Dream Scape / Desk Scape

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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
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There does seem to be some thread prioritization issues still. We'll have to see them iron that out as drivers, codecs, and this software under Aero become more refined.

(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.