I'm looking to play DVDs on my mac. Specs are as follows: 9600/300 450 XLR8 G4/450 768MB RAM interleaved Original Radeon PCI/32 DDR U160 29160N
I have a few questions: 1. Can you play back DVDs through an unsupported mac in OS X? 2. Is 50MHz bus and/or 450 MHz CPU too slow for DVD playback in OS 9 or X? 3. Can I use Apple DVD player, vlc or something else? 4. Does hardware DVD decoding (Rage 128 daughtercard) make any difference in performance over software decoding? I had video frameskipping problems playing HQ DivX files. I tried playing back the same file on a B&W g3/450 and there were no frame drops. i have superior hardware in every way to that machine (video card, CPU, hard drive/controller) except the 50 vs. 100 MHz bus. I want to know if playing video straight off a DVD will offer a solution to my frameskipping problem. I'm looking to buy a 10X slot-loading DVD SCSI-3 drive. I have a Rage 128 w/DVD decoding daughtercard at my disposal if that would be better than my Radeon for DVD playback/decoding. Thanks for any experience or insight in this area. Any amount of detail is fine, since I am a beginner in DVD on a mac. -charles -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
