Youtube not working on 600mhz iMac G3

[Appleuser201]

youtube isn’t working on the 600mhz iMac g3/1gb ram. I use TenFourFox, and the video doesn’t play well it stutters and freezes and sometimes crashes or doesn’t load at all. Any tips for better video streaming? Is there any way to play YouTube using a web browser on the G3 like you can do on the G4’s?

 

[Dronecatcher]

youtube isn’t working on the 600mhz iMac g3/1gb ram. I use TenFourFox, and the video doesn’t play well it stutters and freezes and sometimes crashes or doesn’t load at all. Any tips for better video streaming? Is there any way to play YouTube using a web browser on the G3 like you can do on the G4’s?

Follow this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/changes-at-youtube.2162551/

In short, Safari with a different user agent. It will work on your iMac as it works on my 500Mhz iMac.

There are also many other solutions if you search Youtube against my username on this forum.

By the way, the best solution for Youtube - SMTube - will not work for you, it's not compatible with G3.

 

[Appleuser201]

Follow this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/changes-at-youtube.2162551/

In short, Safari with a different user agent. It will work on your iMac as it works on my 500Mhz iMac.

There are also many other solutions if you search Youtube against my username on this forum.

By the way, the best solution for Youtube - SMTube - will not work for you, it's not compatible with G3.

Okay, but is there any way to play the video normally in a browser on the G3 like you would on a modern pc or mac? I've seen old youtube videos of videos running fine on the imac, playing in the browser. Like this video:

 

[Dronecatcher]

Okay, but is there any way to play the video normally in a browser on the G3 like you would on a modern pc or mac?

Yes - you just read the thread and it's all there.

 

[Appleuser201]

Yes - you just read the thread and it's all there.

I read the thread, but it doesn't mention anything about playing videos without any added software. I'm just asking is there any way to get youtube playing in a normal web browser (like tenfourfox) at www.youtube.com without going to a mobile site or quicktime. I wanna use the desktop site on the G3.

 

[Dronecatcher]

I read the thread, but it doesn't mention anything about playing videos without any added software. I'm just asking is there any way to get youtube playing in a normal web browser (like tenfourfox) at www.youtube.com without going to a mobile site or quicktime. I wanna use the desktop site on the G3.

Adding a mobile user agent to Safari or Omniweb isn't adding extra software and the result is you can browse in the normal way and get instant playback.
The 'desktop' version of Youtube is far too heavy and riddled with javascript for a G3 and the default HTML5 video playback is also beyond a G3.
In short, what you ask is now impossible.

 

[Appleuser201]

Oh okay, so that explains why my video skips every second. Surprised the video can even load at all.