So for all of you who have been using the hacked DVD player on your Blue & White's, check your Software Update!
I won't have a chance to test this until later tonight ... anyone have any feedback on performance yet?
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Based on a blurb in an email I received, I asked Software Update to check for new software. As expected (thanks to the email!), I saw that the "DVD Player Update" was available. This 15.2mb download "delivers improved performance and stability, as well as support for Blue and White Power Mac G3 and Power Mac G4 systems with PCI-based graphics." [According to the blurb in Software Update panel]
So for all of you who have been using the hacked DVD player on your Blue & White's, check your Software Update! I won't have a chance to test this until later tonight ... anyone have any feedback on performance yet?
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Are those the machines that had the hardware decoder, and thus had been left in the dust?
Hardware Decoder
The B&W G3s have a Rage 128, yet it only has a PCI bus. So Apple cannot use the old excuse that its DVD Player software only runs on machines with AGP. But the update still does support not support older machines that have the Rage Pro. So no Lombard, no Wallstreet, no Gossamer, and a few other older machines (can't Apple hasn't fully supported their own machines that are only 2-3 years old!)
Hardware Decoder
I guess one needs to either complain their head off or wait. People with PCI G4s were moaning and groaning and now look.
Works Great!
The DVD update works great for me in my B&W 450 with a retail PCI Radeon. It seems to use less cpu than the hacked version. Anyone else notice this?
Nice in my G4, too...
Tried it on both a G4/350 (AGP) and G4/733, and it's nice ... CPU utilization is definitely improved in this version.
DVD Player 3.0.1 works on Beige G3
Apples DVD Player 3.0.1 works on my Beige G3, made more studly thus:
- Radion PCI Macintosh Edition - Dr. Bott DVIator - Apple Cinema Display (22-inch model) (1600x1024) LCD - 768MB RAM (3 256MB PC133 DIMMs) - Sonnet Crescendo G4/500 ZIF CPU upgrade - Mac OS 10.1.1 DVD Player 3.0.1 plays "The Matrix" at full resolution full screen and consumes only 75% of the CPU. This rocks the house! My hat's off to Apple. - John
Works on Dual Screen TiBook
Previous versions of the DVD player immediately quit and complained about an unsupported system when started in a dual screen configuration. You had to disconnect an external screen to get it to run.
RE: Works on Dual Screen TiBook
No joy here. DVD player 3.0.1 (with 10.1.1) still gives the "unsupported" message in both extended desktop and video mirroring modes (I didn't expect it to work in the later case) when hooked to my TV. Must be a fix for the Rev B's. I guess I'm stuck with the unglamorous "clamshell" trick...
Sucks!
I've installed the 3.01 update on my iMacDV@400 384Mb RAM. |
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