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04-11-2004, 01:11 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 558
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Windows ME and MediaCar
I have been playing around with MediaCar on my home PC which runs Windows XP, but for the Carputer I think I will have to go with Windows ME.... which scares me, cause Windows ME is so crappy and unstable.... but I don't feel like paying MS another $100 for another XP licence.....
Is anybody currently using Windows ME on the Carputers (with MediaCar in particular)? Does it work okay?
Or better yet, how do you get around the damn authorization crap in Windows XP..... I have already bought 2 copies of XP and just don't want to give over another $100 to Billy...
So what do you think of using Windows ME????
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04-11-2004, 08:41 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 873
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Sorry, but Windows ME and MediaCar Don't work well together.
I tried it myself, the text is not displayed correctly in playlist. Song titles get cut off (no matter how short they are). For instance the song Hello is Displayed Hel
I don't think Coyote has plans to support ME, so just use XP.
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04-12-2004, 02:55 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Queensland, Australia
Vehicle: OLD-> 1999 Daihatsu Terios | NEW-> 2002 Nissan X-Trail Ti
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Quote: Originally Posted by dug1967
...for the Carputer I think I will have to go with Windows ME.... which scares me, cause Windows ME is so crappy and unstable.... but I don't feel like paying MS another $100 for another XP licence.....
Is anybody currently using Windows ME on the Carputers (with MediaCar in particular)? Does it work okay?
Or better yet, how do you get around the damn authorization crap in Windows XP..... I have already bought 2 copies of XP and just don't want to give over another $100 to Billy...
So what do you think of using Windows ME????
mediacar may not work with winme and that's the reason i upgraded mine to winxp (with a new mobo), but i would feel a bit bad if i agree with you saying that winme is crap and unstable... that is what runs my carputer setup for years after i had enough of win98/win2000/winxp craps. for a barebone setup, that is the way to go. having said that, mcar seems to be happy with winxp, although i don't get authorization thing with my winxp, i never updated it, didin't have the need to do it.
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[SW] XP/MMC/FP:D3,FlyTV/AxifeFM,CarMM?
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04-13-2004, 11:55 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Denmark
Vehicle: Skoda Octavia
Posts: 33
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I am using Win ME on my CarPC (based upon Epia M10000) and I have no problems at all. I works just fine and is not unstable at all.
I am using it every day to and from work (½-45min drive each direction).
My primary use is playing MP3 and GPS navigation with Destinator.
My MediaCar installation is version 1.9 and my control interface is Girder.
I would never install XP on my CarPC (It is just requires to many resource in mater of CPU resources, Memory and HD space).
/ProCos
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04-13-2004, 12:28 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 93
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I have a home edition version of XP I'd be willing to sell.
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04-13-2004, 12:58 PM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Vehicle: 1997 BMW E36 328I
Posts: 9,710
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[Forum health warning]
Do not use ME, I repeat do not use ME, if you must use 98SE or W2K, but not ME.
[/Forum health warning]
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04-13-2004, 05:22 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Queensland, Australia
Vehicle: OLD-> 1999 Daihatsu Terios | NEW-> 2002 Nissan X-Trail Ti
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Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer
[Forum health warning]
Do not use ME, I repeat do not use ME, if you must use 98SE or W2K, but not ME.
[/Forum health warning]
saying something with no reason is also bad for your health...
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04-14-2004, 04:51 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
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Quote: Originally Posted by danon
saying something with no reason is also bad for your health...
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I'm sorry, I thought I'd add a bit of humour to my advice/opinion. I do apologize for offending you. |
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04-14-2004, 07:29 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 558
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Well thanks for the info guys, I just wish a clearer picture emurged..... When I said Windows ME was "crappy and unstable" I was speaking from first hand experience and maybe I did over extend my dis-satisfaction.... Maybe a more appropiate expression would be "it can be flaky".... throughtout about 2 years of using ME on home computers I found it difficult to deal with, had to reformat the HD many times to get things working right....
Plus many things I read on the internet or hear spoken state that ME is not a good operating system....
Now, I did us Windows ME on my last carputer.... for about 18 months.... it worked fine, no problems... but I was using Hover Desk as the interface and so I was more curious about how MediaCar and ME would interact since I can imagine anybody considering ME issues when making a piece of software...
King_Aero: how much would you want for the XP?
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04-14-2004, 08:18 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Vehicle: 1997 BMW E36 328I
Posts: 9,710
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04-15-2004, 08:10 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 558
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Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer
Okayyyy..... I have seen that thread, but I am not sure how it helps with my question.... other than maybe obtaining XP (but that would be illegal and bad, and I wouldn't do that....  ).....
And actually I already have two legally pirchased copies of XP, it is the "authorization" stuff that keeps me from putting it on the CarPC (for more than 30 days).....
But thanks for the thought... |
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04-15-2004, 08:43 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Vehicle: 1997 BMW E36 328I
Posts: 9,710
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XP PRO doesn't need activation |
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04-15-2004, 09:28 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 62
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Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer
XP PRO doesn't need activation
huh? no legal version of XP doesn't have activation |
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04-15-2004, 10:13 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Vehicle: 1997 BMW E36 328I
Posts: 9,710
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sorry meant corporate version
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04-15-2004, 01:05 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 558
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Ah, maybe I see where you are going with this Enforcer... maybe if I went to that link I could see a copy of Corporate XP and be amazed by the fact that I could then go buy it and install it with out having to worry about activation... as opposed to illegally obtaining if from someone else and cheating MS out of there rightful revenues....
Am I getting your point????
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