Computer to USB input on DVD Player

shortymet55 · 02-18-2008, 03:57 AM

On my DVD player there is a USB input. I can put music, pictures, or videos on a USB Flash drive and the play them on my TV. Is there a way to have like an infinitive flash drive, by using a USB to USB cord and plugging one into my computer and the other into the DVD player. The making like a file or drive that i can drag other stuff into and make it transfer to the DVD player?

PC eye · 02-18-2008, 04:42 AM

The usb port on the dvd player acts like an auxillery input much like the analog type seen on vhs systems where you have a direct feed that bypasses the player's mechanical and optical method of signal output. Simply using Windows Explorer to drag files onto the dvd player's input wouldn't work while a usb type output signal similar to what is seen from a flash would have to be software orientated in order to work.

S-Video and later DVI output from video cards goes directly into many tvs already by a direct patch cord there. But the tv has to be detected like a monitor to see even that work. The video card's drivers/software controls the output for the greater part to direct the signal to the tv through it's own display manager.

You would need a flash drive output simulation type program like that of a virtual flash drive if one even exists. That would then send the signal by way of the usb bus.

shortymet55 · 02-18-2008, 03:37 PM

I have a virtual Drive program tha came with my video card. Could i maybe use that somehow. Thanks for the input.

PC eye · 02-19-2008, 03:50 AM

What you would need is some program that directs files(video, audio) through the usb bus as an output source. The alternative however is much better with a DVI output direct to the tv bypassing the dvd player entirely. Then you could put anything you want up on screen there.

shortymet55 · 02-19-2008, 04:03 AM

You mean like dualview. I have that. i use it for gaming on my TV and then writing school papers and all at my desk. The issue is I like to search the internet and watch videos off my computer at the same time, and when i do that the video like freezes every time i open a page. The freeze is just long enough to make it annoying. Not literally freeze but like not skips, I cant explain, but its annoying. Hopefully this stops when i get my new PC.

PC eye · 02-19-2008, 06:04 AM

Once you get into a new build you will obviously have a better card there where setting up a second desktop should be far easier without the problems. Sounds like the video drivers or codecs are not fully supporting the Dualview option there for the moment. But with DVI out with a better card that should clear up for you.

02-18-2008, 03:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
shortymet55 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 206	Computer to USB input on DVD Player On my DVD player there is a USB input. I can put music, pictures, or videos on a USB Flash drive and the play them on my TV. Is there a way to have like an infinitive flash drive, by using a USB to USB cord and plugging one into my computer and the other into the DVD player. The making like a file or drive that i can drag other stuff into and make it transfer to the DVD player?

02-18-2008, 04:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	The usb port on the dvd player acts like an auxillery input much like the analog type seen on vhs systems where you have a direct feed that bypasses the player's mechanical and optical method of signal output. Simply using Windows Explorer to drag files onto the dvd player's input wouldn't work while a usb type output signal similar to what is seen from a flash would have to be software orientated in order to work. S-Video and later DVI output from video cards goes directly into many tvs already by a direct patch cord there. But the tv has to be detected like a monitor to see even that work. The video card's drivers/software controls the output for the greater part to direct the signal to the tv through it's own display manager. You would need a flash drive output simulation type program like that of a virtual flash drive if one even exists. That would then send the signal by way of the usb bus. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

02-19-2008, 03:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	What you would need is some program that directs files(video, audio) through the usb bus as an output source. The alternative however is much better with a DVI output direct to the tv bypassing the dvd player entirely. Then you could put anything you want up on screen there. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

02-19-2008, 06:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Once you get into a new build you will obviously have a better card there where setting up a second desktop should be far easier without the problems. Sounds like the video drivers or codecs are not fully supporting the Dualview option there for the moment. But with DVI out with a better card that should clear up for you. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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02-18-2008, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
shortymet55 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 206	I have a virtual Drive program tha came with my video card. Could i maybe use that somehow. Thanks for the input.

02-19-2008, 04:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
shortymet55 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 206	You mean like dualview. I have that. i use it for gaming on my TV and then writing school papers and all at my desk. The issue is I like to search the internet and watch videos off my computer at the same time, and when i do that the video like freezes every time i open a page. The freeze is just long enough to make it annoying. Not literally freeze but like not skips, I cant explain, but its annoying. Hopefully this stops when i get my new PC.

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