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> My daughter bought me a high def mini dv camera and I've edited some
movies.
> But until the hd dvd vs blue ray mess is straightened out and the burners
> get cheap enough, I can only view them through the camera connected to the
> hdtv or as high def windows media files (.wmv) on a computer.  But only 1
of
> my computers will play them smoothly, the one with a 256MB video card.
The
> one with onboard video and the one with a 32MB card plays the soundtrack
ok
> but the video comes through in fits and spurts.  I'm sure it's because the
> bitrate is over 5000kbps on these monsters.
>
> I made some short (1-3 min) high def wmv movies and posted links to them
at
> http://patandeleanor.nivlab.com/index2.htm .  (These are huge but
streaming
> files.  Even with a cable modem they take a minute or 2 to buffer before
> they start playing.)  My brother is going to figure out for me if
computers
> with 64MB and 128MB video cards will play them well.  But I'm thinking
that
> other factors in the computer might also have an effect on whether they'll
> play these smoothly.  My question here is:  Is there someplace in windows
> where you can allocate a bunch of your computer ram to supplement the
video
> ram temporarily?
>
>

> My daughter bought me a high def mini dv camera and I've edited some movies.
> But until the hd dvd vs blue ray mess is straightened out and the burners
> get cheap enough, I can only view them through the camera connected to the
> hdtv or as high def windows media files (.wmv) on a computer.  But only 1 of
> my computers will play them smoothly, the one with a 256MB video card.  The
> one with onboard video and the one with a 32MB card plays the soundtrack ok
> but the video comes through in fits and spurts.  I'm sure it's because the
> bitrate is over 5000kbps on these monsters.
>
> I made some short (1-3 min) high def wmv movies and posted links to them at
> http://patandeleanor.nivlab.com/index2.htm .  (These are huge but streaming
> files.  Even with a cable modem they take a minute or 2 to buffer before
> they start playing.)  My brother is going to figure out for me if computers
> with 64MB and 128MB video cards will play them well.  But I'm thinking that
> other factors in the computer might also have an effect on whether they'll
> play these smoothly.  My question here is:  Is there someplace in windows
> where you can allocate a bunch of your computer ram to supplement the video
> ram temporarily?