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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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Supported video formats?

I've tried putting some .mp4s on a flash drive and burning to disk, neither was readable to the command unit in my 2012, so I assume it was due media format. What format do videos need to be in for the car to recognize them?

Can videos be played from USB if the correct format?
Can videos be added to the music register or just audio files?

*head unit was in park at for both attempts so that wasn't the issue.
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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by luc1f3r
I've tried putting some .mp4s on a flash drive and burning to disk, neither was readable to the command unit in my 2012, so I assume it was due media format. What format do videos need to be in for the car to recognize them?

Can videos be played from USB if the correct format?
Can videos be added to the music register or just audio files?

*head unit was in park at for both attempts so that wasn't the issue.
Thanks for posting mate...i was wondering too, tried USB mp4 files but can't read
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 12:47 PM
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I believe it is just DVDs from the drive that can be played, but I could be wrong.
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 01:34 PM
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If you read the manual is says that you can only play videos from a DVD or your iPod if you have the MI Plus (Multimedia Interface Plus)
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 08:54 PM
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And does the manual go on to answer the question posted of, what format does the media need to be on the DVD...
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Old Mar 31, 2014 | 09:16 PM
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haha no it doesn't state anything about formats...well not that I have seen. You can always try Video_TS which is what actual DVDs are so that should work.
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Old Apr 3, 2014 | 04:33 PM
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You'll want the VOB video files. Video_TS is just the folder name. If you look inside you'll see a bunch of files. All the small ones are the menus, then you'll see a bunch of small VOB which are usually previews and some menu clips. The huge ones will be the video itself. No point in putting those on the music register since it's only 10GB (if it'll even let you).

I'm guessing for the ipod integration, you're using the ipod to do the video decoding and not the HU, so it'd be like any other video-in.
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