The DVD players are set up to play DivX files, but many torrents use Xvid.
"Xvid encoded files can be written to a CD or DVD and played in a DivX compatible DVD player. However, since Xvid specifies three warp points for its implementation of Global Motion Compensation as opposed to the one of DivX, enabling some of the more advanced encoding features can compromise player compatibility. Some issues exist with the default Quantization Matrix used in tools such as AutoGK that create an MPEG-4 stream with Xvid. These produce videos that have unstable playback and artifacts on DivX compatible DVD players." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid
Using the Divx converter (http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/author/ -- free trial available) should help. Or you can convert to Divx using a free program like ffmpegx etc.
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Date: 2007-02-18 11:00 pm (UTC)"Xvid encoded files can be written to a CD or DVD and played in a DivX compatible DVD player. However, since Xvid specifies three warp points for its implementation of Global Motion Compensation as opposed to the one of DivX, enabling some of the more advanced encoding features can compromise player compatibility. Some issues exist with the default Quantization Matrix used in tools such as AutoGK that create an MPEG-4 stream with Xvid. These produce videos that have unstable playback and artifacts on DivX compatible DVD players." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid
Using the Divx converter (http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/author/ -- free trial available) should help. Or you can convert to Divx using a free program like ffmpegx etc.