Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Mon Jan 3 16:23:04 CST 2005
Oops! It's really Windows Media Encoder. The web site is here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx It will do a number of things, like convert an avi file to a format viewable by Windows Media Player. However, I'm using it to create 'videos' of my software that I can deliver to potential clients. They can watch and listen to my narration at their convenience. Look for Screen Capture if you download this. Competing products (you pay!) are ScreenCam and Camtasia. HTH, Dan Waters ProMation Systems -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:34 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster I'll give it a try. What's Media Viewer Encoder? Martin just turned me on to the Windows Movie Maker hidden in the accessories. I was having a devil of a time getting the stuff in my DVD Camcorder into the computer. It really works well. Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Waters" <dwaters at usinternet.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 7:59 PM Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster > Rocky, > > I've been trying to do some screen video capture with MS Windows Media > Viewer Encoder (free!). This was so slow that it was going to be > unusable. > I came across a tip to turn off all hardware acceleration, and that did > the > trick. Go to screen properties, select Settings - Advanced - > Troubleshoot. > Push the slider to the left side. Mine was set to full acceleration. I > haven't seen any adverse affects from doing this, so I'll keep it at this > setting. > > This may only be helpful for problems with the screen display, but it's a > cheap fix! > > HTH, > Dan Waters > ProMation Systems > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:55 AM > To: dba-tech > Subject: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster > > Dear tech: > > My laptop doesn't run as fast as I thin it should (who's does?). I recall > vaguely some tips about things that can be turned of in windows that tend > to > bog things down. Some kind of logging, or indexing, or audit trailing, or > something. > > Anyway, if anyone has any hints I'll give them a try. It's a 64bit Athlon > processor running with 512MB RAM and WXP Home. Seems to be doing a lot of > disk swapping when starting or terminating programs. Also slow startup > when > changing user accounts. > > Any tips appreciated. > > Best, > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > http://www.e-z-mrp.com > 858-259-4334 > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com