Leopard WebKit and YouTube

[MatthewLTL]

Correct, 480p in YouView on my MDD is quite smooth. 720p starts to have problems, but I would expect that from such old hardware.

what are the specs of your MDD?

 

[redheeler]

what are the specs of your MDD?

Baseline model, Dual 867 MHz with GeForce 4 MX GPU. RAM and HDD have been upgraded, but everything else is original.

 

[MatthewLTL]

Baseline model, Dual 867 MHz with GeForce 4 MX GPU. RAM and HDD have been upgraded, but everything else is original.

Than i dont get why my Single 1GHZ FW800 can't do YouView or HTML 5 it has 1GB RAM

 

[redheeler]

Than i dont get why my Single 1GHZ FW800 can't do YouView or HTML 5 it has 1GB RAM

You have quality set to 480p in YouView preferences, right?

By the way, I'm on version 0.5.1.

 

[MatthewLTL]

You have quality set to 480p in YouView preferences, right?

By the way, I'm on version 0.5.1.

yes its at 480p and i have the same version

 

[mikiotty]

Than i dont get why my Single 1GHZ FW800 can't do YouView or HTML 5 it has 1GB RAM

Your 1GHz MDD is quite a bit slower than the Dual 867Mhz. Any single G4 below 1.5GHz is slow really.
The problem isn't the GPU, actually the CPU is the most important thing with older PowerPC Macs and their GUI in general. For reference, your 1GHz MDD is about the same speed as a Dual 533Mhz Digital Audio.
With that said, YouView is slow even on my Dual 1.25GHz MDD. I'd recommend using MacTubes with the QuickTime player enabled. That's the best solution for me on all my PMacs.

 

[Dronecatcher]

I dont watch youtube on the browser. I have the YouView Safari exgtension. ClickToFlash never worked as it was claimed to for me. I have HTML5 as default but i never watch videos that way because i cannot play them full screen

This is what works for me:
Leopard Safari Webkit r166320
ClickToPlugin 3.0
Quicktime Pro 7.6

With this setup on my G5, Youtube has options of allowing flash, playing with Quicktime or downloading the MP4 video as 360 or 720p (where available).

Does your machine play MP4 videos ok in VLC? As others have said, it may just be the limits of the hardware?

 

[mikiotty]

This is what works for me:
Leopard Safari Webkit r166320
ClickToPlugin 3.0
Quicktime Pro 7.6

With this setup on my G5, Youtube has options of allowing flash, playing with Quicktime or downloading the MP4 video as 360 or 720p (where available).

Does your machine play MP4 videos ok in VLC? As others have said, it may just be the limits of the hardware?

Can you post your ClickToPlugin settings?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Can you post your ClickToPlugin settings?

Sure. I've only included the tabs where I made entries - Plugin-ins tab are all unchecked, Control lists tab is left empty and Keyboard shortcuts left unchanged.

 

[roadbloc]

Has nothing to do with 0.5.1. It has ALWAYS laged on the MDD (probably the 4MX card) even when i had version 0.4 on it

It does. It's a known 0.5.1 issue. I'd recommend downgrading to 0.5 for the best performance. 0.5.1 is riddled with bugs that you could do without.

 

[MatthewLTL]

It does. It's a known 0.5.1 issue. I'd recommend downgrading to 0.5 for the best performance. 0.5.1 is riddled with bugs that you could do without.

like i said it had NOTHING to do with it 0.5 still lags it has since i got the MDD