Re: Using Movie Maker on a 64bit machine
- From: "Rach" <rachgirlnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:26:04 GMT
I'm using it on a 64 bit machine. Not having any problems...
Maybe ignorance really IS bliss?
LOL
Rach
"John Kelly" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> The info I found says that you must install to clean hard drive which
> is what put me off.
>
> I checked on Nero and have been told the same as your comments. I don't
> use Roxio (spit) anymore.
>
> The symantec performance testing software came up with an overall index
> that was just under 2.9 times faster than a Dual P4 system....the graphics
> test with the bouncing balls etc.....ridiculous...the balls moved so fast
> that you cant really watch them.
>
> The system has 8 fans on it one of which pumps air into the furniture
> that contasins the machine. The mobo has a second processor dedicated to
> maintaining all of the settings for overclocking etc. and has a
> comprehensive list of options for warning signals for CPU, SYS Power and
> Video temperatures/fan speeds and core temp voltage etc.....I have spent
> most of today tweeking all of these settings and watching the performance
> change. I crashed it twice today and thats revealed a flaw in the setup.
> The machine is in a cabinet and I can't reach the power switch on the rear
> of the computer!!! so I have had to throw the mains switch which I can
> reach.... The front power switches are disabled in favour of controling
> power-up from the keyboard.....which is obviously no use if the machine
> has crashed (All I have to do is type a password and the machine turns
> itself on)
>
> Last night I discovered a usefull route when creating a DVD with Nero.
> I had done my editing and started the process of build and burn the disc.
> it proceeded well enough but I stopped it before completion...I then
> restarted it but with the destination changed to Image File. I am going to
> have to do this a few times more and properly time it. Accepting that the
> actual burn time is always going to be the same it seemed to me that the
> creation process was a decent amount faster. The machine is fast enough so
> as to make this all academic....but it might be worth knowing for those
> with a slower machine if its true and not just wishful thinking
>
> I built this machine to do graphics work using Animation Master. A 3Ghz
> P4 is OK but it is not much use when creating substantial photo realistic
> rendering at DV settings Its so marvelously fast that I am using it for
> all work....In the last week I have not even powered up my "normal"
> machine (P4). I am building up to suggesting that I build another
> one....have to test the water first with she who must always be obeyed :)
> This one cost an arm and a leg. The one I would love is much the same but
> with two processors. The argument I can use is that Animation Master
> understands true multi tasking but all I have yet created with AM are some
> simple models and got them to do daft things (A silver clad knight
> creeping forward on tip toe the way you sometimes see in cartoons, after 6
> steps it switches to walking with hand on hip and a swagger and head held
> high. Very funny when done in photo realistic mode but not a convincing
> argument for spending a lot more money.
>
> On the printer front, I have an A3 HP 1120C machine connected to a 2Ghz P4
> on a wireless network. Its mostly used for creating high res and therefore
> large cross stitch patterns. The people I make these for take around 12
> months to create just one cross stitch. They do look rather nice...I
> convert digital photos into the pattern and include all the DMC or Anchor
> info etc But...I want a printer on top of the 64bit inside the cabinet and
> I have dropped a boo boo.....the cabinet is not deep enough ... 13 inches
> depth. Width and Height are OK.....the printers that will fit are
> dreadfull...I do not really want one of those expensive to run photo
> printers as all my stuff goes direct to DVD and if I wanted hard copy its
> much cheaper to take a card to the local store stick it in the machine and
> get the printout that way.
>
> I was going to buy a wireless network camera as well. I have asked a
> few of the obvious questions and the answer came back so glibly I doubt if
> its accurate so once XP 64bit is up and running I will write to the
> manufactures and ask the specific questions regarding drivers. In the same
> store I was once told that DVD+R spun in the opposite direction to
> DVD-R...and that chap still works there !!!
>
> Thanks for your comments,
>
> John Kelly
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23mLdo%23$fFHA.272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Check the 64-bit NG but I think you can install the final x64 version
>> over the trial. What I'm not sure is if you can install the x64 trial
>> over the top of 32 bit version. I clean installed my x64... and also
>> dual boot with a 32 bit Server 2003. I generally run Server 2003 but if
>> I need to do any video work, I reboot into x64.
>>
>> I haven't found a great deal of speed increase on my 3200+ AMD 64 on a
>> Socket 939 over my P4 3.0 Prescott, on any video application but your CPU
>> is a great deal more powerful than mine. I have however found it
>> amazingly stable....
>>
>> As you'll probably find out, Roxio won't install on x64, but Nero works
>> better on x64 than on 32-bit. I guess if I purchased another license for
>> Nero and put it on the P4 (which is actually my MCE 2005) I could run a
>> better side by side comparison, but they are in different rooms, so I'd
>> have to run between the living room and the Server Room. My x64 is next
>> to another AMD 64, but that runs my Server platform and isn't dual
>> booting anything!
>>
>> Inkjet printer drivers are almost impossible to find right now,
>> motherboard drivers are obviously up to the motherboard manufacturers,
>> but you want to make sure every driver is available before you embark on
>> your quest or you'll find yourself booting from one partition to the
>> other rather frequently - or saving files, then moving to another PC with
>> a 32 bit platform, and printing from that one!
>>
>> DVD2PocketPC v2.5 certainly works better on x64 than on 32-bit. I
>> haven't done a lot with WMM, but what I have done seems to run just fine.
>> WinDVD Creator also works fine on x64. So does WinDVD v6, I have v7 on
>> my MCE and notebook.
>>
>> Let us know how it goes.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "John Kelly" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eq9RqhzfFHA.3304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> 32bit Pro have now been waiting just over 6 weeks for the 64bit pro
>>> to arrive. Microsoft have taken their money from my card though...I
>>> wonder what responce I would get if I asked for the interest back
>>>
>>> I have not installed the free download as I discovered from the
>>> wording that I would have to re-install all over again. It implied that
>>> it is cripple ware (to that extent)
>>>
>>> John Kelly
>>> www.the-kellys.org
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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