----- Original Message ----
> From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
> On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote:
>
> > I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and
> > Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had
> > and the &733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock
> > hardware.
>
> A LOT of Youtube's content is now HD, which is the problem; people connect
> to
>a yourtube video and it runs like crap because a machine that old is just not
>capable of decoding HD flash video, particularly with the Flash browser
>plugin.
>
> I can watch Youtube stuff adequately on my 1.67 GHz AlBook, but only by
>downloading the video (in my case with CosmoPod) so I can play the video with
>Quicktime (flash requires the Perian plugin, but so does real life,. it's a
>must-have QT plugin for all mac users <http://perian.org/> )
>
Like most have stated I have had no success with viewing streaming Youtube
videos. My best Mac is a 733 MHz DA and in streaming Youtube there are long
pauses with only a few seconds of play. However once the video is downloaded
using only the Activity window in Safari it plays without a hiccup with the
free
MPEG Streamclip video player on the DA. Copying the same video over to a 400
Mhz B&W it also plays without a hitch. I do have Perian installed but don't
think Perian is needed with Streamclip.
All the vids downloaded are 3-10 minutes long and not likely HD. I guess if the
files were much longer or HD this may not be practical but perhaps a sort'a
work-around for some old PPC Mac's? I don't view many Youtube vids just some
favorite music that crops up from time to time. --glen
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