Trouble viewing online video with Pismo

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Trouble viewing online video with Pismo

I am having trouble viewing video online. But not all video. For instance, I can view clips on YouTube without a problem, but clips that play on CNN.com or NBC.com (i.e.) stutter and do not flow smoothly.

Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a solution?

G3 powerbook Pismo, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 400 Mhz

Posted on Nov 6, 2007 7:45 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 6, 2007 8:38 AM in response to Jamie Schutz

If you have not installed Flip4Mac, a free upgrade to support .wmv formats, you should do so.

That is a well know problem. It is caused by the processor-intensive decoding required by some video formats.

The solution is to upgrade your PowerBook to a newer old Mac with a G4 or better that includes faster and more advanced numeric processing.

If your videos appear in a player with controls, waiting for the download to complete before allowing the movie to play improves the situation. In QuickTime Player, you can "step" through ALL the frames as fast as possible (but with no sound) by using the right-arrow key. This will show you what you missed when it jumped frames to keep up.

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Answer 2

Jamie Schutz Author

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Nov 6, 2007 10:58 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks for the response. I installed Flip4Mac but it doesn't really help with this issue. Also, I do wait for video to fully load, but in the case of CNN.com and NBC.com and sites like that, I still can't view steady video. Youtube, no problem. Weird.

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