yeah... 360 would be my first choice. Maxing out Ram will only help a certain amount if you Ram was really really low to begin with. But once you get Ram above a certain threshold, processor speed and Vram and graphics card are the limiting factors. 800 mhz should be able to play 360p, and as far as I know 360 p is the standard definition view, right? Its not low grade or anything-- 240p, now thats low grade. I have to use that for my g3 lombard with only a 333 mhz processor-- it can only occasionally get 360p flash/html5 videos to work. but thats a good sign-- if i can get 360p to work occasionally with even a 333 mhz processor (and running Debian linux mind you) then you should well be able to do it with an 800 mhz processor.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:53 PM, tortoise <[email protected]> wrote: > 480p would need about a 1ghz g4 or better, and 4x AGP. A G5 could do > 720p. > > 360p might / should work here. My fastest G3 is a 450, I think it > plays some. My 550g4 (AGP 2X) can definitely do it. > > Besides the processor speed also important is the graphics card and > how much VRAM that has and as mentioned above the AGP speed. For AGP > 2x can't get better than 360. > > The amount of motion also affects, for instance if video lectures for > education versus music video dancing around. Sometimes playing in full > screen can help a little. > > Depending on the care of the maker of the video, 360p can look pretty > good even on a 20 inch monitor. > > On Apr 19, 11:30 pm, charliefrown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone managed to play YouTube videos on standalone app using G3 > > at decent speed? > > I tried MacTubes on my G3 800 mhz iBook, but it seems too slow even if > > I choose QuickTime as player. YouView runs, but doesnt load any video, > > showing some info instead. > > > > To makes things clear, I am aware of limititation of this ancient > > computer so I haven't tried any HD or HD 1080p videos, but rather 480p > > ones. Oh btw I only have 384 Mb ram, spotlight and bashboard are both > > disabled, but I guess maxing out RAM shouldn't affect video > > performance that much (?). > > > > Cheers. > > -- > 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/
