Channel 9 - Discussions by MarkPerris http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by MarkPerris http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions en Fri, 24 May 2013 12:39:59 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 12:39:59 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Looking for an old Windows 95 game The first one could well be loderunner, one of the first high res windows games. If you're talking about DOS though, it could be monster bash or one of the commander keen series, or perhaps cosmo's cosmic adventure, if you want to get back to EGA days. The second one is most likely Jill of the Jungle by Epic Megagames, I can't count the hours I spent on that. I think I could still whip up a config.sys for every possible EMS or XMS memory configuration required Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/214311-Looking-for-an-old-Windows-95-game/a1440ec9336745e6b73b9deb0187b487#a1440ec9336745e6b73b9deb0187b487 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:59:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/214311-Looking-for-an-old-Windows-95-game/a1440ec9336745e6b73b9deb0187b487#a1440ec9336745e6b73b9deb0187b487 MarkPerris 40 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Silverlight Rendering Speed vs WPF I have to say, i'm seriously impressed with the speed of the software rendering in Silverlight. I dont know whether it's the time based animations or coding, but it really flies on my P4 2ghz.

I'd be interested to know whether the renderer was the backend sliced out of the WPF software-only renderer, or whether it was developed specifically for the silverlight project.

However, one thing does concern me. It actually seems faster than hardware accellerated WPF. To put it simply, software rendering in Silverlight seems a lot smoother and more responsive than hardware rendering on my DX9-compatible Geforce 6200. I know the 6200 is hardly top end, but surely those few hundred million transistors should provide some benefit? Or is it just bogged down by the layers of .NET that have to be traversed to reach the 3D hardware itself?.

Don't get me wrong here, I truely believe WPF is an excellent platform, and is going to open up some seriously cool apps in a year or so, but slower than silverlight, in software?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/254686-Silverlight-Rendering-Speed-vs-WPF/254686#254686 Sat, 12 May 2007 21:19:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/254686-Silverlight-Rendering-Speed-vs-WPF/254686#254686 MarkPerris 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - ACPI Bios error , Event ID 12 If this has only started happening after adding the new RAM, it's likely that, rather than there being a problem with the RAM itself, there is a problem with the way the ACPI system is working with it behind the scenes.
I don't think it's much to worry about, I expect it will be solved in a future BIOS update. I get a tonne of these on my old SIS based P4, but i've never had a single bluescreen or freeze.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/254680-ACPI-Bios-error--Event-ID-12/bf62b59aee4b419e89329dea01581676#bf62b59aee4b419e89329dea01581676 Sat, 12 May 2007 21:10:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/254680-ACPI-Bios-error--Event-ID-12/bf62b59aee4b419e89329dea01581676#bf62b59aee4b419e89329dea01581676 MarkPerris 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Orcas Beta 1 has shipped!
Dan wrote:

Xaero_Vincent wrote: Will the Express editions be free like 2005?
I really liked Web Developer Express.


Yes of course! Visual Web Developer Express gets much better with JavaScript IntelliSense improvements and it now uses the same designer that Expression Web for a much better HTML and CSS editing experience.

Thanks,
-Dan


This sounds excellent, but isn't Expression Web a non-managed app? How well can it really integrate as a design surface, especially where ASP.NET is involved?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/254176-Orcas-Beta-1-has-shipped/4e12cdd590044d749cc39dec0073654c#4e12cdd590044d749cc39dec0073654c Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:52:39 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/254176-Orcas-Beta-1-has-shipped/4e12cdd590044d749cc39dec0073654c#4e12cdd590044d749cc39dec0073654c MarkPerris 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - why are gui elements (wpf controls) still so slow?
When is MS going to ditch Win32 and give us new controls that are 100% native and that talk directly to the kernal with nothing in the way


This is exactly what WPF does!. A lot of the communication is done directly with the kernal, completely avoiding anything Win32. That's the whole point.

I will agree with you that WPF can be slow. Having done some investigation here, it's often not my Geforce 6200 that's the bottleneck, its actually my 2ghz P4. These are hardly cutting edge, but even so much as scrolling a large block of text can max out the cpu. On the other hand, WPF applications with rotating 3D models can run quite happily at well over 30fps, and appear to be video card limited.

The 3D composition and rendering engine is actually very fast, the .NET code running on the top can sometimes be slow. Not becuase .NET is slow by nature, it certainly isn't. Just certain controls.

