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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. > 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. > L-1710 Luxembourg | > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
