Nice to see those SSDs using a controller I've never even heard of (YeeStor) working in the G5.
If you want to, you're welcome to post your config in this thread.
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If you want to, you're welcome to post your config in this thread.I played some “Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb”…
Only compatible up to Mac OS Tiger!
Until I found I could play it on my Intel Mojave MacBook Pro through this app…
www.portingkit.com
Now I can get my Indy on with my main laptop, works great!
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Only compatible up to Mac OS Tiger!
Until I found I could play it on my Intel Mojave MacBook Pro through this app…
Porting Kit | Install Windows apps in Mac
With Porting Kit, you can install Windows games and apps on macOS easily using Wineskin technology!
Now I can get my Indy on with my main laptop, works great!
I😃
Whilst having fun with InterWebPPC I've been reminded of the annoying bug in Firefox that fails to automatically check and highlight your spelling errors as you type - even when you've selected that very option in the preferences setting.
Its been a while since I've had to fiddle with this - and I don't miss the annoyance that it caused me on every computer and new OS installation/re-installation! For anyone else who found themselves struggling with this issue, here is the solution.
I soon remembered that you have to set the value to "2" otherwise the spellchecker will not activate automatically as you type.
Voila, a little indulgence in tomfoolery to demonstrate that the spellchecker is now automatically checking my typing.
Posted on my iBook G4/1.42. It took ages for my Imgur images to load up but that could be due to a lack of ram and/or issues with the browser not accessing the mobile site, even though I selected it. You'll also note that the MR site isn't displaying correctly - my username and associated information is not visible but the main thing is that it works well enough for me to create this post!
Edit: it appeared correctly after I posted the reply. Interesting...
Its been a while since I've had to fiddle with this - and I don't miss the annoyance that it caused me on every computer and new OS installation/re-installation! For anyone else who found themselves struggling with this issue, here is the solution.
I soon remembered that you have to set the value to "2" otherwise the spellchecker will not activate automatically as you type.
Voila, a little indulgence in tomfoolery to demonstrate that the spellchecker is now automatically checking my typing.
Posted on my iBook G4/1.42. It took ages for my Imgur images to load up but that could be due to a lack of ram and/or issues with the browser not accessing the mobile site, even though I selected it. You'll also note that the MR site isn't displaying correctly - my username and associated information is not visible but the main thing is that it works well enough for me to create this post!
Edit: it appeared correctly after I posted the reply. Interesting...
Why is it flagging correct American English?Voila, a little indulgence in tomfoolery to demonstrate that the spellchecker is now automatically checking my typing.
Bucease dah spullchukah eeeez brokan!Why is it flagging correct American English?
I learned that compiling the current master branch of basilisk on this g4 imac I got for christmas takes ages. Like days. Why didnt I go straight for cross compiling?
No wonder it took days. 768mb ram is not enough to build Mozilla based browsers. With 1.5gb of ram or more it would've built in 7-10 hours on that machine.
I decided to go forward with a 1TB SSD via mSata into the 1.67 17". Getting the topcase back on was a PITA. But its working well.
Today i created a little launcher.app for my mplayer build. You can now just drop a video on to it OR better yet, associate your video files with it to be the default player. Works pretty slick. Added it to the garden link above for those interested.
This is great, thanks! Seems like better playback than VLC 0.8.6i. But I can't get it to interact with PPCMC, which seems to require the install to be at /opt/local/bin/mplayer.
Correct. PPCMC defaults to the other MPlayer version made by @Lastic i believe. What you could do is create a symlink. If you haven't installed the other mplayer (or macports) do this:
If you do have macports installed, do this:
It should work with PPCMC now.
Code:
sudo mkdir /opt (might already exist, if so that's ok skip to next step)
sudo mkdir /opt/local
sudo mkdir /opt/local/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/mplayer /opt/local/bin/mplayerIf you do have macports installed, do this:
Sass:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/mplayer /opt/local/bin/mplayer
Code:
It should work with PPCMC now.
