Streamed HD videos won't play smoothly

[Josh Kahane]

Hi

I use a Mac Mini G4 1.25GHz with 1Gb RAM, and whenever I try and play HD videos streamed over the internet they never play smoothly, but very choppily. E.g HD Youtube video. Please help, why wont they play smoothly?

 

[LTX]

How old is this machine? If it's more than a couple years old it might not be able to handle HD-quality video, but I could be wrong. Does it play regular Youtube videos well? Does it do the same for non-streamed HD video (i.e. playing the video from your hard drive)? Try downloading some sample Quicktime movies and playing them at several resolutions and see how they perform.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/

Edit: I found this article, but that refers to the 3rd-generation Mini and it looks like you have the first.

 

[claimed4all]

The G4 processor more than likely does not have enough power to run HD video. I use to have a G4 that did not have enough power to play HD right off the harddrive, so its a hardware issue.