I drive a PowerBookG4 (10.4.11) with QuickTime (7.6.4). Need either update of QuickTime or alternative software. Any thoughts. Help
I have a powerbook g4 (10.4.11) with quicktime player (7.6.4). Most internet media play in fits and starts -- not smooth -- no doubt due to the age of my computer and/or quicktime. I can't afford a new computer so need either a software update of quicktime or download of an alternative app that will play smoothly on my computer.
Help.
(And thanks)
If the difficulty is with streaming video off the internet, the PowerBook is the wrong computer. While still strong in many respects, streaming video, in some cases requires an Intel processor, and in other cases just won't play smoothly. This is, unfortunately, not a new issue.
One option you might try is to sign up for Youtube HTML5 video. With OS X Tiger and Opera 10.6 you can see if HTML5 delivery of video works better for you. Go to http://www.youtube.com/html5 and Opera can be downloaded from http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=mac&ver=10.61&local=y
In terms of an alternative app to play video, you might try VLC at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
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