster said that a Philips tech said they are the exact same players, just different colors. I have a Coolmax external hard drive enclosure which has a power supply. Will I be able to hook this up with the power supply turned on or will I have to leave it turned off with the USB connected? Surely it has to be turned on to power the hard drive, no? | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jun 30 09:30 | ||||||||
it runs my WD passport 250 fine so i don't care if it's 1.1 or 2.0.my 5982 model didn't | ||||||||
| dfisher052 posted 2008 Jun 30 10:00 | ||||||||
| I find all this talk about needing usb 2.2 for playing movies on the Philips. I have a 5982 & I play DIVX & XVID movies all the time off of a 2 GB thumb drive with no problems. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jun 30 10:52 | ||||||||
| If the external enclosure is a laptop drive then it shouldn't need extra power. If it has a desktop drive then it will need to be powered.
dfisher052, the advantage of USB2 is smoother Fast Forward, and the ability to play high bitrate files without them stuttering. I has some DVD ready MPEG2 files that stuttered in the 5982 through the USB port and they play fine in the 5990. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jun 30 11:39 | ||||||||
| Thanks for the info, TBoneit. Looks like I'll be heading down to Walmart today to pick up the 5990. | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jun 30 16:31 | ||||||||
the problem with the 5982 i can't watch any movies on my WD passport(laptop hd)I don't have any issues using thumb drive.with the 5990 doesn't have this issue | ||||||||
| stevensung posted 2008 Jul 03 10:17 | ||||||||
| My DVP5992/37 has some problems.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought it from local COSTCO last weekend and only hooked it up to my LCD TV via HDMI cable today. DVD playback is ok and I think I can see some visual improvements from the normal DVD players. However, I did find some problems when I tested the movie file playback from USB. First, it does not play my XVid files whose filesize are around 2.5 GB. I can see the file name displayed on the screen but after I clicked it I only got a freezed screen. The DVD player either displayed "LOAD" or "STOP" while the light on my 8GB USB driver keeps flashing. This lasted probably more than 10 minutes or even longer until the DVD player started to play only sound of the movie but without pictures. I tried to power cycle the machine several times but never succeeded. Second, this DVD player did playback some small AVI files from the USB driver (~700 MB each). But it took about one minute to start playing the movie after I clicked the file from the menu. I did upgraded the player to the latest firmwire .27 and could not find anything that I can do to get rid of these problem. Does anyone have similar experience or better ideas? Thank you. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jul 03 11:19 | ||||||||
| that usually means they encoded in a manner not compatible with the player. Try GSpot on them and post a screen shot of it after editing out the file name and you'll get more help.
Good Luck My 5990 plays most all the files I try. WMV or AVI. No OGG or MKV of course and nothing with a resolution greater than standard DVD resolution. Good Luck | ||||||||
| stevensung posted 2008 Jul 03 11:38 | ||||||||
| Thanks for your reply.
Do you mean I could only use this DVD to playback small avi files where the file size is smaller than 1 GB? That would make this player less attractive to me. Also I don't understand why I have to edit the file name of the AVI file that I am about to play. Is that a problem? | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Jul 03 18:54 | ||||||||
| stevensung,
About the load speed: I have the 5990 model. I've never had problems playing files around 1.5 GB or so, and they load pretty quick. I just timed a 700MB file at 15 seconds. I imagine that this is a function of your USB stick's read rate. The one I use is about 25MB/sec. Most are slower than this, often less than 10. If you want a faster one, get one that says "Readyboost" on it, or read some online reviews. About the file size thing: I'd never tried to play a file greater than 2GB on my 5990 (I read a long time ago that that was troublesome on some of the older players like the Philips 642, which I used to use, so I just don't make them that big). After seeing your post I thought I'd check it out. The largest AVI I had was 1.9GB, so I clipped about 700MB of it and added it to the end of the original file to give me a new file of 2.6 GB (I used Virtualdub mod), then copied the original and the larger file to an 8 GB thumb drive. The original file played fine, though it did take 30 seconds to load. I gave up trying to play the big file after waiting for it to load for about 7 minutes. I then took the big file and remuxed it using Avimux Gui 1.17.7, copied it back to the thumb drive, and this time it played fine. It took 58 seconds to load. Fast-forwarded to the new section at the end and there were no problems with playback. Going beyond 2GB makes the file into a multi-part OpenDML, which apparently can be handled in different ways by different muxers. I don't pretend to be an expert on this, but there's a discussion here if you're interested: http://www.alexander-noe.com/video/amg/en_about_opendml.html So I'd recommend re-muxing your big files using Avimux Gui. It needs to be configured properly, though. To do so, open Avimux, then open an Explorer window, go to the "Profiles" subfolder of your Avimux installation, and drag the "Profile - Standalone AVI - MP3.amg" file into the "open files (add files via drag & drop)" window of Avimux Gui. Nothing will appear to happen, but this will take care of most of your settings. Now click on the "settings" button, then "AVI file structure". This section may have already been set by the profile (it's been so long since I've set it up, I don't remember), but if not, then put a check-mark next to "use Open-DML output" and "create legacy index", and in the RIFF-AVI box, enter 2044 (see screen-shot below). To remux, just drag your big avi file into the "open files" window, click on it, then click on "generate data source from files" just below the "open files" window, then click on "start" and specify a location and a new file name. Re-muxing is very fast, approximately as long as it takes to write the new file out. Alternatively, you could just split the big file into smaller sections using Vdub(mod). And as regards your question about having to edit the file name of the AVI, I don't know what you mean. Anyway, good luck with it.  | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 03 22:05 | ||||||||
| I had the same problem with the freezing with OPEN and STOP but after messing with it for a couple of hours, I figured out that if I skipped the first file in the folder that the second one would play and then I could go back to the first one. For a while, I thought the only files that it would play from the external drive was .divx files since that was the only folder I could get to play.
If I tried to play the first file and then the second file, the second file would not play and I would have to turn the power to the external drive off and back on and restart the USB mode. Also, moving to different files or folders, I had to hit the stop button on the remote and hit the USB button twice to get the menu to come up. If it failed to come up, I had to do the off/on routine on the external drive. Also, I'm not sure that this player will play WMV7 or WMV8 files. I was only able to play WMV9. I'll have to get a couple more DVD-RW discs and do some more tests. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 04 03:36 | ||||||||
| I burned 4GB of WMV files to a DVD-RW and here's what I was able to find out...
WMV9 plays fine WMV8 will not play at all. WMV7 is iffy. One file played fine, one file played like a slide show (very badly) and one file refused to play at all. Single channel audio is not supported 24 bit stereo WMA 9.1 Pofessional is not supported 16 bit stereo WMA 9.2 is supported 16 bit stereo WMA 9.1 is supported 16 bit stereo WMA 9.0 is supported 16 bit stereo WMA 8.0 is supported Also, computer files seem to be way to big for the screen. They look like they're in zoom mode but they're not. Not sure about DVDs yet. Here is what an AVI or WMV looks like on my TV...  | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 04 04:06 | ||||||||
Here is how it should look...
