64 bit vs 32 bit - is encoder confused? or am I?

[Labradors@discussions.microsoft.com BrookHill Labradors]

My pc came with windows 7 64 bit.

So when i downloaded the encoder, i downloaded the 64 bit version.

when I tried to install it, i received a message that the down loaded
encoder was NOT for a 32-bit system.

Should I be downloading the 32 bit version?

thanks

[Hot-text]

confused windows 7 Media Center Came with windows media encoder
or maybe you do not have that one
So your windows 7 is ?

"BrookHill Labradors" <BrookHill Labr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:511BDB75-D1B2-4E3C...@microsoft.com...

[Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]]

Perhaps your windows really is the 32 bit version ?

You may have a 64 bit CPU but it's quite possible it was installed
with a 32 bit version of windows.

Check the windows version by right-clicking Computer in windows
explorer, then choose Properties (or get there from Control Panel ->
System and Security -> System), you should see "64-bit operating
system" listed next to System Type. If it doesn't say 64-bit, it isn't
(though as I said, the CPU may well be)

Ben Waggoner @ Microsoft suggests, for various reasons, not bothering
with the 64 bit encoder anyway, so you've saved yourself a chore. Read
up at

http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Best-practices-for-Windows-Media-Encoder-in-2009/

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

[playIT@home]

I recently upgraded from Vista Home Premium to 7 Home Premium. My computer
and OS are both 64bit but I am getting memory errors with Media Encoder 64. I
was successful using Media Encoder on Vista, but I think that might have been
the 32 bit version. So I guess my question is can I or should I replace the
64 bit WME with 32bit?

Best regards.

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[Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]]

Go for it.

Cheers - Neil

[David]

Hi

WME x64 doesn’t work on my pc too (Win7 x64)
x86 works with Windows XP Mode

Regards

David