I know i'll probably get shot down far saying this in a performance related thread, but with CPU's getting faster all the time, and WPF being a 'forward thinking' architecture, i'd rather take the hit and have all the advantages of managed code.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/253643-why-are-gui-elements-wpf-controls-still-so-slow/4a37c5ef2d5f42a3b74e9dea01559cc4#4a37c5ef2d5f42a3b74e9dea01559cc4 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:07:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/253643-why-are-gui-elements-wpf-controls-still-so-slow/4a37c5ef2d5f42a3b74e9dea01559cc4#4a37c5ef2d5f42a3b74e9dea01559cc4 MarkPerris 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Yahoo Messenger for Vista - WPF Goodness! Hello,

I haven't seen this posted here, so just thought I would drop you a link for some screenshots from the forthcoming Vista version of Yahoo Messenger. As you can see, it looks pretty gorgeous.

I think this is the first commerical WPF application, beating even Microsoft to it (if you exclude their WPF development environment, that is...)

http://thewpfblog.com/?p=76


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251281-Yahoo-Messenger-for-Vista-WPF-Goodness/251281#251281 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:18:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/251281-Yahoo-Messenger-for-Vista-WPF-Goodness/251281#251281 MarkPerris 14 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Activating Windows Vista & High Def Content (HDCP) Hello All,

I wonder if anyone here can answer a few technical questions..

I'm going to purchase windows vista home premium for my home machine, and install it on my current desktop machine. In the future, I intend to upgrade it to a completely new system and re-install vista, will I be able to reactivate it on the new machine?

My partner is Japanese, and she is picking up a Vista from Japan on her next trip, will she be able to activate it successfully from the UK?

Now for something more technical

I want my future system to be able to play hi-def protected content, so I have worked out that to comply with all the requirements, i will need:

» Windows Vista (of course)
» A HDCP compliant video card *with the actual HDCP module on it*. It seems a lot of cards are advertised as "compatible", but very few actually have the hardware on the board...
» A HDCP compliant display
» And if i want to hear anything, a WLP3.0 compliant audio codec which supports content decryption, the only one I know of so far being the Realtek ALC 885. This one is really important because there are currently no add in cards which support audio content decyption and neither do there appear to be any on the horizon either, so i need to make sure that I get a motherboard with this onboard audio chipset.

Therefore, If anyone can think of any more, please let me know

Edit: oh, and of course, some kind of hd-dvd / blu-ray drive and deocder software
 
Also, i'm interested to know what people think will be the winning HD format in future. Yeah, i know this has been asked many times, but does anyone else see the Blu-Ray in the East and HD-DVD in the West split coming? I have a feeling this battle will be decided by the consoles, not by the standalone players, none of which seem to be very good at the moment (1 minute power on times!?).
The PS3 is likely to be big in Japan, hence, Blu-Ray, and the Xbox360 / Vista combo in the West will make HD-DVD the winner.

Regards,


Mark


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/250477-Activating-Windows-Vista-amp-High-Def-Content-HDCP/250477#250477 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:39:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/250477-Activating-Windows-Vista-amp-High-Def-Content-HDCP/250477#250477 MarkPerris 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista 2.0
Rossj wrote:

BryanF wrote: Leopard's looking pretty vanilla right now. I suspect we'll hear more about these secret features at the January event (the one that's usually a week after CES), 


All of the session attendees have been asked not to blog about them, as they are all under NDA. Wow. Does Microsoft NDA everyone at the PDC?


As i said before, a lot of the real 'suprise' features are not in this build (from what Jobs says), and furthermore Apple wouldn't be stupid enough to put them in a build released to the developers, as without doubt, the Leopard preview is sure to be leaked, NDA or not.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/6313f5900c09492fb0749dec00012abd#6313f5900c09492fb0749dec00012abd Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:01:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/6313f5900c09492fb0749dec00012abd#6313f5900c09492fb0749dec00012abd MarkPerris 107 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Vista 2.0
BenZillaTheSecond wrote:
Wait, so everything that is in Vista? And nothing really new?

Ok.....


Well, as Jobs said, a lot of it still 'top secret', so what we've seen today is probably the tip of the iceberg, and given that WWDC is a developer focussed conference a lot of the 'user' orientated stuff is probably yet to come.

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What it comes down to is this:
I wish they'd just shut up and get on with giving MS a challenge. As it stands now, Vista has a great foundation, but it's gonna need a lot of polish, and i mean a hell of a lot of polish, to get it up to even Tiger levels (cheesy starfields excluded). And that means you can't get away with stray NT4-era icons or Windows 2000 button bars. The whole thing needs to be coherant and 'Vista'.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/7ac225b2526740cebab09dec00012559#7ac225b2526740cebab09dec00012559 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:50:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/218123-Vista-20/7ac225b2526740cebab09dec00012559#7ac225b2526740cebab09dec00012559 MarkPerris 107 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - How much of WPF is hardware accellerated? I've been trying out the WinFX betas, and have been very impressed with all the effects made available by WPF. I've also experimented with the nvidia drivers to see what a difference having DX9 hardware has to the speed of WPF content rendering. In software mode, it's pretty slow, but on hardware, its extremely fast, and this is with a GF FX5200.

