<p>I changed the file system on the USB stick from FAT32 to NTFS. The video playback works now.</p>

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2015-04-11T11:52:58.427Z
So your files were bigger than 2GB, and were broken when you tried to put them on FAT32?
Peter Cordes
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2015-04-11T12:39:14.180Z
No. Usually the video files I tried to play were around 700M, every file worked on the computer and only some of them worked on the Sony. After changing to NTFS I did not experience this problem again so far.
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2015-04-10T08:12:21.950Z
de-facto
<p>I'd like to play an AVI on my <strong>Sony BDP-S186</strong>. 
The user manual states: Supported Codecs and File Types: including <strong>Xvid (.avi)</strong> (<a href="http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4290282312.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4290282312.pdf</a> - in German).
I'm trying to play the file from an USB stick. 
The video file's codec is <strong>MPEG-4 Video (XVID)</strong>. 
The device says "Die Datei ist verfälscht oder unbestätigt," which means that the file is corrupted.</p>

<p>Sometimes it works for AVI files, sometimes it doesn't and I actually do not know what's the reason for the issue. The issue seems to be well known by the internet, but I didn't find an appropriate solution for now.
This forum deals also the issue: <a href="http://www.cczwei-forum.de/cc2/thread.php?threadid=6317" rel="nofollow">http://www.cczwei-forum.de/cc2/thread.php?threadid=6317</a> (in German) </p>

<p>I'm buying the capability of playing files with that format/compression and not the capability of not playing them. </p>

<p>I would also be interested in the legal side of this issue. I don't think the cause for not playing specific videos is caused by copyright protection or anything related, even if Sony qualified themselves always for being a bad example of copyright protection guards. </p>

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Problem with video playback of AVI (Xvid) on Sony BDP-S186 [solved]
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# Problem with video playback of AVI (Xvid) on Sony BDP-S186 [solved]

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-07)

I'd like to play an AVI on my **Sony BDP-S186**.
The user manual states: Supported Codecs and File Types: including **Xvid (.avi)** (<http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4290282312.pdf> - in German).
I'm trying to play the file from an USB stick.
The video file's codec is **MPEG-4 Video (XVID)**.
The device says "Die Datei ist verfälscht oder unbestätigt," which means that the file is corrupted.

Sometimes it works for AVI files, sometimes it doesn't and I actually do not know what's the reason for the issue. The issue seems to be well known by the internet, but I didn't find an appropriate solution for now.
This forum deals also the issue: <http://www.cczwei-forum.de/cc2/thread.php?threadid=6317> (in German)

I'm buying the capability of playing files with that format/compression and not the capability of not playing them.

I would also be interested in the legal side of this issue. I don't think the cause for not playing specific videos is caused by copyright protection or anything related, even if Sony qualified themselves always for being a bad example of copyright protection guards.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2015-04-08. Score: -1 | Accepted answer

I changed the file system on the USB stick from FAT32 to NTFS. The video playback works now.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: So your files were bigger than 2GB, and were broken when you tried to put them on FAT32?  
> **username_0**: No. Usually the video files I tried to play were around 700M, every file worked on the computer and only some of them worked on the Sony. After changing to NTFS I did not experience this problem again so far.  

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