Guest Stan Hilliard Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 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 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 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 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 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer? >"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 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 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 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 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 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 Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 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
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