[X4U] Viewing WMP Streams

[Neil]

on 2/16/05 3:33 PM, Al Grappone wrote:

> On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:14, Neil wrote:
> 
>> Hello, do any of you guys ever try to view video streams in Windows Media
>> Player format?  The playback on my Quicksilver G4 is abysmal.  It's so choppy
>> that it will pause for three or four seconds at a time.  My wife is a dancer
>> and she can't follow the choreography in the videos at all.  Is there a way
>> to work around this problem that would be easier than buying a Windows box?
>> Maybe I could save the stream with Snapz Pro and try to convert it to a
>> different format?  Thanks,
> 
> I view them fine with my set-up. Much better after the latest update.
> 
> Al Grappone AMSC USN (Ret 1961) WWII, Korea
> eMac OS 10.3.4  512MB 800MHz PWRPC G4 Newark CA
> Epson 2450 Scanner  Epson 820 Printer  grapsan (AIM)

Since you updated what?  I'm running Mac O/S X 10.3.6 and WMP 9.0, on a
Quicksilver G4/733 with 1.1gigs of ram.  The 733 lacks the L2 cache, but the
800 doesn't.  Maybe that's enough to make a difference.