My question is, really one out of pure interest..

Which parts of WPF are acellerated by DX9 hardware?
The only info i have is that DX10 (WGF 2.0) will put the whole text rendering pipeline into hardware.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/201778-How-much-of-WPF-is-hardware-accellerated/201778#201778 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:54:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/201778-How-much-of-WPF-is-hardware-accellerated/201778#201778 MarkPerris 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft: "How about we bundle Flash Player" Since flash is the only mainstream vector based animation format, wouldn't it be a perfect candidate for accelleration through WPF?
Maybe microsoft has that on their mind, especially since the version of Flash in the xbox360 arcade software does just that (albeit directly to the hardware, not through wpf)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/196383-Microsoft-quotHow-about-we-bundle-Flash-Playerquot/03a23650cf7d405297299deb0171ac4e#03a23650cf7d405297299deb0171ac4e Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:55:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/196383-Microsoft-quotHow-about-we-bundle-Flash-Playerquot/03a23650cf7d405297299deb0171ac4e#03a23650cf7d405297299deb0171ac4e MarkPerris 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Hardware Monitoring in Vista
Sven Groot wrote:

It happened to me once. All of the sudden, my PC's BIOS came up with a message "WARNING: S.M.A.R.T. failure predicted. Back up critical data and replace the disk." or something along those lines. After about a month of just ignoring the message (having made backups of course) I had finally gotten a replacement disk, and just as I was about to install it, the message disappeared.

Now, four years later, the disk still works, and the message never returned.

So excuse me if I don't have so much faith in S.M.A.R.T.'s ability to predict disk failures anymore.


It's difficult to understand how the BIOS can predict anything from the SMART data except the most basic of guesses based on thresholds. One of the big ideas of SMART monitoring was that in order for a reasonably acurate prediction to be made, monitoring had to happen over a period of time, and i very much doubt that the BIOS can perform time-based monitoring. Furthermore, even when interpreted correctly, SMART isn't perfect, but it's certainly better than nothing at all.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/5e932bb26e4f4118b9ef9deb01332916#5e932bb26e4f4118b9ef9deb01332916 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:55:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/5e932bb26e4f4118b9ef9deb01332916#5e932bb26e4f4118b9ef9deb01332916 MarkPerris 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Hardware Monitoring in Vista Those kind of catastrophic failures are unstoppable, but usually occur in laptops, which are much more likely to be subject to shocks when running. Many failures ( i think somewhere near 60% ) can be predicted with careful monitoring of the drive's performance parameters over time, that's why most servers run S.M.A.R.T monitoring software, which read very low level data such as spin up times, power on hours, and so on.

I'm certain heard somewhere that Vista would support hardware monitoring, and that would include forewarning, where possible, of drive failure.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/1d9e12632c974d31ba2b9deb0133283c#1d9e12632c974d31ba2b9deb0133283c Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:53:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/1d9e12632c974d31ba2b9deb0133283c#1d9e12632c974d31ba2b9deb0133283c MarkPerris 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Hardware Monitoring in Vista I have watched about 90% of those videos, but they contain no information on the subject of hardware monitoring. Unless anyone can point out a clip that does.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/2e5810b1b28d4da6bb839deb013327bd#2e5810b1b28d4da6bb839deb013327bd Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:44:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/2e5810b1b28d4da6bb839deb013327bd#2e5810b1b28d4da6bb839deb013327bd MarkPerris 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Hardware Monitoring in Vista I remember reading somewhere that Vista would support hardware monitoring, and would be able to predict, to some extent, hard disk failures and so on (presumably via S.M.A.R.T.)

Does anyone have any more information about this?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/153711#153711 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:11:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/153711-Hardware-Monitoring-in-Vista/153711#153711 MarkPerris 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Strange Hardware Collection... As a random and very geeky idea in my coffee time, anyone know any really weird (but useful!) PCI/AGP/ISA hardware?

I have found the following so far:

A PCI (yes, not PCI-E) based Geforce 6200
http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product.asp?id=15

An AGP to PCI adapter (only works on NEC PC98 systems due to IRQ conflicts(!))
http://akiba.ascii24.com/akiba/news/2002/06/01/636205-000.html

4 Commodore 64 Sound Chips mounted on a PCI board
http://www.hardsid.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148947-Strange-Hardware-Collection/148947#148947 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:41:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148947-Strange-Hardware-Collection/148947#148947 MarkPerris 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Found anything interesting from CES? (or news bits) 2 things on the same page:

1. Wireless UWB, including some very interesting device manager screenshots to see how it all stacks up on top of USB2.


2. Now this is decidedly cool. 2 Nvidia Geforce Go 6600 MXM laptop video expansion boards mounted in SLI on a PCI express card, in upgradeable form!. Whether it will work under Vista in SLI remains to be to seen...

