We are talking about OS X, because on OS 9 (wich should be Dead to developers) the same machine has DVD Playback and Open GL.
--- Eugene Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:38:57AM -0400, Laurent > Daudelin wrote: > : > : on 06/08/04 02:14, Mikael Byström at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > : > : > Alejandro, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > : > > : >> I have the FASTEST Lombard (400mhz one) and VLC > can't > : >> play DVDs on Full Screen with good performance > (same > : >> result with Thousands Colors selected). > : >> Also, the Flurry Screensaver on Lombard > PowerBooks > : >> looks like a Pictures SlideShow. > : >> It's a fact that OS X can't handle DVD Playback > on > : >> Lombard and Wallstreet PowerBooks. > : > > : > So you mean my G4 altivec makes all the > difference (it's also 400)? Did > : > you try to change the settings? I didn't find > intuitive, but it worked. > : > : The difference is in the video card > capabilities... > > Two different issues. > > For DVD playback, Lombard's 400 MHz G3 might be a > bit slow for > a software DVD player. But I think the main culprit > may be the > video card bus: there might not be enough headroom > to push the > amount of decoded DVD data from the CPU to the video > card. > > For Flurry et.al., they all use OpenGL which can be > very slow > unless your video card has hardware acceleration > support for it. > Since hardware-accelerated OpenGL support was never > included for > Lombard, anything OpenGL will run like a dog. > > > -- > Eugene Lee > eugene at anime dot net > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
