On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:07 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Clark Martin wrote >> >> A DVD file??? Do you mean a video file or a DVD (Disk)? A Yikes is >> dicey for full size, full rate video playback. It can handle DVDs >> okay >> as there is hardware support in the video card for that. > > I meant playing from a VIDEO_TS file copy on my hard disk and also > playback from a DVD of the original. >> >> My 800MHz Quicksilver seems to handle video files okay. My 500MHz >> Sawtooth will hiccup occasionally but on the whole it does well. The >> 350 MHz Yikes doesn't do well at all. > > Looks like mine, OC'd to 450MHz, would be in the same hiccup range as > your 500MHz. > > Adding, taking away QE makes my system about 5% more/less efficient > according to Xbench 1.3. This would challenge the 450MHz stamina, > noticeably, don't you think? QE on made it hiccup more so when I was > using the ATI Radeon 7000ME. > > What do you think about my using my Seagate 80GB 7200 PATA drive, off > the Sonnet Temp ATA100 controller on the PCI bus, versus using the > Internal HD interface = ultraATA-33? Probably be the same, unless QE > was messing with the PCI bus? > > > Bill Connelly > artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio > myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio Two long shot suggestions: a) Use VLC instead of DVD Player. I've found that VLC usually has lower CPU usage than DVD Player. b) Lower your resolution to 800x600, or 640x480 if you can. Less scaling means less CPU load. Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
