This seems very odd to me. I just bought this used MacBook Pro a few weeks ago. It has a broken screen - I bought it to hook it up to an external monitor. I just recently tried playing back a 1080p file (like a trailer from Apple) and it has an incredibly difficult time playing it same goes for 1080p mkv files. It starts out smooth, then the fps seems to cut in half, and finally it gets so choppy that it's completely unplayable. Is this normal for this kind of MacBook Pro? I feel like it should handle a task such as this... Is there something wrong with my graphics card? Does anybody out there have a similarly specced machine that is able to do this? Thanks!
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MBP 2.4 C2D + 8600m GT can't play back 1080p?
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1080p .mov files should be fine, but .mkv might be a bit more difficult. Did you do a clean install on the machine when you bought it, and how much ram do you have?
1080p .mov files should be fine, but .mkv might be a bit more difficult. Did you do a clean install on the machine when you bought it, and how much ram do you have?
I used vlc for the mkv file and QuickTime for the apple trailer. I'm running the latest version of snow leopard and vlc, too. It shows that it has 2gb of ram. I also ran a clean install when i bought it... I barely have anything on this thing!
How big is the file and what is the bitrate on it? If the hard drive (probably 5,400rpm?) can't keep up with the file, the frame rate and quality of playback will substantially decrease.
