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rdian06
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| wmcbrine wrote: | AMD64 is a standard name for the architecture, used in many projects. I don't think it's fair or correct to speak of "a chip on their shoulder". |
I don't really care what they want to call it internally. Or if they want to stamp AMD64 all over the release notes. My point is that if they insist on using the AMD64 naming convention for the downloads, they should at least say somewhere on the download page that the Windows AMD64 version works for Windows on both Intel and AMD processors. The name is just plain confusing for the average end user.
Look at this AMD download page for their graphic drivers:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Notice how they refer to 64 bit edition or x86_64. They don't call it AMD64. And when you go to the individual download pages, they code the download names as Vista64 and XP64. |
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pkdesign
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: Running 64 bit Vista with an AMD 64 processor |
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Yup, that would describe me. I have uninstalled everything so I can't give you keys right now. I may reinstall again and see how it goes.
An update: I installed the 32 bit version of Python 2.6.1 and then was able to install and use pyTivo just great.
I am a little unclear about what Eccles did in order to get it to work. By "reverse the process" what do you mean? After installing Python 32 bit and installing pyTivo, you then uninstalled Python 32 bit and reinstalled Python AMD64? That did not work for me. Did you uninstall pyTivo as well? |
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Eccles
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Running 64 bit Vista with an AMD 64 processor |
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| pkdesign wrote: | I am a little unclear about what Eccles did in order to get it to work. By "reverse the process" what do you mean? After installing Python 32 bit and installing pyTivo, you then uninstalled Python 32 bit and reinstalled Python AMD64? |
Yes, that's exactly what I did. My python command line now says "Python 2.6.1 (r26:67517, Dec 4 2008, 16:59:09) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32" and PyTivo is working perfectly.
| Quote: | That did not work for me. Did you uninstall pyTivo as well? |
No, I left PyTivo undisturbed. Did you install Python into the same directory both times? You might check pytivo.bat to ensure it's pointing to the Python executable correctly, otherwise we'll need more details than "it didn't work for me."  |
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rdian06
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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NOTE: This procedure is no longer necessary if you use installer pyTivo-wmcbrine-2009.03.19-RC1 or newer.
1. Install Python 2.6.x standard installer and note the install directory.
2. Install pyTivo.
3. Shutdown pyTivo (If running as a service, Start->Run, type services.msc, click OK, stop the pyTivo service. If running from console, stop the console.)
4. Uninstall Python 2.6.x standard installer.
5. Install Python 2.6.x AMD64 into the same directory as in 1.
6. Start pyTivo again.
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pkdesign
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: OK, that worked! |
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I followed rdian06 and Eccles' instructions and it worked perfectly. I installed both into C:\Program Files (x86)\ -- even though I know ideally Python should go into C:\Program Files\ -- and everything is great!
I used wmcbrine's pyTivo, not sure what the differences between the three versions are really. All-in-all this is fantastic and is what I have been looking for forever! THANKS to everyone involved!!  BTW, it is thanks to DL.TV for alerting me about pyTivo.
FYI: After installing Python 32 bit there was an entry into the registry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.6\
After installing Python 64 bit I now have an entry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\
and the previous entry is still there albeit empty. Not sure if this makes any difference. |
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