Re: What can I close?

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From: Dave (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:40:10 -0700

I appreciate your insight, Michael. What exactly should I
be looking for in a graphics card, then?

Dave

>-----Original Message-----
>You may be able to get around the limitations of an
onboard graphics care
>with shared memory by doing what Steve C. Ray in this
thread mention's which
>is closing some processes and blackviper is an excellent
site. However,
>whether its streaming video from the web or dumping
video from your camera
>in real time, this is a graphics intensive and is sure
to hog memory and I
>don't think that onboard card is up to it.
>
>You're going to really be fighting this issue.
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:14b1a01c41c3b$1ec6cdd0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
>> I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
>> camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro
A/V
>> Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD.
As I
>> dump the video in in real time, XP apparently
sidetracks
>> to process something else momentarily, and the video
>> freezes for that short amount of time.
>>
>> In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
>> Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray
to
>> free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a
similar
>> function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
>> and "systems" I need to keep running?
>>
>> Thnaks in advance.
>>
>> Dave
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
>> be a part of the
>>>problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
>> can be breaks in the
>>>data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
>> spot it's not live
>>>but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
>> with file even though
>>>it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
>> freezes are at the
>>>same point.
>>>
>>>That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
>> shared memory as
>>>mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
>> that's where the system
>>>apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
>> The graphics card is
>>>sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
>> on, you are online,
>>>the system has background chores and at some point you
>> run beyond the
>>>system's ability to manage it.
>>>
>>>If you have access to a graphics card with its own
>> memory, at least 64MB
>>>given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
>> testing it on your
>>>system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
>> may simply be
>>>something wrong with the file.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>>Windows Shell/User
>>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>>
>>>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:1816f01c41aba$9b6d0930$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> As I stream the video into the computer, the video
>>>> occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
>>>> up "live" again. When I review the video file,
>>>> the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
>> for
>>>> the same durations.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Is your capture actually dropping frames...?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>>>news:1819501c419ab$0decc7e0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I'm trying to capture streaming video on my
computer,
>>>> and
>>>>>> occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
>> the
>>>>>> capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
>> tasking
>>>>>> something else and taking resources away from the
>> video
>>>>>> capture.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Three questions:
>>>>>> 1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
>> to
>>>>>> have running to keep Wondows alive during this
>> capture?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
>> running?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where
XP
>>>> will
>>>>>> load only the bare minimum to do video capture
>> without
>>>>>> manually having to go in and shut everything else
>> down
>>>>>> every time? How do I do that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>.
>

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