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Old September 14th 14, 08:30 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-8,comp.mobile.android
John Doe[_9_]
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I'm trying this again, allowing Microsoft to reformat the files.
It's taxing my CPUs and will take very roughly 7 or more hours,
but... I did notice an improvement in playback smoothness at 2x
speed for two videos apparently converted.

The stock Galaxy Tab 3 (Android 4.4.2) media player makes the
comparison a breeze. Just click the button to persistently show
the controls AND show on the left-hand side all available movies.
Then click between the two different versions. It even shows the
current playback location in the left-hand side icon.



I should have written that more clearly. I was dissing Windows
media player, not suggesting that I use it.

In other words... "Since Windows media player hardly plays
anything, how would Microsoft know how to make media more
playable?"

That's why it's silly for Microsoft to suggest that it can
reformat video so that it's more easily playable. I suspect
what's happening is that Microsoft is assuming you are sending
the videos to a Microsoft device, so Microsoft wants to make
them more easily playable by its media player. But even in that
case, it probably makes things worse.