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[FireForce]

It is a real bummer that Letterbox took down the 3D Tutorials, tutorials off the site. I’m looking for just two 3D tutorials, in hopes someone has and could share with me.

• Scripting in XSI
• Production in XSI (1.5 gigs)

[beaker]

one huge problem with quicktime is that on Vista 64-bit, the quicktime web plug-in’s buttons and timeline apears completely back and therefore it’s impossible to play or scrub video correctly. Apple obviously have no intention to fix this, it’s been that way for 3 years and Qucktime is considered obsolete

This is not an Apple issue, it is a windows 64 bit running 32 bit code issue with drawing certain windows (other 32 bit apps have similar issues). Easy fix, just right click on firefox > properties > compatibility > Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP or Windows Vista(whatever os your running).

[luceric]

This is not an Apple issue, it is a windows 64 bit running 32 bit code issue with drawing certain windows (other 32 bit apps have similar issues). Easy fix, just right click on firefox > properties > compatibility > Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP or Windows Vista(whatever os your running).

I'm not aware of  other application having this problem, and certainly no other browser plug-in that plays video has this problem.  This is a bug with the Quicktime plug-in.  Disabling Areo when  Firefox run (which is what this painful workaround will do on  Vista) just works around it.  On XP, it probably turns off hardware video acceleration, (The bug is probably bad use of GDI on top of DirectDraw)

[beaker]

I’m not aware of other application having this problem, and certainly no other browser plug-in that plays video has this problem. This is a bug with the Quicktime plug-in. Disabling Areo when Firefox run (which is what this painful workaround will do on Vista) just works around it. On XP, it probably turns off hardware video acceleration

If your on Vista and turn on compatibility mode for Vista then it won’t disable Aero. Unlike Linux, Osx, Solaris, Irix, etc… which can run 32 bit apps naively under a 64 bit OS. Microsoft added an emulator to run 32 bit apps (WOW: Windows on Windows). This mode doesn’t always work.

BTW, here are a few apps that need compatibility mode to run properly under 64 bit windows:
VLC, Sony Vegas, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Hulu, Opera, Acdsee, Maya(32 bit), Cinema4d(32 bit), Zbrush 3.1, 3dsmax 9(32 bit).

[luceric]

If your on Vista and turn on compatibility mode for Vista then it won’t disable Aero.

If you set the FireFox compatibility option to XP as you said, as soon as you use quicktime in the browser, Areo will be disabled and you’ll be thrown into the Vista Classic theme, until you quit FireFox. At least on Vista 64-bit with nVidia

Unlike Linux, Osx, Solaris, Irix, etc… which can run 32 bit apps naively under a 64 bit OS. Microsoft added an emulator to run 32 bit apps (WOW: Windows on Windows). This mode doesn’t always work.

It’s not really emulation. These options sets compatiblity bits for the API, in this case used by the layer that translates 32-bit API calls to the native 64-bit API.

[beaker]

If you set the FireFox compatibility option to XP as you said, as soon as you use quicktime in the browser, Areo will be disabled and you’ll be thrown into the Vista Classic theme, until you quit FireFox.

Your not reading what I said. I said set the compatibility mode to “Vista”(not XP) and it will work without disabling Aero.

[luceric]

Your not reading what I said. I said set the compatibility mode to “Vista”(not XP) and it will work without disabling Aero.

 My appologies, but I do not understand what you are saying. Can you clarify?  You wrote :

Easy fix, just right click on firefox > properties > compatibility > Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP or Windows Vista

You turn on this switch and select which previous version of Windows. By default it’s XP. There is no setting to choose “Vista” on Vista, because …you’re already on Vista. (Are you really trying these options right now on a Windows 64-bit machine and seeing the Quicktime timeline problem being fixed with Areo running? Because if there is something I’m missing, it’s a big deal)

[beaker]

I have windows XP 64 bit and it has a “windows xp” option under “compatibility mode”. I don’t have Vista on any boxes at work but I have seen the “vista” option on other peoples boxes.

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