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Spock
Mar 2, 2004, 09:51 PM
I have a B&W G3 with a DVD-RAM drive and I want to play DVDs the only problem I installed the drive after I installed X.2 I downloaded one on Apples site but when I click on it it acts like it is going to open but won't I am getting kinda mad any help would be great. Thanks.


bousozoku
Mar 2, 2004, 10:09 PM
You might try VLC, which does a lot more although it's still beta test software.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

I seem to remember a lot of reports of the DVD-RAM drives not being able to play movies reliably.
MisterMe
Mar 2, 2004, 10:58 PM
You might try VLC, which does a lot more although it's still beta test software.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

I seem to remember a lot of reports of the DVD-RAM drives not being able to play movies reliably.What reports? My Panasonic DVR/DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RAM plays movies perfectly.
bousozoku
Mar 3, 2004, 12:07 AM
What reports? My Panasonic DVR/DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RAM plays movies perfectly.

Is that the one that came standard in the Blue and White G3s?
Spock
Mar 4, 2004, 09:33 AM
You might try VLC, which does a lot more although it's still beta test software.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

I seem to remember a lot of reports of the DVD-RAM drives not being able to play movies reliably.

I have tried VLC it plays but it is choppy, I have 384mbs of ram and it is a 350Mhz overclocked to 400MhZ could this be the problem? Would Hard Disk space be an issue?
bousozoku
Mar 4, 2004, 10:31 AM
I have tried VLC it plays but it is choppy, I have 384mbs of ram and it is a 350Mhz overclocked to 400MhZ could this be the problem? Would Hard Disk space be an issue?

Yes, that's too little RAM to play DVDs effectively. The clock speed is also barely sufficient. I think you probably noticed during the installation of the latest QuickTime that a 400 MHz G3 was the minimum machine listed.

Hard disk space is not likely to be an issue but since you lack memory, hard disk speed could be an issue as virtual memory is swapping things from disk to real memory.
jimthorn
Mar 5, 2004, 04:40 PM
A good video card (with plenty of Video RAM) makes all the difference.