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Mac Mini- MB138LL/A C2D 1.83 720p?

quicksilver77

quicksilver77

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Nov 30, 2005
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Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Thanks
 
quicksilver77 said:
Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Thanks
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Should be fine for 720p, you could have issues with higher resolution.
 
quicksilver77 said:
Wondering if the MB138LL/A Mini with C2D 1.83 and 1gb of Ram will handle 720p videos. I have ripped many of my movies to mkv files and I am worried that the GMA built on Video card will cause me issues. Some of my files range from 1.56gb to 4.6gb in size. I pick up the machine on the weekend so any help woudld be appreciated.

Thanks
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Since you have the mini, why don't you just play the files and see how they play?
 
I didnt have the machine until yesterday and my post was made before i got it. It handles 720p files fine but would like better performance in Plex with the Aeon skin hence my post about upgrading RAM.
 
upgrading the ram is a must 1 gb is a bit low today and as your mini has a intel gma 950 its shared graphics which makes it even more important to upgrade ram PC2-5300 DDR2 sodimm your mini can take 1 gb in one slot and 2 gb in the other so 3 gb ram in total , so if you got the money upgrade to 3 gb , if not just upgrade to 2 gb thats should improve things significantly , if you really want to spend something as you need to open the mini anyway to upgrade the ram ,upgrade to a 7200rpm harddrive
 
quicksilver77 said:
I didnt have the machine until yesterday and my post was made before i got it. It handles 720p files fine but would like better performance in Plex with the Aeon skin hence my post about upgrading RAM.
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Hi there,

Just wondering have you upgraded the Memory and if so what is the highest resolution you can play? I have a friend that is selling his MacMini just like yours. My question, will it play 1080 with 3GB of Memory?

Looking forward to your reply,

Thank you
 
1080p playback is dependent on the CPU, not RAM. Usually a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo is considered the baseline for most 1080p playback.
 
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