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| OldAmateur posted 2008 Jul 04 16:45 | ||||||||
You may be seeing the effect of an "aspect ratio" setting that doesn't match your TV. There is an option in the DVP 5990/5992 "Setup" menu to specify your TV's aspect ratio. The choices are 4:3, 4:3 with letterbox, and 16:9. Try each one and see what gives you the best result. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 06 00:34 | ||||||||
| There is no difference at all in the 4:3 Pan Scan and 4:3 Letter Box in any of my files on disc or HDD. AVI will switch to 16:9 ( WMV will not ) but the height does not change and the width get squished. 4:3 Pan Scan and 4:3 Letter Box do nothing at all.
If I remember correctly, the 352x288 files were always too long for my screen but the width was OK and normal resolution files always played correctly. I re-encoded a test file which I resized to 588x440 and letterboxed to 640x480 and it fits pretty good but I don't really want to have to re-encode every single file on my computer to get them to play right with this player. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 06 02:36 | ||||||||
| Did the firmware update to see if that would fix the problem ( it didm't ) and now I can't play anything off the USB device.
This piece of crap is going back tomorrow for the Pioneer DV-410V. | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jul 06 12:21 | ||||||||
| thats your fault not the player.
player works fine with my LCD TV,and my WD Passport+2 GB thumb drive | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Jul 06 12:40 | ||||||||
No, it should look like the first image you posted. All televisions overscan. The outer ~5 percent (the exact amount varies from TV to TV) of the image on all four sides will not be seen. All sources will look the same, DVD, Divx, over-the-air, cable, camcorder, etc. If you get a Pioneer DV-410V it will do the same. You have never seen the outer part of the picture on any TV. You just never noticed because you didn't have any external reference (like viewing the video on a computer). Every television producer knows this and avoids putting titles near the edges of the picture.
352x288 is obviously from a 4:3 source. But the frame size is a 1.22 AR not 1.33. Your previous player was displaying the files with the wrong aspect ratio, 1.22, so the edges of the frame were filled with black bars to fill out the 1.33 TV screen. | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 06 15:12 | ||||||||
| Just curious but I am assuming this harddrive support is for fat32 formatted drives and not ntsc formats correct?
I'm not really in the market for a new dvd player especially since this can't handle hd divx. Though it is intriguing if it can support usb 2.0 AND NTSC formatted drives. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Jul 06 15:53 | ||||||||
| USB 2.0 but only FAT32. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 06 16:47 | ||||||||
How is it my fault that the firmware update stopped the external hard drive from working? It worked fine before the update. The manual recommended updating the firmware from their website. If it's my fault for following their instructions then I guess you're right. Would be nice if I could revert back to the original firmware. As for the overscan, I can understand a little bit of overscan ( 3.5 % ) on 4:3 TV but not as much as I'm getting ( 10% ). Five percent would be great and even 7% would be acceptable. Why am I not able to get 4:3 Letterbox? Is this a player problem or my TV? That would solve my overscan problem or a 3/4 zoom. Not sure why they have a 1/2, 3/8 and 1/4 zoom but not a 3/4 or 7/8 zoom. | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 06 18:22 | ||||||||
Thanks for confirming. In that case I'll definitely stick with the ps3 and xbox 360 for my dvd playing needs. Edit - Oops I meant NTFS in my earlier posts - I forgot NTSC is the US broadcasting format. Sorry about that. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Jul 06 19:10 | ||||||||
Note, it's not the player that overscans, it's the TV. TVs vary in the amount of overscan. In fact, that is why overscan exists. CRTs, especially old ones, can't keep the picture the right size, properly centered, and nice and linear. Overscan hides all these problems. 10 percent overscan is more than usual but not unheard of. If your brave and adventurous, your TV probably has pots inside to adjust the overscan and centering.
That would still leave the left and right edges of the frame cut off by overscan. Setting the DVD player to 4:3 Letterbox should force it to output 16:9 video as letterboxed 4:3. I don't have the 5992 but I have the 5960 and it does this properly. What kind of cabling are you using from the player to the TV? And the TV is an old standard definition CRT? Some HD TVs have zoom modes that would zoom in on a 16:9 letterboxed video to fill the screen.
For some reason there are very few players with the ability to zoom out by small amounts. I have an old Liteon 2002 that can zoom in or out in about 5 percent increments. The width can height can be zoomed separately. Very Handy. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 06 20:15 | ||||||||
| The TV was given to me. It's a Toshiba CF36G40. It's at least 10 years old. I found a 7 page instruction on how to access the service menu with the remote to change all the servicable settings. It says it's for Toshiba TVs but when I printed it out, the title page says Toshiba CN27V71 so I'm kinda leary of using it.
I also thought that cabling might be an issue but I have it cabled the same way I had the DVP645 and DVP5940. I have Component out to my Sony Surround with composite from the Sony to the TV. Guess I should drop the component and just run composite. Right now my biggest concern is getting the USB to work again (that's the reason that I bought this unit). I sent an e-mail to Philips support and they said they'd give me an answer in a half hour but that was a couple of hours ago. I may have to exchange this unit and hook my 27" Sony back up. If I have to zoom out to 50% to watch anything then I'd be better off watching full resolution on the 27". This TV doesn't have audio out like my Sony so I can't watch regular TV in Surround, Only DVD and VHS. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Jul 06 21:44 | ||||||||
| Check your AVI files with Mpeg4Modifier to see if they have DAR flags. The 5992 supports DAR flags whereas the older models didn't. That could cause them to play back with different aspect ratios. For example a 480x480 frame with a 16:9 DAR flag would playback as 16:9 one the 5992. But the earlier players would play it as a square picture pillarboxed in a 4:3 frame. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 07 02:28 | ||||||||
I used the instructions that I printed out to get into the service menu and changed the width and height of the Toshiba and now it looks like it should.
Now if Philips will answer my e-mail and tell me how to flash the firmware back to factory so I can use my external enclosure again, I'll be back in business. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 07 17:31 | ||||||||
| Got tired of waiting for an e-mail from Philips (half hour my azz) and returned the player for another DVP5990. USB seems to work alright so far. | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Jul 07 17:42 | ||||||||
| lol .did u really believe them when they told 1/2 hour? | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 07 23:46 | ||||||||
| Most websites send a verification e-mail in minutes letting you know they received your e-mail and giving you a timeframe in which to receive an answer. I haven't dealt with Philips support before and had no reason to believe that they would not keep their word. Two days have passed and I haven't heard anything from them. I guess they have millions to answer. | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Jul 14 22:56 | ||||||||
| My son made a short trip to northern NY and picked up a 5990 for me. For Canadians waiting for this player take heart it must be coming soon. The box was tagged imported for Canada and the USA from HK and all info is english on one side and french on the other. The manual for both models which are the same except for colour (5990 black and 5992 silver) is written in english and french. They wouldn't do this just for the USA.
