iPod Lost playback is choppy...

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katchow

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Nov 28, 2005

• #1

its really weird...i've tried it in itunes and quicktime w/ no other apps open, but i still get video that putters along. This is on a iBook 900mhz (max ram).

anyone else having troubles?

 

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madmaxmedia

macrumors 68030

• Nov 28, 2005

• #2

Is that a G3? The TV shows in iTunes are encoded in H264, which is a pretty demanding codec.

Is it sputtering at full-size playback, or also 320 x 240?

 

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katchow

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Nov 29, 2005

• #3

madmaxmedia said:

Is that a G3? The TV shows in iTunes are encoded in H264, which is a pretty demanding codec.

Is it sputtering at full-size playback, or also 320 x 240?

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both. however i did have better luck last night playing natively in itunes (after a few minutes into the show) rather than quicktime, go figure. yeah, measly g3 here. I was impressed with the quality of video for a 220 mb file (aside from the hiccups).

 

Chundles

macrumors G5

• Nov 29, 2005

• #4

The G3 will struggle a lot more with H.264 than a G4 or G5 would. This is the reason it's choppy.

 

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katchow

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Nov 29, 2005

• #5

Chundles said:

The G3 will struggle a lot more with H.264 than a G4 or G5 would. This is the reason it's choppy.

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thanks man. so the lesson is, don't forget Lost is on Wed. night! 🙂