> A 900 Mhz system should be able to play back Youtube-scale movies > without too many problems.
My iBook G4 1.2Ghz, 1.25Gb RAM and 100Gb HD running Leopard plays youtube videos with hiccups.. On 10 17, 09, at 2:25 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Oct 16, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Kristina Rost wrote: > >> Is there anyway to watch short videos from internet sites without >> the the >> hiccups in the audio and video? > > These hiccups have two main causes: > > shortage of bandwidth, either on the server or client side > Lack of processing power on the client side. > > A 900 Mhz system should be able to play back Youtube-scale movies > without too many problems. > > You can, in the case of youtube, click on the pause until the whole > clip is loaded (you can see the progress bar) and then trying to play > it. This is a fix for bandwidth issues. > > You can use something like Cosmopod (for safari), and there are a > number of plug-ins for Firefox to do this, (someone with more > experience with FF can chime in with a recommendation) and then play > the clips locally. > > If they don't play well even after doing that, there's nothing to do > but add more RAM or get a faster computer, but a 900 Mhz G3 should be > able to manage playback without issues. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
