On Oct 29, 2010, at 11:18 AM, max555 wrote:
Are there any video players that will allow playing AVI videos on my
700mHz iBook G3? I've tried downloading VLC (won't even install) and
MPlayer (installs but crashes). Is there anything else?
Have you installed Perian? Perian adds extra functionality to
Quicktime Player.
Also, there's an older version of VLC for G3 Macs with 10.4.11.
I don't think you'll be able to get smooth video playback on a 700MHz
G3. Believe it or not, you normally would get better playback in OS
9.2, but the ability of applications in OS 9 to play modern video
files is limited. In OS X there are some things you can do, for
instance you can use something like Speed Freak to dedicate all the
CPU power the video playback. Having a faster HD is also good, perhaps
a 7,200rpm in a Firewire enclosure? Still, I think you'll probably get
jerky playback at best. Perhaps Ubuntu would do better than OS X, I
don't know? I suspect the 700MHz G3 is just too slow for smooth
playback in almost any OS?
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