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Which are the Photosynth system requirements?
I get a "We wish Photosynth would run for you, but obviously it's not working".
But I didn't managed to find out which are the system requirements
But I didn't managed to find out which are the system requirements
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I've noticed that you can't get back to the install page (where we discuss system requirements) after installing - we'll look into that!
Photosynth runs on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Vista, and requires IE7 or Firefox 2 or 3. There are a variety of video cards out there and we haven't tested them all, but the general requirement is that you have a minimum of 32mb of video RAM, with 64MB or more recommended. DirectX7 is recommended. You should have at least 1gb of system RAM and a 2.0GHz CPU to get the most out of Photosynth. You'll also need a broadband network connection. On the Mac, Bootcamp will work, but not Parallels.
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same prob, have downloaded twice, open and closed browser, same message, (using Windows XP Professional)
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Inappropriate?same prob, have downloaded twice, open and closed browser, same message, (using Windows XP Professional)
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Inappropriate?Photosynth runs great on Intel 900-series graphics accelerators, and is decent on 800-series. If you have older hardware than that, it's not guaranteed that Photosynth will work. If you're running in IE, you might want to try Firefox, or vice versa.
I’m hopeful we can get Photosynth working for you
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Inappropriate?Hi
Would it be possible to have a difinitive breakdown of what the System Requirements are for Photosynth please. I can't seem to find them anywhere.
I am running Windows Vista and using IE7. After going through the whole plugin installation process I get a screen saying that Photosynth isn't working.
We are due to release this on a website today and we need to know what the end user will need so that they enjoy a good user experience and don't waste their time installing a plugin only to then find it does not work.
Thanks
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Inappropriate?I've noticed that you can't get back to the install page (where we discuss system requirements) after installing - we'll look into that!
Photosynth runs on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Vista, and requires IE7 or Firefox 2 or 3. There are a variety of video cards out there and we haven't tested them all, but the general requirement is that you have a minimum of 32mb of video RAM, with 64MB or more recommended. DirectX7 is recommended. You should have at least 1gb of system RAM and a 2.0GHz CPU to get the most out of Photosynth. You'll also need a broadband network connection. On the Mac, Bootcamp will work, but not Parallels.
Hope that helps..
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Hi Scott,
On the Mac, VMware Fusion 2.0 works just fine for Photosynth. I just tested it, and the 3D support works great -- Photosynth runs like a charm! -
Any plan to have a Parallels compatible version? A lot of us use a virtual version of Windows on our higher-end Macs. Solving this would be appreciated.
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Inappropriate?I am having the same problem - I am running a high end Mac with Windows XP via Fusion - can you help?1 Comment Add a comment
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Hi cindycc,
The new VMware Fusion 2.0 beta release runs Photosynth! It's working well for me. Give it a try. -
Inappropriate?I went back to the start page photosynth.net and a refresh cleared the problem.
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Inappropriate?Hi Cindycc, we haven't tested Photosynth using a setup like yours, so it's likely that you'll need to use one of our supported configurations.
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Inappropriate?To add on, apparently VMware Fusion 2, Beta 2 works for running Photosynth on a mac.
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Inappropriate?I have Firefox version 3 and Internet Explorer 7 and I get that message on both. I.m pretty sure my laptop meets the requirements.
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Inappropriate?Same problem...
Although, I'm using Kubuntu on a machine with XP running through VirtualBox. I'll try later on my XP laptop.
I’m unsure
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Inappropriate?Is XP SP3 in German a problem?
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Inappropriate?Try updating your video drivers.
I battled the same frustration for a couple of days and am using a gaming system, so I know it meets minimum specs. Then I updated my video drivers and all works well now. (p.s. I have an older ATI 9600 Radeon, updated with Aug '08 drivers).
I’m relieved
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Inappropriate?Photosynth worked for me and after viewing 2 synths it started giving me message "We wish Photosynth would run for you, but obviously it's not working".
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OK , now I ' m not alone with this issue , I can say : It's not me , it's THEM !
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Inappropriate?Feh. Pure Microsoft. I'm on a brand new Dell, all the latest stuff, and it just doesn't work, whether in IE7 or Firefox 3. Nothing on the site about system requirements, though it's impossible that I don't meet them. I've had nearly the same experience with everything MS has generated over the past three years. This sounds cool, but I guess I'll just move on to something that works.2 Comments Add a comment
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BTW , do they call this a Beta ? or they just don't care about our feelings ...
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For Michel,
You asked whether or not they called this a beta. You can read the following text on their About page:
"What you see on this site is the first of many versions of Photosynth. Call it beta, call it 1.0, call it whatever you want... just know we are hard at work adding support for more browsers, more platforms, and more hardware, and just making the experience that much more amazing." -
Inappropriate?I have the same problem. XP SP2 ??