I gave it a quick run and it played pressed dvd, burned dvd, DVDR/RW+ divx I had on hand for my dvp-642 with no problems at all. It even played in sync a clip that had serious lag issues in my dvp-642. I tried the usb and it's definetely usb 2.0, it plays mpeg4 / xvid/divx and wmv from disc or usb stick. I tried my usb flash card reader by putting video and pics on a sd card and plugging the reader into the usb port of the 5990 . It worked without a hitch. Video and pics play excellent. That's an unexpected bonus. This thing will even take an audio disc and convert it to mp3 for you. You put an audio disc in the drive and plug in a usb stick. Hit the remote button marked "create mp3" and follow the prompts to select individual track or all tracks either fast or normal mode. Then chose the bitrate by pressing the "ok" button and then "start" and that's it. The mp3 write to the usb stick. It displays 14 characters in the filename and according to the manual (untested by me) files must be named properly. wmv must have a ".wmv" extension. Divx must have ".avi", .mpg or .mp4 extensions. Jpeg images must have an extension of .jpg and not .jpeg. I didn't need to use it but it also has a lip sync option in case there is lag in one of your videos. This player support GMC and QPel but since my old player the dvp-642 didn't like GMC or QPel I have no content to test those features nor do I have any divx content with Divx Ultra menus so that will have to wait for a later time. There's a lot more to try before a final conclusion but overall I'm very pleased. Anyway my quick assessment is that this player is worth the money and does exactly what it says and more. It was $57.99 plus 7% NY state tax at Wallmart. I couldn't get that here when they become available for less than $90 to $99 which is what they are selling the older 5982. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 15 02:00 | ||||||||
That's what the manual says but I have a folder full of files with the .divx extension and they play fine except for a couple with HD resolution. Not sure what I did with the .divx files with the menu. I'll have to see if I can find another download to see if they play. | ||||||||
| TBoneit posted 2008 Jul 15 09:57 | ||||||||
| One thing to be aware of. I have a 5990 and I was leaving a 40 Gb Laptop drive plugged in. The USB port keeps supplying power to the drive even when teh unit is off. So to avoid wear and tear on the drive I now unplug it when I'm done with it. Of course this has the problem of transferring the wear and tear to the USB port hardware. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 15 13:52 | ||||||||
Well, 10 days later and I finally got the e-mail from Philips telling me to call a 1-800 number so I can talk to an interactive voice responce unit. Good thing I didn't wait to return the unit. | ||||||||
| GreyDeath posted 2008 Jul 15 15:55 | ||||||||
| I just picked up a 5992 at Costco in Lake Zurich, IL. It was $50 (w/o tax) and they had a palette full of them.
Mainly picked it up because it plays WMV and the USB 2 feature. The WMVs that I created a while back (not sure which version of WMV) run fine, they're all in standard mode and fast fowarding runs smoothly at 2x and 4x speeds, anything higher and the unit can't seem to decode fast enough that it almost looks like anything FF at 8x and above seems to be FFing slower than 2x speed. This was the result of the file being on DVD or going through the USB port. The region hack for the other Phillips unit worked fine and plays my Anime DVDs no problem. A small gripe though, and maybe it's only because I'm viewing this through one of the oldest Widescreen SD televisions on Earth and using the composite cable, but any pictures I view puts them in an aspect ratio like the TV was 4:3 instead of the setting of 16:9 that I have the player on. Do ppl get the same result on their HD sets with HDMI or the component inputs? I rarely view pics on my TV, but it would be nice if they adjusted the aspect ratio so ppl in the pics aren't squashed. And reading the posts above, I'm kinda fuzzy on what's going on, can the unit read a DVD file structure from the USB, or is everyone just ripping and converting to AVI or MPG? | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Jul 15 16:55 | ||||||||
| Can't speak for others but in my case I only played wmv9 and avi (divx) from the usb. My largest thumb is 2gb so don't have dvd content that small to test a dvd structure on usb. Maybe someone else tried it. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Jul 15 17:58 | ||||||||
This post http://forum.videohelp.com/topic349792.html#1861081 sounds like he is playing DVD rips (VIDEO_TS folders) off the USB port.
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| DarrellS posted 2008 Jul 20 22:13 | ||||||||
| I put a DVD folder on my external drive and although it played the movie, I couldn't choose anything from the menu. It showed the menu but the arrow buttons would not do anything and after about ten seconds, the movie started. Also, everytime it came to the next VOB, it acted like it would if it was burned to bad media. | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Jul 22 01:25 | ||||||||
| For those looking to sort their files alphabetically through USB, there's another freeware program called FATsort. Its just as good if not better than foldersort, which is now unavailable.
Check it out here!. http://hem.passagen.se/chsw/fatsort/index.html | ||||||||
| ytsejam posted 2008 Jul 26 16:34 | ||||||||
| New firmware has been posted as of July 25th. It's version 31.
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvp5990_37/dvp5990_37_fus_aen.zip http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvp5992_37/dvp5992_37_fus_aen.zip | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Jul 28 00:05 | ||||||||
| V34
Fixed: Auto recovery when HDMI video is lost Looks like there's a new user manual too http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpcontent.pl?scy=HU& ... ur_eng.pdf | ||||||||
| ytsejam posted 2008 Jul 28 09:53 | ||||||||
Shadow Cruiser, the firmware and manual you are linking to is for the DVP5990_12, which is the European model. The firmware I was linking to is for the DVP5990/5992_37, which is the US model. Changes in European Firmware For Models: DVP5990/05 DVP5990/12 Version Description V31 Improvement on USB playback interoperability V34 Auto recovery when HDMI video is lost Changes in US Firmware For Models: DVP5990/37 DVP5992/37 DVP5990K/55 DVP5990K/75 DVP5996K/51 DVP5996K/94 DVP5996K/96 Version Description V27 Improvement on USB playback interoperability V31 Auto recovery when HDMI video is lost Appears that the European firmware is a version ahead, but offers the same fix in the upgrade. | ||||||||
| GreyDeath posted 2008 Jul 31 09:46 | ||||||||
| The 5992 is on sale now over at Costco for a $10 off Instant Rebate, bringing it down to $40 (w/o tax). Sale ends August 3rd. | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Aug 01 18:13 | ||||||||
| I realized that FatSort only works under Windows 2000. So after some extensive searching (2 hours!), I finally found FolderSort. You wouldn't believe how many dead links I went through. Here it is for the rest of you folks
http://rapidshare.com/files/134185410/FolderSort.zip.html | ||||||||
| Tripper_ posted 2008 Aug 01 18:22 | ||||||||
Works good. Thanks | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Aug 02 02:12 | ||||||||
| Another good sorter is a free program called Drivesort. I've been using it to sort USB files for my 5990. It's free and works well with FAT32. It's pretty current (last version May 2008) and works well under Vista. It has several options for arranging folders, and supports long-file-name sorting, so if you're taking advantage of the 14-character filenames that the 5990/5992 allows on USB, they're properly sorted (Foldersort may do this, too, I don't know since I haven't tried it, so I thought I'd mention this program as another option).
I've only used it with 8GB thumb-drives, so can't vouch for it on big hard drives. Drivesort is at: http://www.anerty.net/software/file/DriveSort.php | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Aug 02 23:59 | ||||||||
| I'm planning to get this player to replace my DVP5982 after I heard that high bitrate videos are playable. Before purchasing since it will be an ordeal considering I'm in Canada, I want to ask if someone can test this XviD file out for me?.
The segment of avi is the highest bitrate video I have in my collection and is too choppy on my player. Can someone please test this and report back if there's any choppyness whatsoever? WARNING: The segment of avi is a fast action blood splattering scene from the movie Rambo 4. I wish I didn't have to upload this sample but its the one with the highest bitrate. Just remember if you find blood and guts a turn off, please don't download www.portabellos.ca/download/Rambo.avi | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Aug 03 01:17 | ||||||||
| This clip plays fine (video and audio) from a usb flash drive on the dvp-5990. No skips no jumps etc..
