[ardour-users] 32 v 64 bit

[Paul Winkler]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 06:28:06PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> 	c) no video playback of anything except theora and a few others

You can work around this slightly with a 32-bit build of firefox...
well, flash works for me, but i haven't got mplayerplug-in working with it
even though mplayer works fine from the command line.

I plan to reinstall a 32-bit system on my amd64.
 
> i use 64 bit but i have several other 32 bit machines to fill in the
> gaps. for an easy life, i'd recommend 32 bit. performance might be
> slightly reduced but convenience will increase notably.

right, sometimes convenience just wins out.

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Paul Winkler
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