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

[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

 

[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
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

 

[Stan Hilliard]

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

 

[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

 

[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

 

[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