DIVX won't play on my Captivate

[Griffspen]

None of these sample videos from the DIVX website will play on my Captivate. I thought it's supposed to be "DIVX Certified"??

Videos In the Palm of Your Hand | DivX.com

 

[RobertInCypress]

i think videos have to be mp4

 

[D-Caf]

I believe it was DLNA certified. Not DIVX certified.

The built in video player supports the following:
MPEG4, AAC, AAC+, H.263, H.264

Making the Smartphone Brilliant Samsung Captivate™ (SGH-i897) - AT&T Cell Phones - Cell Phones | SAMSUNG

 

[cello#AC]

Any ideas how to play AVI files on this phone?

Any ideas how to play AVI files on this phone?

thanks!

 

[RobertInCypress]

Any ideas how to play AVI files on this phone?

thanks!

you can download a converter here and its free. then convert the AVI's to mp4 and put them on your SD card.
Thats how i do it

 

[Wakefulpanda]

I never have to convert any of my video files. I have tons of movies, tv shows, cartoons etc that I have downloaded over the years on my computer. Each night I drag over some stuff into a videos folder on my phone and watch it while I sit at work. Never had an issue with a file that couldn't play and they are all types of files. In-fact I am currently watching Sopranos each night and they are all AVI files.

EDIT: Now I'm curious could this be some kind of fluke? Are these files I'm playing really not .AVI files? These are the two episodes I watched last night on my phone.

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7442/avifiles.png

 

[s2h2golf]

I'm not sure why your files will not play. I've tried it with .mp4 and .wmv files and they all play fine, but that is my limitation. And yes, the Galaxy S phones are Divx certified.

Samsung Galaxy S(TM) is World's First DivX HD(TM) Certified Android Mobile Phone | DivX, Inc.

 

[D-Caf]

.AVI files can be MPEG4 videos which would play fine on your Captivate (avi can also be DIVX).

The DivX press release refers to the Galaxy S phone as being certified. I'm pretty sure this is just a reference to the Samsung branded European Galaxy S phone, not the US telco tied ones like the Captivate.

I just downloaded several DivX based AVI files and none of them play in the stock video player on the Captivate.

I think people are to often confusing Samsung's Galaxy S phone press releases as referring to all Galaxy S series phones and not just the specific European Galaxy S phone.