Tried to watch iZombie, wrote some and also listened to music and tried to surf the web which was too slow but got mad and then realised that I can do a RAM upgrade to 1.25GB.
It’s £19 with free shipping… maybe that’s a bit pricey considering my MacBook Pro Ram was like half that… I’ll look on eBay as well.
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Don't use QuickTime - that will add to your frustration if you're trying to watch videos above 360P or are relatively new.
Use CorePlayer, MPlayer, FFPlay, XBMC or VLC.
Beat me to it! Don't forget your very own optimised version of Mplayer which I use on an iBook G4 and with excellent results.
Thank youBeat me to it! Don't forget your very own optimised version of Mplayer which I use on an iBook G4 and with excellent results.
I still use it myself for older compatible files, it's slightly more efficient than all the new kids on the block
I will do that. I decided I'm not gonna touch it until I get 1GB of RAM in it xDBeat me to it! Don't forget your very own optimised version of Mplayer which I use on an iBook G4 and with excellent results.
I'm trying VLC, and it's not much better. It's probably a RAM issue, to be honest. I am going to try it with the 1GB RAM. It will improve it a lot, I bet.
CorePlayer would probably be your best bet, although it won’t play every format known to man. It‘ll play 720p video on my 1.0ghz TiBook with some light stuttering.
VLC has to be tweaked in it's preferences to be optimal. Judging by your RAM selection your iBook is sub 1.33Ghz - to play 720P you'll need CorePlayer or tweaked MPlayer/FFPlay.
Extra RAM will be beneficial but alas, not for video playback.
Yes, I will try that, thanks. I have several series that I can run through it. Compared to my MacBook Pro, it's so slow (well, the processors have something to do with that, I know). I am surprised the MacBook Pro can actually run 720p video very well, though.
I will give CorePlayer a try, seems like it might be good because I have a series of Music Videos in 240p/360p on the iBook that I play to test out programs, and when I try to fast-forward them or put them into fullscreen, they just give up and the program decides to shut down.
Yeah, I think it's 1.03ghz or something. 256MB RAM, 2004 model 12 inch. Not very powerful, but Apple-based apps work perfectly fine on it.
Yes, I love how efficiently CorePlayer is to fully use the resources on our PPC to play videos, but my criticism it's:
1) The "limited" formats it supports (not all video/audio codecs, but probably was from the period the software was being developed they didn't needed/had the proper documentation to implement)
2) The lack of support to any external subtitles format (I can understand reasonably well English content, but I watch many contents that aren't in English so subtitles are important) so unless the subtitles are embedded (hardsub), CorePlayer isn't a option.
3) The source code even to this day with the development stopped isn't available to the community, and this is a problem because so many advances could be achieved and players improved, but I can only hope, or someone can reverse engineering the "secret sauce" that allows CorePlayer to play 720p or even 1080p (in high-end G4 and almost all G5's)
Sat in Costa, catching up on my emails and reading the forum. And pondering if the 1tb Goldenfir SSD I bought just before Christmas will go in this iBook G4..That way I can have my whole music library on the HD and use it to syn with my 1st gen scroll wheel iPod. I haven't sync'd the thing for ages and I think it's paired with iTunes on my Pismo.
Just a heads-up: the SSD uses SATA, the iBook uses PATA (IDE). So you’ll need an adapter, which will be a tight fit if the SSD is 2.5” already (but you could remove its potentially “tiny” PCB from the case to save some space).
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Replied to this thread, lol and upgraded the RAM
TenFourFox is great for what I want to do.
Oh yeah, I got Veronica Mars to play too:
This will be a great writing laptop now, lol. Gonna see what else runs on Tiger, now that it probably can run most of them now.
TenFourFox is great for what I want to do.
Oh yeah, I got Veronica Mars to play too:
This will be a great writing laptop now, lol. Gonna see what else runs on Tiger, now that it probably can run most of them now.
