On 19 Dec 2000, at 14:04, Bernie wrote: > > WMP7 is not very good. 6.4 is the way to go! If the sound and > > video are losing sync, try reducing the quality. (File | Properties -> > > Advanced: "DivX MPEG-4 DVD Video Decompressor"; Properties > > No help, I did download another program made in VB 6 (according to the > page where I got it from anyway) and it was noticably better than > WMP6.4/7, Yeah I need a program that will run without installing (so we can watch movies off CDs on WNT at uni....) > but I'll try PowerDVD 2.5 first and see what I get. AFAICT it won't play "DivX ;-)" movies. (I have 2.55) > Some movies (or rather one - Dogma) played very well on my > K6-2 400, but many others are really bad When I had the K6-2 400 it would depend on the quality of the movie. Something full quality off a DVD takes a lot more processing power than say off a VCD. eg Rowan Atkinson could do it at 4, but the Matrix struggled at 0. And it might be best if the movie is encoded with DivX sound (instead of MPEG1 layer 3 aka MP3) > Hmm... I better get me an even faster CPU then a 650 then (800 perhaps?) Get a Thunderbird: copper interconnects whereas Duron still uses Aluminium. :-) Too bad they're quite a bit more expensive... > > Argh! Better upgrade to Windows ME and get that new nifty "My > > Music" folder. <G> > > Actually I think it comes with RealPlayer since I have it on two machines > at home and none is running WinME. I was actually being sarcastic. I was in a shop looking at the "features" of Windows ME and this was listed on the box! Things that one could create themselves. "New colour schemes!" "Share your files easily!" -- Ben Hood http://i.am/hoody To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
