VLC doesn't use system codecs, it uses its own libraries for video decoding, so checking whether something plays in VLC to see if your system can play it is not a valid test.
AVI is just a container, it does not specify an audio or video codec, so you should use a program like GSpot to see what codec is screwing up on you, and look for a replacement.
But what I'm confused about is that it'll happen to files in the same folder, files of the same type, so it can't be a codec issue...
What he's saying is that files with the same extension are not "the same" necessarily. Look at the stream info in VLC for example to see what the actual video and audio content are.
There are no differences that I can see. I've taken screenshots of VLC's media information window while the files were playing (wirelessly on my laptop, not on the actual pc using Media Centre).
This is the eleventh episode of season two of the BBC's new Robin Hood show. Media Centre has no issues playing this file.
The twelfth and final episode of the Robin Hood series to date. Again playing wirelessly on my laptop, but Media Centre will do nothing but give me a black screen when I try to play this, and then around twenty seconds later, I'll get the audio.
Most of the films work, but some, like Road to Eldorado here, don't. This also gives the black screen and only audio twenty seconds in. I'm not seeing why by just looking at stream information.
Azio - No, I didn't delete them, but I'll do that later today and let you know what happens. And I tried CCCP, but no go, still the same result. If Windows 7 has some issue corrupting my video files that people have yet to come across - like the MP3 corruption thing - then I'll be very upset. But I don't think it does as these files play in VLC on both the media pc and wirelessly on my laptop, and in Media Player on my laptop, too, while Media Player on the media pc gives the same results as Media Centre.
I'm highly confused.
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Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
I keep getting strange mouse issues when playing Left 4 Dead. It's as if 15% of mouse input, including clicks, gets ignored. Feels like when your optical mouse is full of cat hair or something -- it's stuttery and requires overcompensation to move.
L4D complains about outdated video drivers when I launch it (though I have the latest available), so it wouldn't surprise me if that causes it.
I keep getting strange mouse issues when playing Left 4 Dead. It's as if 15% of mouse input, including clicks, gets ignored. Feels like when your optical mouse is full of cat hair or something -- it's stuttery and requires overcompensation to move.
L4D complains about outdated video drivers when I launch it (though I have the latest available), so it wouldn't surprise me if that causes it.
Sounds like maybe the mouse isn't getting enough of the CPU's resources. If you Ctrl-Alt-Del you can either elevate the mouse driver's priority or lower Left 4 Dead's.
Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
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Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
Pretty sure the codecs are included (finally) with Windows 7, actually.
Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
Pretty sure the codecs are included (finally) with Windows 7, actually.
Are you sure about that? Xvid is on some pretty shaky legal ground as it is, I wouldn't think Microsoft would want to stick their neck out like that. I mean, I have no way of testing to see, does anyone else?
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Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
Pretty sure the codecs are included (finally) with Windows 7, actually.
Win 7 has DivX, but not XviD. They are similar, but not identical.
Well the difference is one's encoded using xvid at 25fps and the other's encoded using DIV3 at ~24fps - you've got two different types of video there, both wrapped up in avi wrappers.
Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
Pretty sure the codecs are included (finally) with Windows 7, actually.
Win 7 has DivX, but not XviD. They are similar, but not identical.
I was under the impression that one was simply a reverse-engineered version of the other, making them practically interchangeable. Maybe I'm out of the loop.
In any case, W7 finally has some useful codecs built-in, which is nice.
People aren't reading my posts, Azio advised me to install CCCP and I did, and no change. Previous to that was Sharkboy's Windows 7 codecs, and previous to that was Sharkboy's Vista codec pack.
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I have a bluetooth keyboard that worked in Vista, and I had Windows choose a passkey, then entered that passkey on my keyboard. Now, for some reason it got unpaired from my Win7 machine today. If I click "add new bluetooth device" and set the keyboard in discovery mode, it never finds it.
If I turn on my keyboard and press a button, Windows informs me that a device wishes to connect. If I click the prompt it brings up a screen where I am to enter the passkey that was in the documentation, except there is no passkey in the documentation. It's a device that you are supposed to enter a passkey for.
Anyone else using bluetooth having better luck than I am?
People aren't reading my posts, Azio advised me to install CCCP and I did, and no change. Previous to that was Sharkboy's Windows 7 codecs, and previous to that was Sharkboy's Vista codec pack.
