On Apr 29, 2009, at 12:49 AM, Eric Volker wrote: > > > Two long shot suggestions: > a) Use VLC instead of DVD Player. I've found that VLC usually has > lower CPU usage than DVD Player. > b) Lower your resolution to 800x600, or 640x480 if you can. Less > scaling means less CPU load. >
As another post suggested, later versions of VLC was choppy on my system, too. Maybe the earlier one would work, but my videos are actually playing fine once they get going ... just an occasional hiccup, e.g., when I try to do anything else but look at the video ... was trying to optimize with what I have, so I asked about using the onboard ATA channel at ATA33 versus a PCI controller card claiming ATA100 on the PCI bus. Maybe that would lesson the non- offensive hiccup using QE. Wanted to verify my offlist purchase of ATI Radeon 9200 was working ok, too. It's playing fine for a 450MHz Yikes!. I use my Dual 1GHz QS 2002 if I need more power ... Thanks. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
