It's not the resolution, but the and codec that causes video to playback poorly.
As far as formats go, I've played high-bitrate MPEG4 and Divx just fine on a 800mhz G3, it's H.264 where it really struggles. Sent from my iPhone 3G S On Oct 29, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 29, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Dan wrote: > >> At 11:40 AM -0700 10/29/2010, Clark Martin wrote: >>> But even if it installs I don't know if it will play videos well enough. >> >> You can always use ffmpeg to transcode the video to a codec & frame rate >> that the iBook can handle... > > And reduce the resolution, that can help a lot. > > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > 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] > To leave 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/ -- 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] To leave 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/