Did you try using the CCCP Insurgent to root out and delete any conflicting codecs?
People aren't reading my posts, Azio advised me to install CCCP and I did, and no change. Previous to that was Sharkboy's Windows 7 codecs, and previous to that was Sharkboy's Vista codec pack.
Did you try using the CCCP Insurgent to root out and delete any conflicting codecs?
Not quite... I made sure to uninstall the previous codec pack before installing CCCP. I'm not sure if it's a codec issue, it's just so weird that one file of exactly the same type will play while another won't.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
Does W7 transfer files between SATA hard drives at 10-25 MB/s like this god damn 64-bit vista install is? It's the only thing that pisses me off about Vista. I've tried using one of those third party copiers, but after it deleted an entire folder I was moving I am not really interested.
File transfer rates depend on what you're trying to move. If it's a small number of big files, it will go fairly quickly. If it's a lot of really small files, it will crawl. And no, they haven't fixed that in 7.
File transfer rates depend on what you're trying to move. If it's a small number of big files, it will go fairly quickly. If it's a lot of really small files, it will crawl. And no, they haven't fixed that in 7.
WHYYY!!!!!!!????
I don't understand, I thought they had a patch specifically addressing this issue? Seems like a damnable bitch.
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File transfer rates depend on what you're trying to move. If it's a small number of big files, it will go fairly quickly. If it's a lot of really small files, it will crawl. And no, they haven't fixed that in 7.
WHYYY!!!!!!!????
I don't understand, I thought they had a patch specifically addressing this issue? Seems like a damnable bitch.
Dude, you can't patch hardware...not yet, anyway. Think about it like this; if you're a delivery guy with unlimited strength, what would be quicker, delivering three 60lb packages or delivering 180lbs of regular mail, each to a different address?
The small files thing is the same problem; each small file has to be put in its own slot and that space has to be found in the allocation table and so on... Fragmentation complicates this a bit as it can effectively turn one big file into a bunch of smaller ones, but you'd notice if your disc was that badly fragged.
File transfer rates depend on what you're trying to move. If it's a small number of big files, it will go fairly quickly. If it's a lot of really small files, it will crawl. And no, they haven't fixed that in 7.
WHYYY!!!!!!!????
I don't understand, I thought they had a patch specifically addressing this issue? Seems like a damnable bitch.
Dude, you can't patch hardware...not yet, anyway. Think about it like this; if you're a delivery guy with unlimited strength, what would be quicker, delivering three 60lb packages or delivering 180lbs of regular mail, each to a different address?
The small files thing is the same problem; each small file has to be put in its own slot and that space has to be found in the allocation table and so on... Fragmentation complicates this a bit as it can effectively turn one big file into a bunch of smaller ones, but you'd notice if your disc was that badly fragged.
Not really fair to blame it on hardware, other operating systems are much better at moving many small files (or at responding to users trying to move more than one set of files at a time, which windows just chokes on).
Microsoft fucked up their file copy routines somewhere in the transition from DOS to windows (sincerely, DOS 6.2 copies files much quicker than Win95). ALL windows software is bad at it. It's always just a question of how bad.
I thought we'd established that they weren't the same type at all.
We did. There's no hope for him.
You know, if you're not even going to read my posts properly, then there's no point in bothering to reply. Let's just ignore it, then.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
File transfer rates depend on what you're trying to move. If it's a small number of big files, it will go fairly quickly. If it's a lot of really small files, it will crawl. And no, they haven't fixed that in 7.
WHYYY!!!!!!!????
I don't understand, I thought they had a patch specifically addressing this issue? Seems like a damnable bitch.
Dude, you can't patch hardware...not yet, anyway. Think about it like this; if you're a delivery guy with unlimited strength, what would be quicker, delivering three 60lb packages or delivering 180lbs of regular mail, each to a different address?
The small files thing is the same problem; each small file has to be put in its own slot and that space has to be found in the allocation table and so on... Fragmentation complicates this a bit as it can effectively turn one big file into a bunch of smaller ones, but you'd notice if your disc was that badly fragged.
Not really fair to blame it on hardware, other operating systems are much better at moving many small files (or at responding to users trying to move more than one set of files at a time, which windows just chokes on).
