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[newjojes]

I know I have seen posts somewhere about playing video from SD cards, burnt DVD's, etc, but I can't remember where it was located. SO...
What are the secrets to playing video off SD cards?
What is the trick to getting my IPAD to work?

 

[Boutime]

Hi Newjojes
I have tried my SD card and manged to play a video (well the sound at least) copied to the SD card. In the source display I could access a button "Audio/video" on the screen. Selected video and I could select the video but only heard the sound. Checked both the front and rear monitors. Could be the format I used (mp4). Will try a few different formats and see how I go. Hope this helps. Let me know what you find.

 

[Neddysmith]

I think also you have to have to car in Park with Hand brake on for the video to work, or at least you do on other cars I have seen with this feature, else sometimes you get nothing or just the audio.

 

[Boutime]

That is correct Neddy and with the MU-X LS-T it affects the front display, but not the rear display. Still wants to see if I can somehow override it for the benefit of the front passenger naturally ...

 

[Neddysmith]

That is correct Neddy and with the MU-X LS-T it affects the front display, but not the rear display. Still wants to see if I can somehow override it for the benefit of the front passenger naturally ...

Yeah certainly can, there are a couple fo different ways of doing this, google is usually your friend.....

But I have heard you can get a USB stick which overrides the control, or you can bypass this via wiring if you are electrically minded, I think some you are also able to enter codes to get around this.

Similar to these...... http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xvideo+bypas.TRS0&_nkw=video+bypass&_sacat=0

 

[Boutime]

OK so WMV files are not supported. Tried different MP4 files, they all played but Audio only. Toggled the handbrake a few times and other than getting a message that the video will display when the vehicle is not in motion did not have any affect. I will convert the video to a bunch of different formats tonight and will see what happens. Fingers crossed that we can get this one figured out.

 

[Boutime]

OK so when all else fails, read the manual . Unfortunately after several hours or stuffing around with different settings in PowerDirector 12, I still could not get a video configuration to work.
For those of you brave enough to try, let me know if you have any luck - this is from the manual:
Playable MPEG4 specifications:
Codec for Video: ISO MPEG4
Codec for Audio: AAC
Bit rate (Mbps): Average 4, Maximum 8 (VBR/CBR)
Fixed resolution: 640 (H) x 480 (W)
Frame rate (fps): 30
Container format: MP4

Playable WMV specifications:
Codec for video: VC-1
Codec for audio: WMA9
Bit rate (Mbps): Average 4, Maximum 8 (VBR/CBR)
Fixed resolution: 640 (H) x 480 (W)
Frame rate (fps): 30
Container format: ASF

 

[battlemantis]

I haven't had time to play around with the video in the MU-X yet, but for any video conversions I recommend Handbrake:

https://handbrake.fr/

It's Open Source (free), and comes with presets to make converting to certain settings / standards very easy, so you can create a preset for the MU-X with the specific settings and then just use that preset everytime to convert.

 

[Boutime]

Battlemantis, you ripper. Thanks it works on the head unit, but not on the back LCD screen. Will have to figure that out over time.

 

[battlemantis]

No worries, I'm sure we'll get there

 

[thrashin]

Hi All, any new updates on this topic? Have we determined what format for video/audio to use? I have heard that burning the video files to a DVD allows them to play on the rear screen, but off a USB, no go - only front screen while not moving?