How do you download video and what is VLC? It's YouTube that runs slow. Other video is not so bad. TV shows bought from iTunes I'll have to check. Last time I got one it ran fine. I'm planning to buy an episode of Ghost Hunters so I'll see if it plays as well as it used to.
On Sep 10, 6:09 am, Bill Connelly <billycarm...@verizon.net> wrote: > On Sep 10, 2009, at 8:26 AM, iJohn wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:27 AM, lyne <chelyh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> NVIDIA GeForce4 MX: > >> ........... (snip) ........... > >> It isn't more than a year old. Could it be outdated already? > > > Less than a year old??? > > > OK, now I'm confused. The NVIDIA GeForce4 series is around 7 years > > old. According to the wikipedia article I glanced at briefly NVIDIA > > first introduced the series circa 2002. The article also had > > particularly harsh things to say ... for wikipedia ... about the > > GeForce4 MX. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_4_Series#GeForce4_MX > > > Just posting FWIW ... > > > -irrational john > > I have the exact same card in my Dual 533 Digital Audio, and it works > fine. It originally came with another eBay purchase of a Quicksilver > 2002 Dual 1GHz. > > I think its Flash Player that tries to play back the YouTube video. It > has become a cpu hog over the last year or so. So, choppy may be all > we can get with our relatively slow cpus inside a browser like my > Firefox. My Dual seems to work fairly well, but if I download the > YouTube video, and play it back with something like VLC, choppyness is > gone. > > If Spotlight (mds, mdsworker) is running, choppy returns. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