I didn't look up the specs for the dvp-5982 but my dvp-642 chokes on Qpel and PacketBitSteams and possibly bi-directionally predicted frames (BVOP), although I'm not sure of this last one. This clip has all 3. Your clip is progressive at 3788 Kpbs so it should play in your 5982. It would play in my dvp-642 if not for the Qpel and packed streams. I used to capture progressive divx/xvid video at 3500Kpbs and higher but not if I want interlaced. In that case I don't go over 2000 to 2200 Kbps or things can get choppy. To check the video/audio specs play the video with Kmplayer, right click and select "media info". It provides a pretty complete picture of the file specs. Gspot is good but not as complete as Kmplayer. If you want to prove that it's not the bitrate just re-encode it to a simple profile as progressive using the same bitrate and try it again. On the other hand if you were testing the usb port and it behaved the same way after re-encode then the problem could point to the usb 1.1 port of the 5982 versus the usb 2.0 of the 5990/92 but I'm not convinced that this is the problem. It's more likely the encoding profile rather than the bitrate or the usb port. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Aug 04 21:06 | ||||||||
| The Rambo clip was jerky (but not horribly so, no audio glitches) on my DVP-5960 (USB 1.1 only) when played from a USB thumb drive. It played OK from a DVD+RW disc. | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Aug 07 11:21 | ||||||||
| gll99 - Thank you very much for the informative post. The high bitrate is definitely the problem. I've tried some clips with no Qpel,BVOP and PackedBitStream and high bitrate and its very choppy. On the other hand, a clip with all 3 and low bitrate plays very smooth.
Seeing as your Canadian, where did you buy the 5990 from?. There are so many clips I have of high bitrate that I want to watch but can't do to this player:( | ||||||||
| bala2006 posted 2008 Aug 07 11:27 | ||||||||
| Any new mod firmware update for 5990/37
Thanks | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Aug 07 12:43 | ||||||||
| bala2006,
As ytsejam posted above, version 31 came out last month. Change log: Version Description V27 Improvement on USB playback interoperability V31 Auto recovery when HDMI video is lost Upgrade went very smooth using a flash thumb drive. Instructions are in the PDF. It's at: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?slg=ENG& ... k_Software | ||||||||
| bala2006 posted 2008 Aug 09 08:39 | ||||||||
| thanks for the quick reply.
Bala | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Aug 09 17:04 | ||||||||
| @shadow_cruiser
My son picked up the 5990 for me at Wallmart in Massena NY. They went shopping for the day so it was just one more item to pick up. At $59.99 + NY state tax of 7% + Wallmart's difference in currency rate at .94 cents on the dollar but it was still cheaper than the price in town for the older 5982. I just built a new pc, so can do much better captures without jitter or dropping frames. I captured some video from cable sd source using the divx pro 6.x codec, 640x480 and 720x480 interlaced clips at 3000kbs and 3500kbs with the audio as mp3, 128, 44100. The video and audio played flawlessly from my 2gb Verbatim (Stor and Go) thumb flash drive. I have yet burned new higher bitrate material to cd or dvd so can't comment on those. I think I'll probably stick with 3000 kbs or even slightly less in future because there seems to be no difference in upping the rate and it's rock solid. One caution, if you use ffdshow (or ffmpeg or mencoder) for generic mpeg4 encoding it defaults the fourcc to something like FMP4 (can't recall exactly) so you have to use the option to force the fourcc to something like DX50 (my default) or xvid or the player will play the audio but won't play the video. To those who still wonder about playing DVD's from flash drives. It doesn't play them. It recognizes the vob's and plays those. The vob menus play right though like ordinary mpg video does but the ifo files are not recognized or used so that shoots down that idea. It's no great loss for me because it's not a feature I expected nor particularly need. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Aug 09 18:36 | ||||||||
Why not just switch to "1-pass quality based" encoding with a quantizer (inverse of quality) you're happy with. The recordings will come out with whatever bitrate is necessary for the quality you specify. A video with little motion and noise will come out with a low bitrate. A video with lots of motion and noise will come out with a higher bitrate. Both will have the same quality and you won't have wasted any bitrate. Divx will also obey the currently selected profile setting. If the bitrate at the selected quantizer is too high for the profile, it will automatically switch to a higher quantizer (on a dynamic basis). The Home Theater profile limits bitrate peaks to about 4800 kbps. Xvid on the other hand ignores the profile when using Target Quantizer mode and just encodes with the selected quantizer. This can lead to big bitrate peaks. | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Aug 12 19:40 | ||||||||
| @jagabo
Your point is well taken. Up til now I had to go with what was guaranteed to work with my Philips dvp-642 and my old p4 1.6 which has severe problems with the cpu spiking at 100% when I deviate from what I know works. I've just put together a new pc and I'm testing different methods now to see what works best with that system and also the new Phiips dvp-5990. The Philips: More good new. The 2gb barrier is gone on DVD media. I can't test it on usb because my flash drives are only 2gb. I captured a video at 2.6gb and played it right to the end without issue. I tested the same disc on my older 642 and the video plays until it reaches the 2gb barrier and then it stops. This proves that the 2gb barrier is gone. I'll try a 4gb+ to see if it chokes on that. Just for the halibut I tried an extreme setting. I captured a few minutes of video using 720:480 framesize (capture card limitation) with the divx pro encoder, I chose the 1080p profile and a bitrate of 8000kbps interlaced/top field first. Kmplayer reports the output video as 7981kbps. The audio was set as mp3 128, 44100. The file played excellent on the usb thumb with no skips. Anyone worried about bitrate shouldn't be. This player may not play hd framesizes (untested by me) but it seems to have no problems with the bitrate. | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Aug 14 13:40 | ||||||||
| @gll99
Thanks for the excellent input!. I'm set on buying this player just for the USB 2.0 feature. Now time to hunt it down online. One question, I never play DVD's on my player. Before purchasing this, do you guys recommend a player that only plays media from a USB with no dvd function?. I was looking at the popcorn hour but couldn't find info on whether it was USB 1.1 or 2.0. Then again, popcorn hour is double the price. Just wondering if there's anything cheaper. | ||||||||
| tj1182 posted 2008 Aug 22 19:59 | ||||||||
| Is there any reviews on how it plays WMV's? Does it support 640x480, and 720x480 resolutions? | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Aug 22 22:17 | ||||||||
| tj1182,
I tried a couple of WMVs when I first got my 5990 and they played fine. According to the manual, it plays "main profile" WMVs but not "advanced profile" or DRMed WMVs. TBoneit reported in this post: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic351069.html#1848384 that it played most of the WMVs he tried on it, but not all. I just tried a 720x480 WMV in it and it played fine; 4300 kbps bitrate. WMV fast-forward seems slower than on AVIs, but still a lot faster than the older USB 1.1 Philips players. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Sep 23 20:08 | ||||||||
| I put a couple of divx avi a rewritable disc and the second file played out of sync close to the end of the file. Both of these files play fine on my computer.
