How to play movie off usb on rear seat entertainment system

[nc1138]

Hello

New Lexus owner (2008 RX400H).

It has some dvd players in back mounted onto seats (like these http://www.caradvice.com.au/47908/lexus-introduces-premium-rear-seat-entertainment/)

I have been trying to play some movies I have off a USB but failing miserably. It doesnt handle 1080p movies (understand that), but some MP4 I have with 720p and SD also dont work.

Anyone know what codec is needed?

Any HowTos or tips?

Kids love the dvd players and looking forward to some long distance driving with mildly entertained kids in back

 

thanks

 

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[stevetees]

Mine play movies from SD cards and USB without any problem. You the system will automatically select it format. You need to go into the settings of the unit with the remote. Do you not have the manual?

[jabowsi]

Try going into the settings and setting it to PAL instead of NTSC. I can play from a iPad plugged into the wires in the back of the drivers seat pocket like this.

 

 

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[chatmandu]

I've been struggling with this too.

I found the only thing that's worked is MPEG-2. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any Windows software to do the conversion - MPEG-2 seems to be pretty dead these days.

I used Linux + ffmpeg to convert .mp4 to .mpg using the DVD PAL preset.

Xvid encoding also played. The file size was smaller, but the video kept freezing.