Microsoft fucked up their file copy routines somewhere in the transition from DOS to windows (sincerely, DOS 6.2 copies files much quicker than Win95). ALL windows software is bad at it. It's always just a question of how bad.
They've also upgraded their file system about hundred times since then to make it more secure, able to handle those large ass files that people move around, improve data integrity, etc. etc. I'm betting they know the exact reason for this and some way to fix it. I'm also betting that the number of times people encounter the problem is extremely small or they probably would devote more resources towards getting it fixed.
They've upgraded the file system... twice? Or am I miscounting?
Just pointing out that linux is more secure / supports more file systems and still trashes Windows for file transfer performance.
And yes, it IS a small problem from MS' point of view. The vast majority of people only use windows and hence have no idea how bad it is compared to other OS's for file transfering. Plus even for people who do know, windows still gets the files there eventually, so it's not like it's 'game breaking', just irritating.
I'm betting they know the exact reason for this and some way to fix it.
I'm betting that we don't see windows' file transfer performance fixed until 8, and I'm only betting on 8 because by then we'll have some good market penetration of SSD's.
I get that same behavior when writing to a flash drive in any OS (OS X, XP, Vista, Win 7, Ubuntu). Big files go pretty quickly, numerous small files drag ass.
With flash drives it's due to block size + having to load an entire block to add data to it / erase and entire block before writing data. The drive writes bigger chunks at once (compared to a platter drive) so a small file put on the drive means the drive loads up a block, takes the file, inserts it into the block, then writes the entire block which itself is much larger than the small file you're moving. Then it grabs the next small file and repeats the process.
Thankfully controllers try to mitigate the problem --and succeed pretty well, in high end SSDs. Not so much in things like the 16gb USB-stick I got for thirty-something dollars.
I thought we'd established that they weren't the same type at all.
We did. There's no hope for him.
You know, if you're not even going to read my posts properly, then there's no point in bothering to reply. Let's just ignore it, then.
Perhaps we have missed something, but you're doing a poor job of making it clear. Please restate whatever key bit of information we're clearly missing. As far as I can see, you point at two different AVI files, state they're identical, and then wonder why one is working in Media Center/Media Player and the other doesn't. I (and others) have pointed out that the files aren't, in fact, identical--they use different codecs, different frame rates, etc. The problem is most likely codec-related which is why others suggested using the CCCP Insurgent thing to remove conflicting codecs that may be lingering. Have you tried that? Have you tried any media player other than VLC? I have a few videos that Media Player Classic handles like a champ but WMP/MC have issues with for whatever reason, for example (in this case the picture becomes corrupted every now and again and lasts for a few seconds).
My apologies if you've already tried these suggestions. They're all I've got for right now.
I thought we'd established that they weren't the same type at all.
We did. There's no hope for him.
You know, if you're not even going to read my posts properly, then there's no point in bothering to reply. Let's just ignore it, then.
Perhaps we have missed something, but you're doing a poor job of making it clear. Please restate whatever key bit of information we're clearly missing. As far as I can see, you point at two different AVI files, state they're identical, and then wonder why one is working in Media Center/Media Player and the other doesn't. I (and others) have pointed out that the files aren't, in fact, identical--they use different codecs, different frame rates, etc. The problem is most likely codec-related which is why others suggested using the CCCP Insurgent thing to remove conflicting codecs that may be lingering. Have you tried that? Have you tried any media player other than VLC? I have a few videos that Media Player Classic handles like a champ but WMP/MC have issues with for whatever reason, for example (in this case the picture becomes corrupted every now and again and lasts for a few seconds).
My apologies if you've already tried these suggestions. They're all I've got for right now.
This isn't quite true. The post with the 3 images is just a little confusing. The first two images are the two files he's having trouble with. Both are AVIs with XVID codecs at 25 fps. The third image is of another file that also works with a different codec and fps rate. The post was confusing because he gives a discription for the image after the image and says "This shot..." and then posts another image.
So the two files are the same codec and framerate but are not both working.
So you're saying that he's saying one XVID file works but another doesn't? Or is it that neither XVID file works? Either way, I'd see what Media Player Classic does with each file.