General Complete name : D:\ Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 990 MiB Duration : 44mn 41s Overall bit rate : 3 097 Kbps Writing library : VirtualDub build 29958/release Video Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default Muxing mode : Packet Bitstream Codec ID : DX50 Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5 Duration : 44mn 41s Bit rate : 2 958 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 408 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16/9 Frame rate : 30.000 fps Resolution : 24 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.336 Stream size : 945 MiB (95%) Writing library : DivX 2676 Audio Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Codec ID : 55 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 44mn 41s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Resolution : 16 bits Video delay : 6ms Stream size : 40.9 MiB (4%) Alignment : Split accross interleaves Interleave, duration : 33 ms (1.00 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Sep 23 20:21 | ||||||||
| 30 fps is a bit odd. Maybe it should be 29.97. Or maybe it is 30 fps but the 5992 is playing at 29.97. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Sep 23 22:51 | ||||||||
| They are screen captures and Snagit doesn't do 29.97 so I had to choose 30fps.
What is strange is that the player (5990, sorry I picked the wrong thread) played the first file perfect and almost the whole 2nd file up to about the last two or three minutes. I'm wondering if I change the extension from divx to avi if it will make a difference since they are just divx.avi. I can't save the file from snagit but have to copy the file from the temporary folder (_snag.avi). I then have to run it through mpeg4modifier to rebuild the index cause it doesn't have keyframes if I open it in VDub. I then have to stretch the audio to match the video with Goldwave. The resulting files play perfect in all my software players. I wish I could just download the files but I can't find the address where they're stored and the screen captures look a lot better than the TV captures (the screen captures are 1000x600 HD.divx) would look since they don't have watermarks or commercials. I recompressed the two captures and a new one I did tonight and will try them tomorrow. | ||||||||
| bmwracer posted 2008 Sep 24 09:04 | ||||||||
I think the only difference is color: one's silver, the other, black. Costco is selling 'em for about $50, I believe. | ||||||||
| bmwracer posted 2008 Sep 24 09:08 | ||||||||
Yup, using a PC is your only alternative, I think. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Sep 24 09:29 | ||||||||
| All the HD players are pretty expensive. US$250+ | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Sep 24 18:22 | ||||||||
The 2nd file was still out of sync so I used the interlace options in VDub to delay the audio by 200ms and it fixed the problem. Glad to know it wasn't the player. Not sure why the 1st and 3rd files were fine but the 2nd one wasn't. | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2008 Sep 24 23:43 | ||||||||
Hope you know that you only need to remux the files so you can use "Directstream copy" when changing the sync. It's pretty quick. I fixed some 30fps files captured in error by splitting the video in 2 and only applying the lag to part 2. In my case the visible drift was happening in the last 3rd of the movie. | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Sep 25 11:40 | ||||||||
My original captures were 1000x600 so I had to crop and change the resolution to 720x406 which calls for full processing mode. It only took about 20 minutes with the Q6600 processor. I did direct stream copy the file when I fixed the audio lag. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Sep 25 11:57 | ||||||||
| I wouldn't use a height of 406 -- a lot of players will have trouble with a mod 2 frame size. Use 400 (mod 16). Or at least 408 (mod 8) or, least desirable, 404 (mod 4). | ||||||||
| TVSire posted 2008 Sep 27 15:07 | ||||||||
| Can you please enable the choice of PAL playback in the player (right now it is fixed to only NTSC) in "Video Setup Page->TV Type"? This was a selectable feature in the players up to the 5960 version after which Philips changed the option so you cannot change to PAL.
And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also do this for the 5982 too. I asked three weeks ago on this thread http://forum.videohelp.com/topic348913.html but no reply yet. I want to take my 5982 with me to Europe soon. Shame on Philips for disabling that good option :( | ||||||||
| DarrellS posted 2008 Oct 01 01:49 | ||||||||
I used the resolution that Virtualdub's resize filter gave me. It was actually 720x405.xxx but was closer to 406 than 404. These are divx files that I'll be playing on my Philips divx players. I guess I could crop them to 720x400. I kept the original captures (tonight's was 1024x576) incase I ever can afford to buy a media player that plays high definition files. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 01 07:20 | ||||||||
Disable the Aspect Ratio setting in the Resize filter and you can specify whatever width and height you want. Or use the Codec Friendly Sizing option. The former will give you a slight AR error (you won't notice a 1 percent error), the latter will crop. | ||||||||
| victoriabears posted 2008 Oct 01 10:40 | ||||||||
| the 5992 is a costco version or a silver version of the 5990, which I have and is amuch better more mainstream remote.
The 5990 can also create mp3's from your cd's onto the usb drive-weird but useful? | ||||||||
| xeroid posted 2008 Oct 02 18:37 | ||||||||
| Questions !!!
Will this player upscale from a movie on a usb stick. If I make my own movies, small vidio clips ... what is the best file type to make that will upscale the best ... at the same time have the smallest file size? | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 02 18:40 | ||||||||
Yes.
Xvid+MP3 AVI. | ||||||||
| xeroid posted 2008 Oct 02 18:46 | ||||||||
| Thanks for that answer ..... Xvid / AVI ... 480p ? | ||||||||
| xeroid posted 2008 Oct 02 19:40 | ||||||||
| Trying to make small movie files in Pro Show Producer and have the Phillips 5990 upscale them so they look crytal clear on screen. Not having any luck ..... need some advice as to what to do? | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 02 22:05 | ||||||||
| What resolution you want to use depends on how small a file you want. If you want really small files you'll have to reduce the resolution. Of course, that means the picture will be fuzzier when displayed full screen on your TV.
If resolution is your major concern encode at the same frame size as the DVD source (720x480 NTSC, 720x576 PAL) and use the Xvid DAR flag to set the final displayed aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9). You usually won't get great results if you squeeze a 2 hour movie into 700 MB at that frame size though. I usually use single pass Target Quantizer mode (constant quality) with the quantizer set to 3. Movies usually come out somewhere between 600 MB and 2000 MB. My usual process is to RIP with DVD Decryptor in IFO mode (must main movie), use DgIndex to produce an index file, read the file into VirtualDub via an AviSynth script, the compress with Xvid in Fast Recompress mode (no colorspace conversion). You're never going to get a crystal clear image when upscaling SD (or lower) to HD. | ||||||||
| xeroid posted 2008 Oct 03 07:39 | ||||||||
| I am creating from scratch my own movies. They are advertisments, 20 to 30 seconds long and most will be done in Pro Show Producer software. There are all kinds of options as to how you want to save the movie you just made. Without knowing the program .... you won't know what options are availble in the save process ... but there are lots of them. The goal is to save the file in as small as size as possible to be upscaled through the usb port in the Phillips 5990. Does the upscaling really make any difference? You can't insert a HD file in the 5990 .. it doesn't play .. can't handle them. So what type of file do I need that is best suited for the 5990 to take full advantage of it's upscaling ability? Does the Phillips 5990 take standard definition and bring it up to 1080P ? I'm obviously a rookie on movie file types and what I need to do to have the best picture quality with the smallest file size?
