Oh wow, impressive. How do you compile for multiple ppc versions?
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12-11-2021 - PPCMC 7.2.6 - YouTube/Twitch Streaming, Downloading, File Conversion, Web Interface, & More For Panther-Leopard PPC/Intel
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Oh wow, impressive. How do you compile for multiple ppc versions?
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yeah on g3's ffplay chokes hard, unless you have a 700mhz or higher quicktime is your best friend
New Tiger PPC app that I just built comes out to 421MBs.
downloading the tiger cds from mac garden, going to give it a try after the update
hello alex_free, i still use version 6.5 and install it on nearly all compatible commputers,
however lately i am getting very slow downloads around 70kbps, maybe i am blacklisted somehow,
hence the question, if would be possible to use it with yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl (which i updated from the youtube-dl homepage via curl)? have installed yt-dlp via macports and this program gives fast downloads, thanks.
writing from an intel mac running mavericks.
however lately i am getting very slow downloads around 70kbps, maybe i am blacklisted somehow,
hence the question, if would be possible to use it with yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl (which i updated from the youtube-dl homepage via curl)? have installed yt-dlp via macports and this program gives fast downloads, thanks.
writing from an intel mac running mavericks.
I have finally, successfully, changed the YouTube-dlp updater to use Curl instead of Git. The secret sauce is to download the hidden URL using Curl, that normally your browser is redirected to when you click the green "Code" button and then the "Download ZIP" button on the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp page.
Code:
else if actionChoice is "Download Latest YouTube-dlp" then
term()
tell application "Terminal"
do script "clear; echo -e \"
\"; echo -e \"
Downloading the latest Youtube-dlp...\"; sleep 1; echo -e \"
\"; export PATH=/Applications/PPCMC.app/bin:$PATH; echo Previous Youtube-dlp version; /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/python3.6 " & youtube & " --version; rm -rf /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/yt-dlp-master; rm -rf /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/update.zip; /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/curl -L https://codeload.github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/zip/refs/heads/master -o /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/update.zip; echo Extracting YouTube-dlp...; cd /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin; /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/unzip -qqo update.zip; rm -rf /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/update.zip; echo Current Youtube-dlp version; /Applications/PPCMC.app/bin/python3.6 " & youtube & " --version" in w1
end tellhello alex_free, the version of PPC Media Center i use is only 242KB big, but the downloaded version for Tiger+ on Intel i386 is around 722MB? How comes?
Thanks.
EDIT: Version 6.0 that had to be installed prior to Version 6.5 is around 64MB.
Thanks.
EDIT: Version 6.0 that had to be installed prior to Version 6.5 is around 64MB.
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I believe you are using version 6 which I did not make.
I made version 7.x explicitly include every and all dependency programs within the PPCMC.app so no weird installation instructions would have to be followed by the user. Every version 7.x self contains all dependency programs for the easiest UX.
Currently PPCMC 7 is very large. The next update aims to be much smaller then the last one.
Also @mrkapqa PPCMC7 is bundled with ffplay - a media player far more efficient than QuickTime or VLC.
PPCMC7 is a massive upgrade on version 6
Thanks, tried out this FFPLAY and heavily impressed; the streaming functions very well, and the forward/rewind better than the MPV Player on much newer Computer; if there be better graphics card for the G4/G5 then it would be ... gonna try if this FFplay also functions on the Intel Mac.
Is PPCMC broken now? I tried live youtube and downloading different YT videos on many settings, H264, m4a, etc, but it doesn't work. Seems like it's also asking for a new version of Python?
Download PPCMC7 again - don't update yt-dlp and the older version still works.
Could be a regional/ISP thing like it was a few years ago?
Just tested and still working here:
It looks like the github page is no longer up? https://github.com/alex-free/powerpc-media-center
Is the source for this still available anywhere?
Is the source for this still available anywhere?
It's available on the gardens FTP server here.
I can confirm YouTube (YT) still working on G5 , on InterTube or*and TenFiveTube apps.
It took me a very long time to find this topic.(I forgot how it feels to watch yt on a big cinema display already).
InterTube loads like from a handheld droid device the site (so it's more easier on resources).
It took me a very long time to find this topic.(I forgot how it feels to watch yt on a big cinema display already).
InterTube loads like from a handheld droid device the site (so it's more easier on resources).
For YouTube, I have made a variant for smtube to use QMPlay2, which works nicely on PowerPC. Installable as:
Code:
sudo port -v install smtube +qmplay2P. S. smtube will not show previews, see: https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smtube/issues/28
Playback works fine though.
PPCMC 7.2.7 is coming out next month. I am back, for good. I have learned so much about programming and need to get everything up to my new standards first. Thank you for your patience.
Thank you for having me!Thanks for returning Alex!