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Q: HOW CAN I WATCH MUSIC VIDEOS AND TV SHOWS ON IBOOK g3 500mhZ?

yes i recently purchased ibook G# 500 MHz from aamazon a few months ago.

i cant watch tv shows, but i can watch youtube, but using m. youtube.

 

Operating system on the IBOOK G3 500 MHz laptop is

ox s.  how can i upgrade this software

so i can  watch tv shows online,and watch music videos as well.

iBook, APPLE IBOOK G3 500 mhZ

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 9:51 PM

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Q: HOW CAN I WATCH MUSIC VIDEOS AND TV SHOWS ON IBOOK g3 500mhZ?

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Apr 19, 2012 10:01 AM in response to TYWANAS
    Level 10 (313,822 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 19, 2012 10:01 AM in response to TYWANAS

    An iBook G3 can be upgraded to 10.4.11. You may find that the videos are too slow to be watchable on that machine. iTunes won't play videos from the iTunes Store on it regardless of installed OS.

     

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Apr 19, 2012 1:18 PM in response to TYWANAS
    Level 9 (66,882 points)
    Classic Mac OS
    Apr 19, 2012 1:18 PM in response to TYWANAS

    It really depends on the compression level.   Elgato made a Firewire EyeTV device that let you at least view video over your Firewire port connected straight to a Coax cable for your TV, assuming it had a standard tuner.  Don't know if they could guide you to what equipment can work with the current digital TV that has replaced most TV signals since that time.   Youtube is barely doable on a  G4.  On a G3 it will be very unplayable unless the person  didn't use very high compression.   Sadly the internet did not take advantage of the compression techniques of the time of the G3.  My old g3/233 could play 320 x 240 video without stuttering using Quicktime and Sorenson compression and do it over the internet with a file that was 2 MB for 2 minutes.   And this was back in 1998.  Sadly most of the video has gone Flash, or Realplayer versions that really need a minimum of a G4 1 Ghz to play.

  • by Ronda Wilson,

    Ronda Wilson Ronda Wilson Apr 19, 2012 4:12 PM in response to TYWANAS
    Level 8 (41,547 points)
    Apr 19, 2012 4:12 PM in response to TYWANAS

    Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.

     

    Which version of OS X is currently installed?

     

    Keep in mind that the iBook is now 11 years old, so it can't do many of the things newer Macs can do.