ProShow Producer Output Formats New! Blu-ray DVD (with PC playback) VCD (with PC playback) Autorun CD Self-contained EXE Share shows via email Streaming web show Free online show sharing Streaming Flash video Compressed AVI Uncompressed AVI QuickTime video High definition video (HD) Windows Media Video (WMV) Device Output Direct YouTube Uploading MPEG 1 and 2 Screensaver Another question .... when you insert your usb stick into the 5990 it opens up the file structure on screen. Is there any way to customize this screen to have your own background appear. Even this screen of the file sturcture is not clear! Any help or suggestions appreciated ! | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 03 12:10 | ||||||||
Small file size and high quality video are conflicting goals. It will always be a compromise. Different people will have different preferences. From your list of supported outputs Xvid AVI or WMV is probably your best bet.
Compared to what? Whenever an HDTV is showing an SD source upscaling is going on. Either the DVD player or the TV is upscaling the image. Which looks better depends on many factors including how well each device can upscale, the type of cabling used between them, the resolution of the display and whether it supports 1:1 pixel mapping, etc.
It can, assuming your TV accepts 1080p input. But upscaling doesn't turn a standard definition image into a high definition image. It's simply digitally enlarging the frame and attempting not to generate artifacts in the process. In general, the sharper you make the image the more artifacts you get.
There are mods of the firmware available that change the background and fonts but I don't think there is any difference in the sharpness of the menu text. How is your DVD player connected to the HDTV? HDMI? Is your HDTV capable of receiving 1080p input? (Note, just because it has a 1080p display means it accepts 1080p input -- it may only receive 1080i and convert it to 1080p.) | ||||||||
| xeroid posted 2008 Oct 03 14:25 | ||||||||
| The Player is connected with a HDMI cable and the TV is a True 1080P.
Xeroid asks: Does the Phillips 5990 take standard definition and bring it up to 1080P ?
???? So it really sucks right .... you really can't see any big difference? Upscaling is just a marketing gimic? | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 03 16:17 | ||||||||
It depends. If you were using a composite or s-video cable to connect a DVD player to the HDTV the image from the DVD gets degraded by the interlaced transmission. So stepping up to an upscaling player with HDMI will look better. Some older HDTVs do not scale well, even if fed 480i via HDMI. In that case an upscaling player would probably look better. People seem to rave about Toshiba's new upscaling player. Maybe you should look into it instead. It costs a lot more though: http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-XD-E500-Upconverting-Extended-Detail/dp/B001D9IWIY I haven't seen it myself but I consider at least two of the "improvments" as gimmicks: enhanced contrast and saturation. The sharpening might be ok if it doesn't crate too many artifacts. It sounds like it uses super resolution techniques to deliver a sharper picture. | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 12 11:22 | ||||||||
| Has anyone tried hooking a card reader up through the USB port to see if it will read DivX files from an SD card through the card reader? That's the only thing these players are missing. SD support. I'd love to know if you can play DivX files like this through a card reader. Someone please try. :) | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2008 Oct 12 11:48 | ||||||||
I've done that with my older Philips DVP-5960. | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Oct 12 11:59 | ||||||||
| @Inspex,
It also works with my DVP5990/37. No problems with AVI or mp3, both played fine. Card reader used: Stratitec USB 10-in-1 Card Reader (has 4 media slots, one of which is for SD). Media: Sandisk 256 MB SD card, FAT formatted. Files tested: AVI (xvid/mp3) and an mp3 file. | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 13 00:28 | ||||||||
| Nice. I have a 16gb SDHC card I hope to use through a portable usb stick sd card reader. I hope it works. | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 13 00:40 | ||||||||
| The 5990 says it only supports USB devices with 300 folders and 648 files.. anyone know if this is the same? I was planning to use my 1tb Western Digital My Book with it occasionally, but once its full i'm sure there will be much more than 648 files on the drive.. anyone know the folder and file limit for usb devices on this player? | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Oct 13 03:15 | ||||||||
| @Inspex,
Apparently they should have said "300 folders with 648 files EACH":
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic351069.html#1853954 I haven't checked this on my 5990 as I'm only using thumbdrives. | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 13 13:26 | ||||||||
| Ohh. That's nice to know :) Thanks. | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2008 Oct 13 13:50 | ||||||||
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| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 13 20:23 | ||||||||
| Picked up the player today. Tried a couple xvid tv shows and a full xvid movie using a sandisk cruzer micro 1gb flash drive, worked flawlessly. Also upgraded to the custom firmware. Very nice player so far. Thanks for the infos. | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 14 17:49 | ||||||||
| Plays great using a Transcend 16gb SDHC card with Transcend USB card reader, the package for both pieces costs about USD $38 shipped from Amazon. The only thing I wish there was a firmware mod for is the file/folder organization to display descending alphabetically instead of by modified date. Otherwise its a great player. | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Oct 14 19:25 | ||||||||
| Inspex,
You can use DriveSort or FolderSort for sorting the folders/files. I've used both of them with USB flash drives. They both support FAT32 and long filenames. In DriveSort, there's a tickbox you need to click for long file names; it can give different sorting orders depending on how that's set. It offers a few more options than FolderSort does, but they both work fine in my experience. I haven't used them with an SDHC card, though. They're freeware: http://www.jetman.dircon.co.uk/software/foldersort.html http://www.anerty.net/software/file/DriveSort.php | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 14 22:41 | ||||||||
| Thanks Squash. I'll give them a try :) | ||||||||
| sandman423 posted 2008 Oct 15 17:34 | ||||||||
| Should I get the DVP5992 or 5990...Reviews on Amazon are better for 5990. Lip Sync Feature in 5992 is pretty nice though especially for someone like me who does a Lot of DVD authoring. | ||||||||
| shadow_cruiser posted 2008 Oct 16 00:26 | ||||||||
| DVP5992 and 5990 are the exact same players. Hardware, software, build. The 5992 is just the silver version.
Just like the 5982 had a silver version called 5982S. Again, the features are the same in both players | ||||||||
| Inspex posted 2008 Oct 16 04:22 | ||||||||
| I picked up the 5990. The only thing I use it for is USB video playback. I have a different Philips player that I use for dvd playback. I only wish there was a firmware mod or something to get video playback through the USB port on my Philips DVDR3455H DVR / DVD recorder. :( It can only play music and pictures through USB.
The 5990 is a fantastic player, though. I've been looking for a player with USB video support that can play media from SD cards through a USB card reader for a while now. The 5990 and a USB flash drive, SDHC card with card reader or external hard drive seems to be the perfect DivX / XviD combo. I use mine mostly for television shows. It's nice not having to wait until I have 4gb worth of new shows to burn and watch them. :punk: | ||||||||
| sandman423 posted 2008 Oct 18 06:03 | ||||||||
| I bought the New DVP5992 Philips from Cotsco for 50 Bucks it was well worth it...I am loving it so far...It is so much better then playing videos on PS2...
Although I can't get the preference menu for the life of me...Do I need HDMI Cables just to access the preferences? The reason I am so mad about the preferences is because I want to make my Philips DVP5992 Region Free...I got the hack and code and everything but I cannot get the preference menu...I tried it with a DVD..USB Mode etc.. Nothing works how do I get the DVD Players Preferences to work?? | ||||||||
| Squash posted 2008 Oct 18 07:48 | ||||||||
| sandman423,
You don't need HDMI to get the Preference page. I've been able to access it through component cables. Check this link for more info: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic356974.html#1890630 | ||||||||
| msgeo posted 2009 Jan 17 10:24 | ||||||||
| Some posts claim that people used WD Passport or other external hard drives linked through the USB port.