I have a bluetooth keyboard that worked in Vista, and I had Windows choose a passkey, then entered that passkey on my keyboard. Now, for some reason it got unpaired from my Win7 machine today. If I click "add new bluetooth device" and set the keyboard in discovery mode, it never finds it.
If I turn on my keyboard and press a button, Windows informs me that a device wishes to connect. If I click the prompt it brings up a screen where I am to enter the passkey that was in the documentation, except there is no passkey in the documentation. It's a device that you are supposed to enter a passkey for.
Anyone else using bluetooth having better luck than I am?
try deleting the keyboard from the "bluetooth devices" page, helped for me
I have a bluetooth keyboard that worked in Vista, and I had Windows choose a passkey, then entered that passkey on my keyboard. Now, for some reason it got unpaired from my Win7 machine today. If I click "add new bluetooth device" and set the keyboard in discovery mode, it never finds it.
If I turn on my keyboard and press a button, Windows informs me that a device wishes to connect. If I click the prompt it brings up a screen where I am to enter the passkey that was in the documentation, except there is no passkey in the documentation. It's a device that you are supposed to enter a passkey for.
Anyone else using bluetooth having better luck than I am?
try deleting the keyboard from the "bluetooth devices" page, helped for me
There are 0 devices on that page, despite the fact that I was using my bluetooth mouse at the time. That's part of what is driving me nuts..
So I've been getting "low memory" messages on Vista 64-bit lately when playing some games. I don't know why because I have 4GB of memory and the biggest memory hog aside from my games is Firefox which I close when gaming usually.
On my laptop I have Win 7 (32-bit) and it uses maybe a few hundred MB of the 1.25GB available at any given time. Even with Firefox going it's not using very much memory.
Should I upgrade my gaming desktop to Windows 7 (64-bit) ?
How many games will break as a result? I mostly play Steam games and (cringe) WoW. I also play some older games from time to time.
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There are no differences that I can see. I've taken screenshots of VLC's media information window while the files were playing (wirelessly on my laptop, not on the actual pc using Media Centre).
This is the eleventh episode of season two of the BBC's new Robin Hood show. Media Centre has no issues playing this file.
The twelfth and final episode of the Robin Hood series to date. Again playing wirelessly on my laptop, but Media Centre will do nothing but give me a black screen when I try to play this, and then around twenty seconds later, I'll get the audio.
Most of the films work, but some, like Road to Eldorado here, don't. This also gives the black screen and only audio twenty seconds in. I'm not seeing why by just looking at stream information.
Azio - No, I didn't delete them, but I'll do that later today and let you know what happens. And I tried CCCP, but no go, still the same result. If Windows 7 has some issue corrupting my video files that people have yet to come across - like the MP3 corruption thing - then I'll be very upset. But I don't think it does as these files play in VLC on both the media pc and wirelessly on my laptop, and in Media Player on my laptop, too, while Media Player on the media pc gives the same results as Media Centre.
I'm highly confused.
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Also, the audio sample rate and bitrate are different but at least they're using the same codec...
I don't know if the CCCP includes a DIV3 decoder, but mostly because I've never heard of it unless it's a variant on divx...
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L4D complains about outdated video drivers when I launch it (though I have the latest available), so it wouldn't surprise me if that causes it.
Sounds like maybe the mouse isn't getting enough of the CPU's resources. If you Ctrl-Alt-Del you can either elevate the mouse driver's priority or lower Left 4 Dead's.
But the reason I'm confused is that the two Robin Hood episodes are of the same codec and bitrate and all that, and the second one just won't work. Both Media Centre and Media Player play the first one just fine, but will just give a black screen and some audio on the second.
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Man, you have some bad codecs installed, that's really it. The math behind encoding and decoding video is tricky, even more so when you need to get into high performance algorithms. It is not unusual for non-commercial codecs to trip up on certain combinations of data. Try CCCP or something of that nature. This definitely is not a Windows problem (at least not directly) as Windows does not ship or provide an Xvid codec.
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Pretty sure the codecs are included (finally) with Windows 7, actually.
Are you sure about that? Xvid is on some pretty shaky legal ground as it is, I wouldn't think Microsoft would want to stick their neck out like that. I mean, I have no way of testing to see, does anyone else?
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Win 7 has DivX, but not XviD. They are similar, but not identical.
