The more I use Windows 7

[switch842]

The dumber I find it. It is in no way this HUGE improvement over XP. There are actually lots of things that are much dumber and counterintuitive than how they were in XP. And Media Player 12?? DUMBEST FUCKING THING EVER. There is no "Edit Playlist" feature. Seriously? I can't edit a playlist after I make it? Well, I can. I just have to open the playlist, start to play it in order to get it to load in the "Navigation Panel." Oh, and there's a fucking AUTOPLAY function built in somewhere so that when I add a file to a playlist it just starts playing it! Did I tell you to play it? NO! GAH!! Soooooo stupid. Seriously. Give me my damn XP back. Fuckers.

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[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

I've given up on making sense of Windows Media Player. At first when I was adding songs (drag and drop from my flash drive) everything would be added to the Library and it auto-magically filled in blank information (album title, year, track number, artist, whatever was missing). Then a few days later when I added more songs, it didn't do it. Actually, it did a couple of them but then stopped and didn't add the rest. And there is no function within WMP to manually add anything to the Library. Which means they never will be added. Ever. I have to go directly to the folder to play the song I want now, instead of being able to just hit play in WMP.

I've finished installed the new Ubuntu on my desktop. I'm going to work on transferring myself over to that and use my laptop less and less. My hatred for Microsoft just keeps growing.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

OK, yeah, wow. That's dumb. Microsoft is so stupid. I almost want to make a parody of those Windows 7 commercials going around just because I'm so POed.

Like, "I'm a simpleton. I have no idea how to manually resize windows. So I complained to Microsoft. They made this great feature and fucked up everything else. Windows 7 was my idea." And now it all makes sense...

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

Also, in relation to your previous issue regarding vidding: I feel your pain. My story:

I loved Adobe Premiere. But when my Windows XP computer was failing, I installed my first ever Ubuntu, a GNU/Linux operating system. The poorest part of a Linux O/S is that it isn't very good in regards to graphics, especially editing, so I could no longer use Adobe. There is an emulator I could use, but even through that, Adobe would not work. Linux versions, usually good in other departments, were not worth the effort of a single-click install.

When I got my laptop (originally with Vista but soon after "upgraded" to Windows 7) I wanted a new version, but the best I could find was Ulead, which is put out by Corel. I can't figure it out because it wasn't what I was using before. I hate it actually, and can't make anything of it.

Now that I've installed the new Ubuntu on my refurbished desktop I've found out it comes with a video editor that has rave reviews. I'm hoping it will work but have yet to look into it. If it doesn't, I'm hoping someone has created a hack to make Adobe work. If it doesn't, I have to toss my vid bunnies into the fire. Or pass them on to someone else. Because I won't be able to do anything ever again. And I hate that.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I even tried looking at Windows Movie Maker. And even that has me all "Bwuh?" I really just don't get it.

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

I actually started on WMM, so I knew what it was about. (My first version of Abyss was through WMM which is why I did a redux.) Once I started using Adobe, I couldn't believe how useless the program was. BUT! It did serve its purpose. Even while using Premiere I would use WMM to at least cut out clips from episodes so my imports into Premiere were small and specific. Otherwise WMM isn't much use unless you want to throw together some still clips set to music.

I think my biggest problem with Ulead is the lack of audio wave visualization. I don't really have an ear for music so I kind of need that but Ulead doesn't show it, so it scares me to try to dive into using it.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

Ah. See, I've never had that audio visualization thing. But, well, band geek. :-) As I edit, I just play the song and the hit pause on the beat where I need to, guesstimate how long a clip I need to go from there....

[pclu2004.livejournal.com]

Vista is just as bad, they should never have changed from XP>

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I am at least, very glad I managed to completely skip Vista. It still just sounds horrible.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I'm finally (after having my computer for like 10 months) starting to figure out Vista. Honestly if I want to listen to music on my computer I use iTunes. My mp3 player is drag and drop...which works perfectly since I just keep a folder on my hard drive that holds the music on that and then I only use WMP if I need to burn a CD. I can't stand it.

And the more I hear about Windows 7, the more I don't like it...plus I'd really like to smack the people in the commercials. Almost sounds like they didn't work all the bugs out before they released it.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

See, me an Apple products don't get along. Otherwise I'm sure I'd be using iTunes....

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

LOL yeah...it's kinda used with protest. But I can't find another program I like more.

BTW what are you using for vidding? I have a couple of programs I've been playing with...

[switch842.livejournal.com]

The program I'm using is the only program I will use. I've tried I think just about ever other available program out there and I just don't like them. They don't work for me. Waaaaaaaay too complicated and all that. I can make do. I did before.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

*nods* I can understand that. I'm just playing...working on a birthday pressie for a friend so kinda using it for something specific and not working on a specific vid.

BTW--Happy Mother's Day!

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Check with whoever you got the laptop from - sometimes they offer a rollback of your OS to XP. It's something they started doing with Vista because it was so crap.

Is Windows 7 why your old vidding software won't work? If so, if you have an XP disc from your older computer, perhaps you could reformat the new lappy with it, and then it might work again.

Oh, have you tried using Windows Movie Maker? I hear it's unstable and buggy, and you have to edit in a linear fashion, but it does split your clips into smaller sections like you want.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

No. This one can't be rolled back to XP as it is a 64 bit system. Whatever that means. I asked hubby about it.

Sadly, Windows 7 has nothing to do with the vidding software issue. I did take a look at WMM and that is just...I don't even know. There was no timeline. I could find no place to drag my clips into. I could edit the clips. But that was it. How does that even work?

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

You can get 64-bit XP, but a lot of your old programs wouldn't work on it, as most XP stuff is for the 32-bit version.

WMM - I've not used it myself, other than to convert my vids to .wmv files (because it has a huge range of compression options) but I know people who make some pretty good vids on it. I have no idea how, though, LOL. I really hope you find something that works for you. It'd be a terrible shame if you had to give it all up.

[whisper99.livejournal.com]

Does it help to know that they designed it to be more like an apple?

[switch842.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense. I hate Apple....

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

ROFL, that's probably why I don't mind it too much. It's more like my Mac! Shame they can't make it as stable and secure as Leopard, though.

[ctrokj.livejournal.com]

It's more of a HUGH improvement over Vista from what I understand.