At 11:49 PM -0500 4/28/09, Eric Volker posted: > 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? >> > > 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. >
I've found VLC 0.8.1 works well for streaming all video from my 450mHz B&W G3 to my 30" television via s-video. Any VLC upgrade from this older version results in choppy video with my setup. Steve R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