I was under the impression that one was simply a reverse-engineered version of the other, making them practically interchangeable. Maybe I'm out of the loop.
In any case, W7 finally has some useful codecs built-in, which is nice.
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If I turn on my keyboard and press a button, Windows informs me that a device wishes to connect. If I click the prompt it brings up a screen where I am to enter the passkey that was in the documentation, except there is no passkey in the documentation. It's a device that you are supposed to enter a passkey for.
Anyone else using bluetooth having better luck than I am?
Not quite... I made sure to uninstall the previous codec pack before installing CCCP. I'm not sure if it's a codec issue, it's just so weird that one file of exactly the same type will play while another won't.
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
We did. There's no hope for him.
WHYYY!!!!!!!????
I don't understand, I thought they had a patch specifically addressing this issue? Seems like a damnable bitch.
Dude, you can't patch hardware...not yet, anyway. Think about it like this; if you're a delivery guy with unlimited strength, what would be quicker, delivering three 60lb packages or delivering 180lbs of regular mail, each to a different address?
The small files thing is the same problem; each small file has to be put in its own slot and that space has to be found in the allocation table and so on... Fragmentation complicates this a bit as it can effectively turn one big file into a bunch of smaller ones, but you'd notice if your disc was that badly fragged.
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...and for the record transfers seem faster to me in Win7 than Vista, but I've never benchmarked it or anything so take that with a grain of salt.
Not really fair to blame it on hardware, other operating systems are much better at moving many small files (or at responding to users trying to move more than one set of files at a time, which windows just chokes on).
Microsoft fucked up their file copy routines somewhere in the transition from DOS to windows (sincerely, DOS 6.2 copies files much quicker than Win95). ALL windows software is bad at it. It's always just a question of how bad.
You know, if you're not even going to read my posts properly, then there's no point in bothering to reply. Let's just ignore it, then.
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Just pointing out that linux is more secure / supports more file systems and still trashes Windows for file transfer performance.
And yes, it IS a small problem from MS' point of view. The vast majority of people only use windows and hence have no idea how bad it is compared to other OS's for file transfering. Plus even for people who do know, windows still gets the files there eventually, so it's not like it's 'game breaking', just irritating.
I'm betting that we don't see windows' file transfer performance fixed until 8, and I'm only betting on 8 because by then we'll have some good market penetration of SSD's.
Thankfully controllers try to mitigate the problem --and succeed pretty well, in high end SSDs. Not so much in things like the 16gb USB-stick I got for thirty-something dollars.
Perhaps we have missed something, but you're doing a poor job of making it clear. Please restate whatever key bit of information we're clearly missing. As far as I can see, you point at two different AVI files, state they're identical, and then wonder why one is working in Media Center/Media Player and the other doesn't. I (and others) have pointed out that the files aren't, in fact, identical--they use different codecs, different frame rates, etc. The problem is most likely codec-related which is why others suggested using the CCCP Insurgent thing to remove conflicting codecs that may be lingering. Have you tried that? Have you tried any media player other than VLC? I have a few videos that Media Player Classic handles like a champ but WMP/MC have issues with for whatever reason, for example (in this case the picture becomes corrupted every now and again and lasts for a few seconds).
My apologies if you've already tried these suggestions. They're all I've got for right now.
This isn't quite true. The post with the 3 images is just a little confusing. The first two images are the two files he's having trouble with. Both are AVIs with XVID codecs at 25 fps. The third image is of another file that also works with a different codec and fps rate. The post was confusing because he gives a discription for the image after the image and says "This shot..." and then posts another image.
So the two files are the same codec and framerate but are not both working.
Yes, that is what I'm divining from his post.
There are 0 devices on that page, despite the fact that I was using my bluetooth mouse at the time. That's part of what is driving me nuts..
On my laptop I have Win 7 (32-bit) and it uses maybe a few hundred MB of the 1.25GB available at any given time. Even with Firefox going it's not using very much memory.
Should I upgrade my gaming desktop to Windows 7 (64-bit) ?
How many games will break as a result? I mostly play Steam games and (cringe) WoW. I also play some older games from time to time.
edit: also I found this and it's quite interesting: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/benchmarked-ubuntu-vs-vista-vs-windows-7
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I played Interstate '76 on Windows 7 the other day without a hitch.