Re: i
Hi Michel,
That's what I was afraid the answer would be. I should I have done my
homework before purchasing it. I kinda bought the used iBook to play DVDs
when traveling and portable wi-fi. Oh well I'll see if can dig up a copy of
OS X Panther. =(
Thanks,
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mich Lanners" <mlan@cpu.lu>
To: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: i
> Hi,
>
> On 28 Oct, this message from Jon Cortelyou echoed through cyberspace:
> > I got totem-xine installed onto my G3 600 Mhz "Dual-USB" iBook running
> > PowerPC Ubuntu Linux (Debian based distro). My video card is an ATI
> > Rage Mobility 128 8MB 2x AGP.
> [snip]
> >
> > Once installed, the DVD video/audio playback is very choppy (skipping
> > a lot of video frames) and audio is slightly out of sync with the
> > video.
>
> Machines with that video chip are too slow to give good DVD playback
> results under Linux. Depending whether it is G3 or G4 based, and
> depending on processor speed, results can vary from unuseable to barely
> watchable.
>
> The problem is that the processor needs to do most of the decoding work
> in software. The only exception is colorspace conversion, which,
> mandating working Xvideo, will be done by the graphics chip. Xvideo
> support can be checked with xvinfo.
>
> > I know that DVDs played fine when OS 9 was installed on this computer.
>
> Yes, because MacOS has access to the video decoding hardware in the ATI
> chip, which Linux does not have.
>
> Cheers
>
> Michel
>
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