02:20 - Monday 25 February 2008 by Siggy Moersch
Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: DMA2100, Linksys
Categories: Consumer Electronics, Hardware
Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: DMA2100, Linksys
Categories: Consumer Electronics, Hardware
Table of content:
Video Formats - Room for Improvement
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| Nr. | File Extension | File Name | Format | Video Codec | Audio Codec | Resolution |
| 01 | avi | 3IVX | AVI | 3ivX | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 02 | avi | Canopus | AVI | DV | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 03 | avi | Divx320.01 | AVI | DivX 3 Low | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 04 | avi | Divx320fast | AVI | DivX 3 Low | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 05 | avi | Divx320low | AVI | DivX 3 Low | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 06 | avi | DIVX4-FAST | AVI | DivX 3 Low | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 07 | avi | DIVX4-V2LOW | AVI | MS MPEG-4 1/2 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 08 | avi | DIVX4-V3LOW | AVI | DivX 3 Low | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 09 | avi | Divx503.01 | AVI | DivX 5 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 10 | avi | DivX52 | AVI | DivX 5 | MP3 | 720 x 480 |
| 11 | avi | Divx6-AVI | DivX | DivX 5 | MP3 | 288 x 240 |
| 12 | avi | Divx6-Divx-Menu | DivX | DivX 5 | MPEG-1 Layer 3 | 720 x 576 |
| 13 | avi | Starwars-2 | Matroska | XviD | Vorbis | 560 x 352 |
| 14 | avi | LEADMJPEG | AVI | Lead Video | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 15 | avi | MorganJPEG | AVI | M-JPEG | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 16 | avi | MS9.01 | AVI | WMV3 | WMA | 720 x 576 |
| 17 | avi | MSMPEG4V1 | AVI | MS MPEG-4 v1 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 18 | avi | MSMPEG4V2 | AVI | S-Mpeg 4 v2 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 19 | avi | MSMPEG4V3 | AVI | S-Mpeg 4 v3 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 20 | avi | MF 2005 | Matroska | xviD | AC3 | 1280 x 720 |
| 21 | avi | REALMAGIC | AVI | RealMagic MPEG-4 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 22 | avi | VBLE | AVI | MarcFD | VBLE | 720 x 576 |
| 23 | avi | VP31 | AVI | VP3 | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 24 | avi | XVID1 | AVI | XviD | MP3 | 720 x 576 |
| 25 | avi | XVidAC3 | AVI | XviD | AC3 | 640 x 352 |
| 26 | divx | Divx6-Divx-Menu | DivX | DivX 5 | MPEG-1 Layer 3 | 720 x 576 |
| 27 | divx | Divx6-divx | DivX | DivX 5 | MP3 | 288 x 240 |
| 28 | mkv | Matrix.XviDAAC | Matroska | XviD | AAC LTP | 640 x 432 |
| 29 | mkv | Matrix.RV9 | Matroska | Real 4 | AAC LTP | 640 x 432 |
| 30 | mkv | vorbis-ssa | Matroska | XviD | Vorbis | 640 x 480 |
| 31 | mkv | H.264-Test | Matroska | AVC h.264 | AC3 | 1920 x 800 |
| 32 | mkv | H.264-Test2 | Matroska | AVC h.264 | DTS | 1280 x 540 |
| 33 | mkv | Starwars-1 | Matroska | XviD | Vorbis | 560 x 352 |
| 34 | mpg | HDV Video | MPEG-2PS | MPEG-2 | MPEG-1 Layer 2 | 1440 x 1080 |
| 35 | mpg | SVCD | MPEG-2PS | MPEG-2 | MPEG-1 Layer 2 | 480 x 480 |
| 36 | mov | Quicktime 1 | Quicktime | AVC h.264 | AAC LC | 1248 x 702 |
| 37 | mov | Quicktime 2 | Quicktime | AVC h.264 | AAC LC | 1280 x 544 |
| 38 | wmv | Alexander | WM | WMV3 | WMA3 | 1920 x 1080 |
| 39 | wmv | Discoverers | WM | WMV3 | WMA3 | 1280 x 720 |
| 40 | wmv | Dolphins | WM | WMV3 | WMA3 | 1280 x 720 |
Formats that do not display previews in the Media Center: 14, 22, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35
Formats that play smoothly: 13, 30, 39
Formats that will play with slight stuttering: 01, 05, 08, 16, 19, 24, 34, 38
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