On Jul 15, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:11 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
I can play DVDs in the optcal drive on a 500 with nothing running,
need all 500 processor or the stumbling begins. DVD image plays
smoothest.
Something is wrong. The optical drive should be using the hardware
DVD decryption in your Radeon video card, and if you're struggling
with DVD from your optical drive and the CPU is max'd out, this
likely means your System is using software decryption rather than
the hardware decryption available in your Radeon card. I'm not
certain how to fix this problem, but I'm certain that a 500MHz with
a Radeon card should play a DVD from an optical drive smoothly
without dropping frames as long as the hardware decryption is
working. James' experience confirms this: "I play DVD(s) without
any problem whatsoever on my 400MHz Gigabit running 10.4.11, 768MB
RAM and 123 Rage Pro (16MB VRAM) on a 22" Samsung flat screen."
James is using a Rage card (which also has hardware DVD
decryption), but your Radeon should be more than capable. I'd look
for a solution, there is a problem.
As an aside... My old 466MHz G3 Clamshell running Panther also
played DVDs IIRC. (It's been about three years since I had it)
Funny thing is that I did run into a few problems after a security
update from Apple. Sorta reinforces my belief that those who are
quick to jump on every update from Apple may not always be following
the best available path. I like to wait a bit and observe reports of
problems etc...
JT
(Just color me a cautious skeptic)
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