On Nov 23, 2011, at 8:23 AM, "D. Fabel" <lists.dfa...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Looking for a little help here. I've got an Indigo iMac, 500MHz, with 512MB > ram that has a CD drive only. I'm trying to get movies onto it but running > into problems. > > First off, DVD Player will not open as it knows there isn't an internal DVD > drive attached. Plugging in either an external firewire or USB drive doesn't > make a difference with DVD Player. I tried making a disc image of the DVD > and mounting that, but DVD Player still wouldn't start. > > So, I then tried copying the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders to the hard drive. > Neither VLC nor MPlayer was able to play back video. I'd get audio that > sounded great, but absolutely no video. ??? > > Lastly, I tried using Handbrake on a different computer to rip the DVD down > into m4v format. Transferred that over to the iMac and fired it up in iTunes > 8.2.1. Better, but not usable. This time I got audio and really stuttered > video. Unusable again. I've still got one Handbrake preset left to try (I > think I did Universal and iPod Touch/iPhone last night), but thought I would > ask here to see if anyone else has figured this out already. G3 Macs that shipped with DVD drives also had video hardware that decoded the video data. A G3 just isn't up to full screen video playback. About the only thing to try is to use hand brake and reduce the video size (width and height), by at least half. Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
