T61 dvd player will not play mp4 format - Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Notebook

You can MP4 to DVD and then play the DVD with MP4 content on your dvd player. Or you may get a mp4 player program on your pc.

For every format (MP4 is not one, but dozens of formats and no standard) you need a player, or on a computer a setting in a program. A DVD player, only can play one format, a DVD format. Actually it is even a coded format. When you have a MP4 file, you should encode it to to the DVD format and then but it to a DVD, before you try to play it in a DVD player. Try reading some articles about video formats on Wikipedia, when it is interesting enough for you to understand different Video (and Audio) formats.

Check the user manual (find one online if you don't have the printed version). It will list the file types that the player can decode and play. If it does not specifically list mp4 or mkv files, you're out of luck. There's no way to add codecs to most DVD players.

You cannot play MP4 files directly via a external DVD player, you may need to burn your mp4 files to DVD and then you can play the DVD on a DVD player. What you need for burning mp4 files to DVD is a blank dvd disc, a burning program and a disc drive. You can try Leawo DVD Creator to burn MP4 files onto your DVD. Other than this software, you can also try ImgBurn and BurnX.

Will DVD Players play MP4 files?

As we know, most old DVD players only support DVD video on DVD disc, they cannot play any video file not to mention MP4 file. Later, some DVD players can play video files on DVD disc. Even later, many DVD players come with USB ports, users can attach USB drive to it, and it can search and play video files on it. However, the video formats they support are very limited. Because DVD video is some kind of MPEG-2 video, this format is supported by nearly all DVD players. MP4 is newer than AVI format, some players doesn't support MP4 but support AVI. Hence, to play MP4 on DVD Players, we suggest you convert MP4 file to DVD-Players-sensible formats like the MPEG or AVI format.

To solve this issue, read this guide: http://www.faasoft.com/articles/can-dvd-players-play-mp4.html

you first need to record them on your cd in mp4 format. There are many free applications that will help you create a cd that will play on an mp4 player-0--I concerted mp4's to dvd format to play on my sony dvd player...

It doesnt guys.I already tried it.Only supports .mpeg and .dat files.

Hello,

the answer is "No". Your player cannot play MP4 DVD discs.

Take care.

anyway, which device do u use. and have u tried vob format, it seems that u need a dvd format