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Originally Posted by jaypoc
@Darkblade - You may have something there. I'm a podcast junkie! I rarely use the Zune unless I'm listening to podcasts (In the car, On the Train, During breaks, At night, etc...) so that might be it. I am subscribed to about 20 pod casts (half of which include video)... I didn't consider the fact that it re-encodes the videos (and audio?). I agree that does bog down my system. I can't do much while ripping CDs or rendering video projects. I'll check that out next time it slows on me. Thanks.
I don't suppose there's a way to get it to reduce resources or stop background encoding while the system is in use?
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I don't think audio podcasts count, unless they're broadcast in some exotic format besides .mp3 or .wma that the Zune actually can convert. Still, some days when I start up the ol' Zune Software, I get like 2-3 video podcasts converting and syncing automatically.
The only thing that I can think of that might help is going to Settings, Device, Conversion Settings, and unchecking "Allow files to convert in the background". I get the feeling though, this doesn't affect podcasts.
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Originally Posted by jaypoc
(also... Not to get too off topic, but shouldn't an Athlon XP 3200 be comparable if not faster than a basic P4 running at 3 Ghz? I was under the impression that AMD's naming convention back then was comparing the Athlons to Intel's Pentium 4 of the time, so the XP3200 would be comparable to a P4 3.2Ghz. That and the fact that back then AMD was kicking Intel's butt in performance vs price point. Today, I think I would build an Intel system, but a few years ago I was very pro-AMD)
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AMD was indeed kicking Intel's but back then, but not by that much heh. My XP 3200+ actually clocks in at 2.2ghz, with an 400 MT/s FSB, and is going on 5 years now. I'm not too familiar with comparable Intel CPU's of the time, so I'm not sure what it would compare to directly.