i have a PPC G4 1.2ghz macmini that is always on and manages my music collection thru itunes remote on the ipad just flawlessly... the problem i have though is getting it to play hd video files on a 51" samsung plasma
i'm running tiger 10.4.11 and vlc 0.9.10 is unwatchable with anything 720p or above... having looked around for a while i have tried mplayerOSX ppc which coughs and splutters a few grey screens before shutting itself down then i came across MPlayer OSX extended which is the absolute best of the bunch so far BUT although the video is pretty clean and crisp it is playing at a slightly slower speed, maybe half speed, i've fiddled around with all the preferences to no avail and i have tried numerous 720p video files all with similar results
having red thru a couple of threads on this subject, props to zen.state, i am now looking at my options being to change my graphics card (currently a ATI radeon 9200) OR upgrade to Leopard which i don't really want to do (those original discs are expensive)
is there any hope for me finding a solution without making these proposed changes
i'm running tiger 10.4.11 and vlc 0.9.10 is unwatchable with anything 720p or above... having looked around for a while i have tried mplayerOSX ppc which coughs and splutters a few grey screens before shutting itself down then i came across MPlayer OSX extended which is the absolute best of the bunch so far BUT although the video is pretty clean and crisp it is playing at a slightly slower speed, maybe half speed, i've fiddled around with all the preferences to no avail and i have tried numerous 720p video files all with similar results
having red thru a couple of threads on this subject, props to zen.state, i am now looking at my options being to change my graphics card (currently a ATI radeon 9200) OR upgrade to Leopard which i don't really want to do (those original discs are expensive)
is there any hope for me finding a solution without making these proposed changes