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  Really basic question: What is the difference between MPEG 2 and MPEG 4?

  Posted by Scott Davis on July 6, 2005 at 1:25 pm

  What is the difference between MPEG 2 and MPEG 4? Will MPEG 4 play in set top DVD players?

  Charles Simonson replied 20 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Charles Simonson

  July 6, 2005 at 1:49 pm

  Will MPEG 4 play in set top DVD players?
  Really basic answer: No. At least not in most of today’s DVD players. In the high-def DVD players coming out within the next year, MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC, H.264) will be playable in the players natively. Also, there are a number of special players out there currently that can play back some forms of MPEG-4 Part 2 content like DivX and XviD movies. But they are special-marked players, and if your player doesn’t have a logo, then its unlikely it will play it back.

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