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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board Videos play slow on my computer Jeff Stanton, Photographer Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 10:56 AM on 07.21.09 ->> Hey everyone, I wanted to run this by a few of you to see if any of you has a suggestion, solution or thoughts on this issue I'm having with viewing streaming videos on my Mac. I have a G4 running OSX Version 10.4.11. The computer has a dual 867 Power PC 1MB L3 cache per processor and includes 1.25 GB of RAM. My internet speed is through the cable system running at 19.46 MB/S download speed and 1.28 MB/S upload. Often my speed tests indicate it runs even faster, often at 25 MB/S. Regardless of what it reads, streaming videos do just that. They stream, not play. They're very choppy. On my Windows laptop I had, which had less ram and the processor speed was under 1GB, streaming video ran perfectly normal with no issues. I use a G5 at work with no issues either. Does anybody have any idea why this would be so slow on my Mac and is there anything that I can do about it?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kevin Clifford, Photographer Reno | NV | United States | Posted: 12:49 PM on 07.21.09 ->> Jeff, What browser are you watching it in? Update to the latest version of your browser and try again. If that fails, empty the cache, history, etc. Try another browser and see what happens.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 1:10 PM on 07.21.09 ->> Jeff: Problem could be in your graphic card capabilities on an older machine...  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jeff Stanton, Photographer Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 1:14 PM on 07.21.09 ->> Jack, that sounds about as reasonable as anything I've heard, I upgraded to the latest version of Safari and Firefox and neither helped.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jeff Stanton, Photographer Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 1:21 PM on 07.21.09 ->> the card is a GeForce4 MX. Can it be upgraded and to what?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Kirby Yau, Photographer, Assistant San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 1:31 PM on 07.21.09 ->> The Dual Processor G4's graphic card can be upgraded but good luck finding the correct Mac version of the card. The Dual G4 is 6-7 years old by now. With the price of upgrading the video card and the processors, you're better off picking up an intel Mac.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: Videos play slow on my computer Thread Started By: Jeff Stanton Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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