Is it possible to play movies off the SD card or from a hdd? If so how?

Create a video file to the spec below and save it on the card and it wil play no problem

h264 encoding

640x480

Bitrate must be under 1k for the complete stream try - 800k bit rate for video 128k bit rate for audio

file size under 2gb

How do you play it after its created and on the card?

How do you play it after its created and on the card?

From the source screen click on SD - First time it will play the music on the card. Select it again and it will change and start playing the videos on the card.

Nice, thanks!

create using which app, codec etc?

I tried using Handbrake's default settings for ipod, iphone and ipad, all h.264 .mpv presets, and nothing would work.

any suggestions?

the only thing that works is the MPEG4 codec in Handbrake - is that what you used?

There are a couple of posts on here I made and one that is a "sticky" that all show screen snapshots of the Handbrake settings to use. The ones I found for X940 are slightly different than for a X950 model. I made note of the settings and saved a profile with the name of the unit as the profile name. I found the X940 was not as critical to screen size as my newer X950 model.

Try one movie at a time to see what works and then do others if it plays. Saves a lot of time so you do not have to do a lot of reprocessing.

There are a couple of posts on here I made and one that is a "sticky" that all show screen snapshots of the Handbrake settings to use. The ones I found for X940 are slightly different than for a X950 model. I made note of the settings and saved a profile with the name of the unit as the profile name. I found the X940 was not as critical to screen size as my newer X950 model.

 

Try one movie at a time to see what works and then do others if it plays. Saves a lot of time so you do not have to do a lot of reprocessing.

I keep trying to save the width/height settings in a Handbrake profile, but the resolution won't save (everything else does...audio rate, codec, etc.)

I see that other profiles have resolutions that are set to begin...what's the secret, any idea?

Handbrake documentation explains this a lot better than I can do. I attached a couple of images of the settings I use in the X950 I have in my Chevy HHR.

Handbrake documentation explains this a lot better than I can do. I attached a couple of images of the settings I use in the X950 I have in my Chevy HHR.

haha ok thanks

The video settings I used for my x920bt(firmware updated to x940bt) in Handbrake were 640x480 with 800k video bit rate and 128k audio bit rate.  The HU played the file without issues from the micro-sd card.

HI

I do exactly the video file but my X950bh still can't play it..any suggest pls ..

Please don't shoot the Nube!.......I have an X940BT and have followed all instructions I can find to get video to play from an SD card. I finally found a setting that appeared to work, using handbrake, and converted a few files. Today I have gone to convert some more and none of them now work. I used the same settings as "oldracer" provided in the pics above. Can anyone shed any light on this please.....

Don't feel too bad! I have about 200 videos on a USB solid state drive and some times certain ones will play and a week later, the same one will not. I think it has to do with the memory in the head unit and I did call their tech support and the gut was not real sure what memory was! I would suggest opening the files in Handbrake again and see if anything is different? I always save time to a local disk drive, delete the ones on the solid state drive and then do a copy.