Dream Scape / Desk Scape
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 by CRNA | Discussion: Windows Vista
I have loaded obviously
both DreamScape and DeskScapes, all is loaded and running. I like the
direction this is going with future possibilities, but I have a few
questions.
Understanding that this is a preview, what are some of the known issues that still need to be ironed out? I ask, because I saw Dreamscape demoed in Boston almost a month ago, and at the time it previewed with no discernible issues. It ran smooth and transitioned from video to video with out so much as a hick up. So why was there the delay to the release?
From a use of application, it seems a big jumpy, being that every time I launch an app, the Scape begins to skip for a bit before settling down again. Would be eliminated in a duo core set up or are others experience this also?
Running: Vista Ultimate 32 bit, 2gigs Ram, Pent M 2.0 GHz (single core)
Please share your new use experience please.
CRNA
Understanding that this is a preview, what are some of the known issues that still need to be ironed out? I ask, because I saw Dreamscape demoed in Boston almost a month ago, and at the time it previewed with no discernible issues. It ran smooth and transitioned from video to video with out so much as a hick up. So why was there the delay to the release?
From a use of application, it seems a big jumpy, being that every time I launch an app, the Scape begins to skip for a bit before settling down again. Would be eliminated in a duo core set up or are others experience this also?
Running: Vista Ultimate 32 bit, 2gigs Ram, Pent M 2.0 GHz (single core)
Please share your new use experience please.
CRNA
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:45 PM
(from my dual monitor post)
One thing I found right off the bat was a classic Windows Media related issue.
CHECK YOUR CODECS
I had installed the "Vista-friendly" trial of NERO only to find that it replaces the Windows Media MPG2 codec with it's own.
The Nero codec caused my CPU use to go from 12% to 32% (!!!) on my dual monitor setup.
And, of course, there still doesn't seem to be an easy way to add/disable extraneous codecs under Vista (anyone?!) or choose which does what. DECCHECK doesn't work for WMP11/Vista in any appreciable way, for example.
Uninstalling the trial (thank goodness I didn't buy that uber bloatware!), fixed the problem and now DreamScene is playing in high resolution goodness on my both of my large monitors.