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Inappropriate?I've a very old laptop: travelmate 220 but it fix with system requipments. no firefox no ie work :( I whant to see my synth!!!!
I’m sad
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I was glad to hear you got it working. :)
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Inappropriate?Same problem. Running XP SP3 under Linux VMWare Workstation 6.0.4.
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I upgraded my VMWare Workstation to 6.5RC and turned on 3D support. This corrected the problem for me.
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Inappropriate?I get the same message.
It would SURE be nice if the "help page" had the answer that the message refers to.
Now, I have a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700, driver 6.6.9.3 dated 10/29/2004
Win XP Pro 2002 sp2, 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium
I can't find the video memory size.
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run dxdiag and make sure 3D acceleration is enabled on the "Display" tab. With your config it should be but it will not hurt to check.
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Inappropriate?absolutely no chance to run with new Intel Core Duo 2,8 GHZ, 1 GB Ram, & NVideaGforce 7600 GS (256 MB) on XP Pro SP2 - its just a standard...
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Inappropriate?I can confirm that Photosynth does NOT work in VMWare Fusion 2.0b2
running Vista with either Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 3.01.
Are there any plans to fix this for a future release?
I’m upset.
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Inappropriate?This is just a copy of a GoogleEarth surround photos...only in Google, it WORKS without any downloads, faultless and fast. Why all Microsoft "Live" things are ALLWAYS so SLOW? or just DON'T WORK at AL, as is this case...
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Inappropriate?For reference, it works fine for me with:
1.73Ghz Pentium-M, 1Gb RAM (533mhz DDR2), Intel 945 series graphics (probably the lowest-end variant of such - it has shared VRAM for a start, usually only taking 8mb), IE7. It's a midrange 12" tablet PC (therefore it wasn't exactly high-spec to start with, being built for portability, battery life, and affordability) that's 2 1/2 years old now.
It does however, wierdly, have occasional trouble on my nearly-new desktop PC at work - 1.86Ghz Celeron, 2Gb RAM, and an inexplicable add-in GeForce of some kind (7300? 9300?) which should have up-to-date drivers as I updated them myself. Used IE7 with it (as something wierd with it's FFx3 install means that NO plugins will download), and it works for a while before giving up with the point cloud / white box problem. -
Inappropriate?We just released a fix that addresses the blank photos/white box in 2D issue. . Existing users won't be prompted to upgrade, but you can install the upgrade here if you're affected.
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excellent ... I haven't had that problem since you said this, but if it crops up again I'll upgrade on the work PC as well and see if it makes things better
certainly seems to have done the business for the creation side of things -
....and for the white box issue also! Nice, thanks. (Though I'm now getting a different variety of errors on the creation site ... and it seems slower somehow, though I don't have any way to benchmark it)
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...and it solves the white box problem too! Thanks :)
However it seems a bit slower now and i'm getting a different set of wierd errors. Ho hum. All in the name of research! -
Inappropriate?I have the same problem. Am running an HP with AMD Athlon 3000+ processor - 2.16GHz. 2 GB RAM and 160 GB hard drive. Windows XP home version SP3. Video is Intel integrated. Have loaded, unloaded and reloaded software and still get "Required number of texture blend stages (4) not supported. After two evening of working on this, this may become software for those who have machines with large graphic cards, latest Intel Pentium 4 chips, etc.. I understand someone put out software only tested on Intel machines and it would not run on AMD machines until a patch was provided. This looks like a great program, but it needs to work. Thanks..
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Inappropriate?The title of this thread is a little confusing. I've marked the Photosynth system requirements as the "company answer" at the top of this thread, so it is easy to find.
If you've found this thread because you're experiencing the Viewer startup error ("We wish Photosynth would run for you, but obviously it's not working"), please head on over to this thread: it's not working - is it my graphics card?.
(By the way, thanks to everyone for providing debugging information so far. We want Photosynth to run for you!) -
Inappropriate?I'd like to run Photosync in a XP VM (I have no physical Windows Installation).
BTW: A Firefox Extention would be nice that runs in Ubuntu :) -
Inappropriate?I met all the requirements and still had trouble until I restarted my computer and everything worked well.
Thanks!
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Inappropriate?Here's what I did to get it to work: Go to the windows start menu, and select Run. Type in "dxdiag" without the quotes. Select the "display" tab. All of my Direct X features were disabled, so I just enabled them, clicked the test buttons to make sure they worked, and viola! Photosynth!
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By the way, I met all the requirements before I tried this out.
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Inappropriate?We have just released some on our company website.
The company run XP with the latest SP's and Silverlight was installed October 2008.
The images can be viewed on some PCs but on others (like mine) you are required to install Photosynth which is a problem because not everyone has local admin rights.
Should it be vewable with just Silverlight installed?
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