Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?

[Stan Hilliard]

Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe
to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is
441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The
difference in file size is consistent day to day.

What might explain the difference in size?
Stan Hilliard

 

[3c273]

Is one of them is in a compressed folder?
Louis

 

[Stan Hilliard]

Is one of them is in a compressed folder?
Louis

The folders are UN-Checked on both computers for:
[properties][advanced][compress contents to save disk space]
There must be some other explanation.
Stan

 

[John Wunderlich]

Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program
Miro.exe to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the
file size is 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB.

Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home.
The difference in file size is consistent day to day.

What might explain the difference in size?
Stan Hilliard

Is the PC wired and the Laptop wireless? It's possible that the
bandwidth of the connection is sensed and a higher resolution version
is being sent to the device with the higher bandwidth.
-- John

 

[Stan Hilliard]

Is the PC wired and the Laptop wireless? It's possible that the
bandwidth of the connection is sensed and a higher resolution version
is being sent to the device with the higher bandwidth.
-- John

That would explain it. The laptop is wireless. The desktop PC is
high-speed cable + ethernet.

That is useful to know because I sometime edit files and burn them to
DVD to transport and show them.
Stan Hilliard