Is it any special menu setting for this or just a wish ? I tried with my WD-Passport-500 and with another external drive (with power supply) and it didn't work. Both were FAT32 formatted and reformatted but were not recognized by the DVD palyer "device not supported". It works fine with the 8GB Flash drive but not with HDs. Please reply if you know about any setup that enable HD work. Thanks | ||||||||
| MJA posted 2009 Jan 17 10:31 | ||||||||
the passport will work with the 90/92,but not with the 82( power supply need it). try to format your harddrive using SwissKnife (FAT32) http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm | ||||||||
| msgeo posted 2009 Jan 17 12:12 | ||||||||
| Thanks for the good intention. The unit is DVP5992
Just reformatted the Passport with Swissknife (tried Paragon before) and still "device not supported" I guess I have to use only the Flash as HD does not work. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Jan 17 12:14 | ||||||||
| Did you remove all partitions, create a new primary partition, then format it? | ||||||||
| msgeo posted 2009 Jan 17 12:57 | ||||||||
| of course, that's the first thing I did. One partition formatted fresh FAT32 (4 times) but does not work, just freezes the DVPS5992 and gives the "device not supported" message as soon as I unplug the USB cable | ||||||||
| emagon4523 posted 2009 Jan 22 14:54 | ||||||||
| if only this thing could play FLAC files - that would be AWESOME. | ||||||||
| fireface posted 2009 Jan 27 17:53 | ||||||||
| Does the Philips DVP5992/37 play mpeg4 files from the USB port? I just bought mine from Costco and it hasn't had a problem with any other files that I have tried (.avi .wmv .divX) is there a difference in the 5900 and the 5992 this site says the 5900 can play mpeg4 http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Philips-HDMI-DIVX-VIDEO-UPSCALE | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Jan 27 18:05 | ||||||||
| What do you mean by "MPEG4" files? Divx and Xvid are MEPG4 (part 2, ASP) codecs. It plays those from the AVI container. It doesn't play .MP4 (container) files, regardless of what's in them. It doesn't play h.264 (MPEG4 part 10, AVC) regardless of container. | ||||||||
| Ai Haibara posted 2009 Jan 28 00:13 | ||||||||
Actually, that's not entirely true. Both my 642 and 5990 recognize files with an .mp4 extension. Apparently, though, I'd read on VideoHelp a while back that the 642 would only play .mp4 files if they had a DivX/Xvid video stream and an MP3 audio stream, more or less, so I just tried an experiment - I used AVIdemux to stream copy an Xvid AVI that worked in the 5990, into an MP4, and also renamed another similar AVI to .mp4. The 5990 recognized both files and played them (it also didn't give me the index counter when beginning to play the 'true' MP4, which may or may not be a good thing :) ). I'd test the 642, but I didn't feel like burning a disc just to test whether or not it'd play those two files (no CD blanks handy, at least). | ||||||||
| gll99 posted 2009 Jan 28 00:55 | ||||||||
| I too have a few old clips with an extension mp4 that play in the dvp5990.
Gspot identifies them as mp4, codec mp4v. KMPlayer shows the clips as video = mpeg-4, bitrate mode = vbr, Qpel = yes, BVOP = yes, Progressive. The audio is AACLC (AAC Low Complexity), vbr. I just reconfirmed that both the video and audio play fine in the dvp5990. Because they were encoded with Qpel the dvp-642 wouldn't play them. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Jan 28 07:27 | ||||||||
| You guys are right -- the 5990 does play Divx/Xvid from an MP4 container. I used AviDemux to remux an xvid/mp3 AVI into MP4 and it player normally. Just for kicks I also muxed into OGM and MKV containers but those didn't show up in the file list. | ||||||||
| bryanbahr posted 2009 Feb 06 02:37 | ||||||||
| I have a problem with my Mitsubishi 65" 1080i projection TV reading the DVP 5990.
I have the DVP5990 connected with an HDMI to DVI input into the TV, and also with the component YGB cables. When I try to play .avi files from my 500 gb WD Hard Drive, some play, yet others automatically switch my TV to Progressive Scan and the image goes crazy. This also happened with the HDMI/DVI to my last Panasonic 47" Projection TV, but when I ran it into the YGB Components it played everything fine. (although in 480 I suspect) In the system settings I am unable to turn "Progressive" to off as it is faded and I can not highlight it. I've selected 1080i under HDMI settings, and I have run out of ideas how to fix this. I even dont mind if it plays it in 480, just as long as it plays it. THANK YOU for any possible help! | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Feb 06 06:23 | ||||||||
What happens if you select 720p for the HDMI output? | ||||||||
| vkolli posted 2009 Feb 06 08:32 | ||||||||
bryanbahr, You and I probably ran into the same problem. See http://forum.videohelp.com/topic363114.html#1935670 Are you using HDMI and YGB simultaneously? My guess is, if you do not connect with YGB you might experience the same symptoms as I did - your screen would go blank on these files. I always set resolution to auto. Maybe i shoudl try different resolutions and see if it makes any difference. For me I couldn't find any pattern on the files it is failing. May be you could detect some pattern with the files that are not playing. Sorry, I couldn't give a solution other than to suspect all 5990/92s could be having issues with HDMI-DVI connections. Maybe Phillips might have an answer. But curious, what would be the benefit of making simultaneous connections if that is what you are doing. How do you handle audio then. | ||||||||
| bryanbahr posted 2009 Feb 06 16:03 | ||||||||
| Well I figured out that the YGB composite cables played all files fine, as long as the HDMI cord is not plugged in.
It plays it at 480p, which doesnt look terrible. Weird though, any ideas why? | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Feb 06 16:41 | ||||||||
| http://forum.videohelp.com/topic363114.html#1935756 | ||||||||
| bryanbahr posted 2009 Feb 08 02:03 | ||||||||
| Since you guys proved to be so handy, I figure Ill ask another question:
I have a 500gb WD Hard drive (FAT32) and up until recently Foldersort has worked well. But it seems that it no longer works. I have two laptops, both running Vista and I can no longer properly run Foldersort. (it says that it fails to create a Temp Foldersort Folder, blah blah blah) I've also tried Drivesort and FatSort, neither of which work. My hard drive seems to be functioning fine though, and I cant seem to find anything in the Properties such as permissions or Read-Only options checked that may be preventing it. Any ideas? Or any other programs that may work? Thanks in advance | ||||||||
| bryanbahr posted 2009 Feb 08 02:04 | ||||||||
| PS- I'm trying to alphabetically organize the Drive for easy file finding. | ||||||||
| Oosername posted 2009 Feb 08 02:44 | ||||||||
| Has Drivesort never worked for you? | ||||||||
| bryanbahr posted 2009 Feb 08 13:32 | ||||||||
| No DriveSort doesnt work. Whenever I go to Open>Disk and select a disk it says "Error While Opening Disk. Cause: Cant Open Disk. Access Denied."
