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Originally Posted by rpduc
Anyone got any idea why my 'puter will not play many of the videos linked here and elsewhere smoothly?
Some run just fine, but I'd say at least 50% of the YouTube and ALL of the Vimeo vids are unwatch-able due to herky jerky video.
It doesn't seem to make any difference if I pause it and let it buffer.
Could my trusty old Mac Powerbook G4 be getting long in the tooth? What would be the pertinent specs one would check for vid performance?
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My Powerbook G4 started to do that after 4 years. I wiped the entire harddrive using the disk utility, maxed out the RAM at 1.125 GB, and did a fresh re-install of OSX 10.4 or whatever the last one was for powerPC chipped Mac's. It's much better now, but it's still a 4.5 year old laptop, so you have to have realistic expectations. Mine runs all internet video fine now.