[X4U] Most advanced Video Codec WMV?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 1/17/07 5:43 PM, Neil_ Pollack <lists at mac.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 08:03PM, "Eddie Hargreaves"
> <meged at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> I just watched a 480x204 resolution movie trailer from Apple's web site and
>> it didn't use more than 39% of the processor in my G4 iBook....
> 
> That surprises me.  I drop frames on my G5/2x2 when I watch video encoded in
> h.264.  This happens a lot with HD (720p and better) but it even happens some
> with lower resolution content.  MPEG2 plays much more smoothly.  1080p content
> encoded in h.264 is totally unplayable on my system.  It takes at least a
> minute or two to change each frame.

I'm not talking about HD content at all, so just forget that. Go to
http://www.apple.com/trailers/ and watch any non-HD trailer. Does your dual
G5 drop frames? If so, tell me which trailer. I just tested on this one:
<http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/teenagemutantninjaturtles/trailer2/>

-- 
Eddie Hargreaves
Stockton, CA