A recap for those may have missed my previous posts: I've been working to get a Bondi iMac to play DVDs. I've succeeded in getting DVDs to play, however the video playback is not smooth, kindo of jerky actually, while the audio plays perfectly. I started with a 300MHz cpu on a rev A MLB, 384MB ram, 6MB vram, OS 10.3.8, 6GB HD and a internal DVD-ROM drive, using VLC.
OK, now here's a tale of my further adventures: I picked up a 333MHz along with its rev D MLB. First I popped in the 333 CPU and could see a very little improvement over the 300. I then overclocked the 333 to 400 (seems nice and stable), and played the same movie again. Now there was a definite improvement, but the video still stuttered somewhat. Next, I swapped in the rev D MLB along with the 400 cpu and tested again. It was worse! Playback was worse even than with the 300 on the rev A board. I'm wondering why this would be so, I would think the Rage Pro GPU should be able to deliver the screen bits faster . . . dan k ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