For every drive I try to open. | ||||||||
| cal_tony posted 2009 Feb 08 17:02 | ||||||||
| I've read through all of the posts in this thread and have not seen the question I would have addressed. I have 3 HDMI players. Toshiba HD A3,PS3 and Philips 5960. The first 2 players will play 4/3 video as 4/3 thru the HDMI. The 5960 will not. It just plays it in 16/9. So to play a 4/3 vidio I have to switch out of HDMI.
So, does the 5990 and 5992 have the same problem? Tony | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Feb 08 17:30 | ||||||||
The 5990 can be set to pillarbox or stretch 4:3 movies when using HDMI. The option isn't obvious: First, from the Video Setup Page set TV Display to 16:9. This forces the output to be widescreen, 16:9. Then From the Video Setup Page select HDMI Setup. Go to Wide Screen Format. Set it to 4:3 Pillar Box. Now 16:9 DVDs will display at 16:9, 4:3 DVDs will be pillarboxed in the 16:9 display. | ||||||||
| sandro72 posted 2009 Feb 09 01:39 | ||||||||
| HI
I download video from youtube in mp4 format Is it possible to play with a DVP5990 ? The sound is ok but not the video I put the last firware I must recode the mp4 ? Whats is Nero digital ? Regards | ||||||||
| Oosername posted 2009 Feb 09 03:32 | ||||||||
Cant recall ever seeing that one. I do know that Drivesort doesn't do NTFS, nor does it permit access to any one logical drive on a single physical drive unless all "logicals" are available, i.e. no one drive is being used. Failing that, I suspect some security / sharing setting/gremlin. Drivesort uninstal, then re-instal? Good luck! | ||||||||
| Oosername posted 2009 Feb 09 03:38 | ||||||||
I have read, (but have not personally confirmed), that the DVP5590 will play Nero's mpeg4 filetype, created by Nero Digital. | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Feb 09 06:23 | ||||||||
| I can't say for sure about the DVP-5992 but the Philip DVP-5990 will play MP4 with Divx/Xvid video and MP3 audio. All the usual limitations apply -- resolution must be 720x576 or less, no 3 warp point GMC, etc. It will not play x.264 encoded video in an MP4 file. | ||||||||
| Wanderlustus posted 2009 Feb 11 14:14 | ||||||||
| Finally managed to grab one of these players from bustbuy Canada, and have to say -- even though I've had it for only a few days -- I'm pretty bloody happy so far.
One of the things I'd asked around about was "does it have any kind of virtual surround sound?" Never really got an answer but it turns out it does support this. My reason for this is I have a really cheap surround sys' and no seperate A/V receiver/amp. Yeah, I know, spend some bucks. It doesn't have DTS capabilities but has some presets like "stadium, living room, blah blah" and in my small telly-room (12x12) it kicks well enough. Very surprised with this feature. Just about to load the latest firmware, so it's likely I'll be back saying "oh gawd, what did I do?" :> Oh yeah, I know it's been said but, I've thrown a bunch of stuff from different media on it, and it hasn't failed as of yet. Great source of info you folks have here. | ||||||||
| Ruut posted 2009 Feb 20 07:27 | ||||||||
| Has anyone tried to connect a 1 TB FAT32 external drive to the USB-port of this player?
If that would work all my media could be stored on it for direct access to the TV. Any experience anyone? Thanks in advance for sharing your views on this! | ||||||||
| DrBudgie posted 2009 Jul 30 04:11 | ||||||||
| Hi All!!
I own the Philips DVD player 5982 and am using an external hard drive filled with movies. The Philips player plays through my Yamaha home theater system (5.1) the movies are Xvid downloads, the picture quality is very good but I had to crank up the volume to hear the sound and disengage the effects to stop the hissing. I solved that problem,downloaded " :lol: aviaddxsub". what this did, was changed my movies from AVI Xvid to "DivX" boy was I happy. The sound quality improved to about 80%,picture quality still very good. Question "Am I able to improve the sound to 5.1 surround sound so I may enjoy my home theater system, as well, not deviating from the DivX format ( which Philips 5982 DVD player needs) Thank you guys for an amazing informative forum!! | ||||||||
| Ai Haibara posted 2009 Jul 30 14:14 | ||||||||
| AVIAddXSubs shouldn't actually do anything to the audio and video streams of a video. It's just designed to add an XSUB subtitle stream to a video - and since those are supposed to be in DivX Ultra files, that's why it renames the file from .avi to .divx. (.divx is often just a renamed .avi) If you suspect the player is playing the videos the way you want because the videos have the .divx extension, you could always just rename them to .divx, manually. :D | ||||||||
| DrBudgie posted 2009 Aug 03 14:19 | ||||||||
| :oops: Interesting you say that, I will try it this evening.... But with all the frustrations I have been having it dawned on me, why the hell dont I just purchase the new Divx7 which I have done, comes with a convertor and a "Hometheater" set up...Man!! :idea: What a difference! Simplicity at it's best.
If you own a DivX player, use the DivX products, go to the DivX web site and see for yourself 8) | ||||||||
| Ai Haibara posted 2009 Aug 03 14:26 | ||||||||
| Doesn't DivX 7 default to using h264 for video, and the MKV file format - neither of which the 5992 support?
Well, I'm already using DivX 6 Pro along with Xvid. :) | ||||||||
| jagabo posted 2009 Aug 03 16:11 | ||||||||
Divx Converter (the crappy little conversion program that comes with the Divx 7 package) is template based. I don't have it installed right now to check, but if I recall correctly, only one template uses h.264 and MKV, and it's not the default. The Home Theater template still uses MPEG 4 ASP and AVI. | ||||||||
| Ai Haibara posted 2009 Aug 03 20:39 | ||||||||
| Ah, okay. From discussions here on VH and elsewhere, I'd had the impression they were switching to h264/MKV as the normal base format, with backwards compatibility/support for everything the previous versions supported. | ||||||||
| DrBudgie posted 2009 Aug 04 00:11 | ||||||||
| I'm using the Philips 5982 DVD Player with USB and playing my movies from a 160Gb external HDD. From the DVD player I'm plugged into the Yamaha DSP Home Theater system DVD inputs.
OK, picture quality is good and the sound quality is good BUT! only in the 5 Channel selection,should I choose, for instance Sci Fi or Adventure the dialogue is faint. A normal DVD movie with surround sound works beautifully, is there a way of doing this to a Divx movie? :shock: | ||||||||
| HalfAzPVR posted 2009 Nov 03 08:56 | ||||||||
MediaCoder, while no longer open source yet still stored on sourceforge, can help you transcode quickly to mpeg2 or xvid to play it. Find a pre 0.7 version of MediaCoder to be sure not to use the malware versions (adware is malware, and the extensions option in mediacoder contain adware, and 'secretly' bundle with OpenCandy, an attempt to trick users into installing needless toolbars on first install). Aside from of 0.7 issues be assured the latest 0.6 version is great (real OSS, and no malware). 0.6.2.x builds: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediacoder/files/
Please list manufacturer, model, and capacity.. the specific model number would be helpful. If you have purchased an inferior (cheap akin to centon) drive this would be called: justice :P | ||||||||
| HalfAzPVR posted 2009 Nov 03 10:34 | ||||||||
I loaded alternative firmware that overcomes the INANE twelve character limit. File name are finally less uninformative! Additionally the system has frozen about three times in six months as opposed to several times a week with OEM firmware. |
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