Which OS is better for movie playback ??

plainman007 · 03-29-2008, 01:22 PM

Im making a new system. Sorta like a HTPC but not exactly one. Which OS will perform better, faster and more reliably ? XP HOME or XP PRO ??
I mean in a general way keepin movie playback and system stability in mind.

traveler · 03-29-2008, 02:03 PM

What are you running now?

Brian · 03-29-2008, 06:03 PM

Either one will be fine but since XP Home is cheaper, I'd go with that. The differences between XP Home and XP Pro are not multimedia related.

*SRTDodge05* · 03-29-2008, 09:46 PM

Could get windows xp media center.

**Gorganzola** · 03-29-2008, 09:58 PM

Good luck finding it on the shelf anywhere.

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Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

Could get windows xp media center.

*SRTDodge05* · 03-29-2008, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorganzola

Good luck finding it on the shelf anywhere.

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM

Product Details

Amazon.com: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2B for System Builders: Software

**Gorganzola** · 03-29-2008, 10:12 PM

bzzzzzzzzzzzzz, hehe

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM

Product Details

Amazon.com: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2B for System Builders: Software

*SRTDodge05* · 03-29-2008, 10:27 PM

Few more places have it but those are the most common. Either of the 3 version's of xp will work fine, just depends on how much you want to spend. Load Klite codec package with media player classic and your good to go.

Hair · 03-30-2008, 01:16 PM

XP Home is enough

plainman007 · 03-30-2008, 03:51 PM

STRDodge > I dont need media center i think. I dont need any of its inbuilt video playing features etc. So no winamp. Or windows media player. Or codec packs either. This is a custom designed software designed just for this purpose and will act as the media player etc. In fact the system will have only the OS (and some other associated drivers & affiliated software) and this software installed. Its a dedicated machine for just this one job of video playback. Thsi machine will not connect to the net or anything. I hope u get what i mean. I dont need any advanced netqorking features etc that XP PRO offers. But im sceptical about using XP HOME because im worried it might be slower or unreliable compared to XP Pro. I need to know if XP Home will perform equal in power, speed (such as response time), and reliablity. I dont need any advanced features except video playback. And yes this is because XP HOME would work out cheaper. Why buy a costlier OS for features like security etc which i wont need.

*SRTDodge05* · 03-30-2008, 05:33 PM

Xp home and pro are basicly the samething just pro has more features. You'll be happy with either choose.

zapionics<alt> · 03-30-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

Xp home and pro are basicly the samething just pro has more features. You'll be happy with either choose.

Actually I thought one of the service packs made Home the same as Pro anyway? Or do the features still differ?

*SRTDodge05* · 03-30-2008, 06:45 PM

The service pack is the same for all of xp version's.

plainman007 · 03-31-2008, 04:55 AM

Thanks so much for your input guys. Ill save about half the cost buying XP Home. Since i dont have to buy PRO for features i wont be using ?

STRDODGE > But on a side note. You said XP Pro has additional features do any of those fetaures apply to Video and stability/speed or just plain networking features and other technical mumbo jumbo ?

Acid8000 · 03-31-2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Actually I thought one of the service packs made Home the same as Pro anyway? Or do the features still differ?

Almost. Some things like Virtual PC only run on Pro, but there may be some workaround, and there's always VMWare anyway.

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plainman007 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 167	Re: Which OS is better for movie playback ?? STRDodge > I dont need media center i think. I dont need any of its inbuilt video playing features etc. So no winamp. Or windows media player. Or codec packs either. This is a custom designed software designed just for this purpose and will act as the media player etc. In fact the system will have only the OS (and some other associated drivers & affiliated software) and this software installed. Its a dedicated machine for just this one job of video playback. Thsi machine will not connect to the net or anything. I hope u get what i mean. I dont need any advanced netqorking features etc that XP PRO offers. But im sceptical about using XP HOME because im worried it might be slower or unreliable compared to XP Pro. I need to know if XP Home will perform equal in power, speed (such as response time), and reliablity. I dont need any advanced features except video playback. And yes this is because XP HOME would work out cheaper. Why buy a costlier OS for features like security etc which i wont need.
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plainman007 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 167	Re: Which OS is better for movie playback ?? Thanks so much for your input guys. Ill save about half the cost buying XP Home. Since i dont have to buy PRO for features i wont be using ? STRDODGE > But on a side note. You said XP Pro has additional features do any of those fetaures apply to Video and stability/speed or just plain networking features and other technical mumbo jumbo ?
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