On 10 Mar, 02:39, aussieshepsrock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I've got a Wallstreet II (192mb/60gig/DVD). I'm wondering if it's > possible to watch divx encoded video files on this machine. I'm not > having much success at this point, but don't know if it's a lack of > memory, wrong player, or inadequate computer. I tried vlc in 10.4 with > -essentially- no success, the audio played just fine but the video > only played a frame or two every minute or two.
Hello Richard, in my opinion you should stick with OS9 when you want to squeeze out Wallstreet's multimedia capabilities. I was pretty amazed to see most of my divx files running flawless on my trusty old Wallstreet i...@266mhz, 192 mb RAM! Of course I had to change the resolution to 800x600 or lower, thousands of colors, and it seems that key to this success was "3vix 4.5.1" which runs faster than Divx5. AFAIK you should use these codecs alternatively, but heard from G3 users that regardless to divx5 guide, you need to use them in conjuction for optimal performance - divx5 for audio playback (check Use AVI Importer) and 3vix for video playback. Haven't used it for several months,but as I remember my last configuration consisted of: AC3 Codec, WMA Audio i DivX 5.1.1 Codec in Extensions folder plus 3ivx D4 4.5.1 for OS9 in QuickTime Extensions folder. When you need to open xvid files, you should get XVIDDelegate, but it can be used only with divx5 codec, so if you are going to play regular divx files (with 3vix) remove xviddelegate from your folder. Hope that works :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
