Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

[Guest Stan Hilliard]

Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe

to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is

441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

 

Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The

difference in file size is consistent day to day.

 

What might explain the difference in size?

Stan Hilliard

[Guest 3c273]

Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

 

Is one of them is in a compressed folder?

Louis

 

"Stan Hilliard" <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in message

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> Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe

> to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is

> 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

>

> Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The

> difference in file size is consistent day to day.

>

> What might explain the difference in size?

> Stan Hilliard

[Guest Stan Hilliard]

Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

 

>"Stan Hilliard" <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in message

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>> Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe

>> to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is

>> 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

>>

>> Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The

>> difference in file size is consistent day to day.

>>

>> What might explain the difference in size?

>> Stan Hilliard

 

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:44:55 -0700, "3c273" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>Is one of them is in a compressed folder?

>Louis

 

The folders are UN-Checked on both computers for:

[properties][advanced][compress contents to save disk space]

There must be some other explanation.

Stan

[Guest John Wunderlich]

Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

 

Stan Hilliard <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in

news:q85ne4118qaa6van87t1h2bae3jajgo31e@4ax.com:

> Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program

> Miro.exe to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the

> file size is 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

>

> Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home.

> The difference in file size is consistent day to day.

>

> What might explain the difference in size?

> Stan Hilliard

 

Is the PC wired and the Laptop wireless? It's possible that the

bandwidth of the connection is sensed and a higher resolution version

is being sent to the device with the higher bandwidth.

-- John

[Guest teabag]

Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

 

Cluster size perhaps.

 

 

"Stan Hilliard" <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:q85ne4118qaa6van87t1h2bae3jajgo31e@4ax.com...

> Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe

> to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is

> 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

>

> Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The

> difference in file size is consistent day to day.

>

> What might explain the difference in size?

> Stan Hilliard

[Guest Stan Hilliard]

Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

 

On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:03:08 GMT, John Wunderlich

<jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote:

>Stan Hilliard <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in

>news:q85ne4118qaa6van87t1h2bae3jajgo31e@4ax.com:

>

>> Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program

>> Miro.exe to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the

>> file size is 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

>>

>> Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home.

>> The difference in file size is consistent day to day.

>>

>> What might explain the difference in size?

>> Stan Hilliard

>

>Is the PC wired and the Laptop wireless? It's possible that the

>bandwidth of the connection is sensed and a higher resolution version

>is being sent to the device with the higher bandwidth.

>-- John

 

That would explain it. The laptop is wireless. The desktop PC is

high-speed cable + ethernet.

 

That is useful to know because I sometime edit files and burn them to

DVD to transport and show them.

Stan Hilliard