[vlc] Re: HDTV playback on iMac G5?

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Daniel R. Schneider wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I wonder if an iMac G5 1.8 GHz will play back HDTV 1080i videos perfectly 
> with VLC? Apparently it's possible to connect a second monitor on the iMac G5 
> (by using the monitor spanning patch you can even use both the internal and 
> external display) and I guess even 1920x1080 60Hz should be possible as 
> resolution of the external screen.
>
> But has the iMac G5 enough speed to play back 1080i without glitches? How was 
> it with the single processor 1.6 or 1.8 GHz PowerMac G5? I guess someone has 
> such a machine and tried to play back MPEG2 HD video (I have some recordings 
> from Showtime and HBO transfered on my Mac from DVHS tapes with VirtualDVHS 
> which works just perfect).

19020x1080 mpeg2 video plays back without trouble on my 2ghz athlon 64 
(3000+) I would expect the mac to have enough horsepower.

> Thanks for all answers
> Dany
>
>

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