Directory/File
Information
Outcome
\\Level1
I have read in this article that the "MediaTek is supporting WMA in its DVD-Player combo chip MT1369; the chipset is in mass production now.". Since the DVD-176 is built around the MT1369 chip, I thought that maybe the DVD-176 should be able to play WMA files.
So I encoded a couple of songs in WMA (Windows Media Audio) and burned them on a regular data CD to see if the Denver DVD-176 could play them.
Below is a table that explains the structure of the WMA CD I made, and also information about which WMA's that played as they should.
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Directory/File |
Information |
Outcome |
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|---|---|---|---|
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\ |
Root directory | ||
| _32_k_m.wma | WMA8, 32 kbit/s, mono | Did not play | |
| _32_k_s.wma | WMA8, 32 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| _48_k_m.wma | WMA8, 48 kbit/s, mono | Did not play | |
| _48_k_s.wma | WMA8, 48 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| _64_k_s.wma | WMA8, 64 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| _80_k_s.wma | WMA8, 80 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| _96_k_s.wma | WMA8, 96 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| 128_k_s.wma | WMA8, 128 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| 160_k_s.wma | WMA8, 160 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| 192_k_s.wma | WMA8, 192 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| v2_128_k_s.wma | WMA2, 128 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
|
\Level1 |
Subdirectory, level 1 | ||
| 128_k_s.wma | WMA8, 128 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
| 192_k_s.wma | WMA8, 192 kbit/s, stereo | Did not play | |
When I put the CD in the DVD-player, this is what showed up on the screen:
 |
As you can see, the player did not even recognize any of the .wma files. Maybe this is because it should have another extension than .WMA. Any suggestions? |
So it seems that the DVD-176 players cannot play WMA files after all!