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0107/ces04.htm

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Manip wrote:
but is it profitable?


If only business had a heart... Embarassed

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/1f0cb03dd21b4e84aeb89deb012c6b0f#1f0cb03dd21b4e84aeb89deb012c6b0f Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:51:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/1f0cb03dd21b4e84aeb89deb012c6b0f#1f0cb03dd21b4e84aeb89deb012c6b0f MarkPerris 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS recommended Vista hardware
Manip wrote:


Let us be optimistic and assume that they gain 10%, it won't be enough... Vista is roughly 50% slower than XP on the same hardware with no obvious improvements <in functionality>.

 


Well, i have to agree that i can't see any improvements in functionality over XP yet, or coming for that matter, outside of Windows Collaboration (which could run on XP anyway, if they wanted it to), but for me vista's really about 2 things: 1. Improving the quality of the experience (audio, video, printing, imaging), and 2: giving the platform foundation for the really useful stuff to come later.

As for speed, i can't comment on the present speed, not having access to the CTP's, but i honestly believe (and sincerely hope!) it will be faster than XP, in the long run. Time will tell, i guess.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/0fbdff7a02c149dc8c499deb012c6d88#0fbdff7a02c149dc8c499deb012c6d88 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:46:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/0fbdff7a02c149dc8c499deb012c6d88#0fbdff7a02c149dc8c499deb012c6d88 MarkPerris 36 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MTV URGE Music Service and Lossless WMA Audio? if only... That's true, it is a lot, and as you say, most people wont notice much difference. However, if one is paying for the music, i think there should be an option to at least get a Lossless version, even if, due to the bandwidth, it costs more the user more. After all, Vista seems to be about 'experience fidelity', shouldn't MS be actively promoting it?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/a92c6ec52b8c43ca99aa9deb012c6ab7#a92c6ec52b8c43ca99aa9deb012c6ab7 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:36:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/a92c6ec52b8c43ca99aa9deb012c6ab7#a92c6ec52b8c43ca99aa9deb012c6ab7 MarkPerris 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS recommended Vista hardware Vista can hadly be described as bloated, in fact, a lot of the technology in it has gone in specifically to improve performance, and a lot more optimization work is still to come. Don't be fooled by the fancy graphics, a lot of that, if not all, will be accellerated on anything DX9 class. Times will always move forward, if you want tight coding, the Amiga's always a good bet!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/6db6ce281e0e45ac938f9deb012c6cfe#6db6ce281e0e45ac938f9deb012c6cfe Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:32:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/6db6ce281e0e45ac938f9deb012c6cfe#6db6ce281e0e45ac938f9deb012c6cfe MarkPerris 36 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - NOW will you buy a Mac? At those kind of sizes, it starts to get impratical for anything other than DVD or HDTV viewing (or editing), or Presentations.

Not only that, but unless it has dual DVI inputs, the maximum resolution will be around 1200x1600, which is going to mean some pretty big pixels unless you sit far, far back. Or a lot of neck exercise if you sit too close.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148913-NOW-will-you-buy-a-Mac/c00285b54d9645ddac009deb012c7497#c00285b54d9645ddac009deb012c7497 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:26:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148913-NOW-will-you-buy-a-Mac/c00285b54d9645ddac009deb012c7497#c00285b54d9645ddac009deb012c7497 MarkPerris 20 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MS recommended Vista hardware *starts watching nvidia's stock ticker closely*

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/82d2655257264d7cbb9c9deb012c6ca6#82d2655257264d7cbb9c9deb012c6ca6 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:21:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148912-MS-recommended-Vista-hardware/82d2655257264d7cbb9c9deb012c6ca6#82d2655257264d7cbb9c9deb012c6ca6 MarkPerris 36 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MTV URGE Music Service and Lossless WMA Audio? if only... Since MS really seems to be pushing this hi-fi music experience for Vista, wouldn't it naturally follow that the music on URGE (the new MTV/WMP11 service) should be in at least Lossless WMA9 or, even better, for new music, considering the whole Intel HD Audio push and UAA thing, 24bit/96khz? I really don't hope that anyone pushing serious audio quality would deliver a lossy compressed format, considering how much HD space a typical 'Vista' machine would likely have.

Living out here in Japan, i have already paid for (300 yen) and downloaded at least 5 lossless WMA9 Pro 24bit 96Khz music files, which sound utterly stunning even on my built in Intel 945 audio (which is 24/96 capable), from the 'ongen' service.

So, any clues as to what the format will be?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/148911#148911 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:14:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/148911-MTV-URGE-Music-Service-and-Lossless-WMA-Audio-if-only/148911#148911 MarkPerris 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/MarkPerris/Discussions/RSS