Comments on: General Manager Charlie Kindel talks Windows Home Server http://mswhs.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/ A server for the people !!! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Cecil http://mswhs.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7923 Michael Cecil Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:28:16 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7923 Microsoft's various sites usually post their videos in a variety of formats, not just Silverlight (which AFAIK doesn't work with FF1.5). I watched the hires WMV version with Media Player Classic (although I do have the WM9 codecs installed). http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/edge/9/6/6/homeserver02_2MB_edge.wmv Microsoft’s various sites usually post their videos in a variety of formats, not just Silverlight (which AFAIK doesn’t work with FF1.5). I watched the hires WMV version with Media Player Classic (although I do have the WM9 codecs installed).
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/edge/9/6/6/homeserver02_2MB_edge.wmv

]]> By: Terri http://mswhs.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7886 Terri Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:43:49 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7886 I couldn't download this video, as it doesn't play fair. In order to watch the video Microsoft requires it's own player, running Silverlight just to watch. I switched over to free open source code, and have never regretted it. Especially, when it comes to video playback. Microsoft's own wmv's often don't playback or stumble, whereas when played back in VLC work fine. VLC Media Player www.videolan.org/vlc/ I couldn’t download this video, as it doesn’t play fair. In order to watch the video Microsoft requires it’s own player, running Silverlight just to watch.

I switched over to free open source code, and have never regretted it. Especially, when it comes to video playback.

Microsoft’s own wmv’s often don’t playback or stumble, whereas when played back in VLC work fine.

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

]]> By: Michael Cecil http://mswhs.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7881 Michael Cecil Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:13:36 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/general-manager-charlie-kindel-talks-windows-home-server/#comment-7881 Heh, it sounds like "at the end of the day" that old Charlie nuked a week and a half of his wife's Outlook email and still doesn't know what caused her problem so it's likely to happen again. Heh, it sounds like “at the end of the day” that old Charlie nuked a week and a half of his wife’s Outlook email and still doesn’t know what caused her problem so it’s likely to happen again.

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