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Apple Updates iPods, Introduces Movies, Previews iTV
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John Haller - 02:49pm Oct 3, 2006 PSTGuest UserI used to download TV shows and watch them on iTunes 6 on a 400ghz G4
and it worked just fine. Now with the new iTunes 7, the playback is
jerky and inadequate because for video playback a 1ghz is required.
Apparently the new downloads are better but require more processor.
How can I reduce the file quality to what it was so I can still use
an older Mac?
All Apple will do is refer me to the basic requirements page and not
give any other infomation, naturally.
John Haller
john
hallerweb.com
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Re: Apple Updates iPods, Introduces Movies, Previews iTV
On 10/3/06, John Haller <john hallerweb.com> wrote:
> How can I reduce the file quality to what it was so I can still use
> an older Mac?
Probably the best option for this is iSquint. It can convert things to
iPod video. You can reduce the resolution which reduces the
compression/decompression hit. But downloaded videos from iTunes Store
are protected so I don't know that it will work. If you download from
somewhere else, you might be OK.
I also use ffmpegx which allows tons of customization. Takes a while
to figure out the best settings.
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Jonathan Ploudre
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Re: Apple Updates iPods, Introduces Movies, Previews iTV
On 03 Oct 2006, at 15:49 , John Haller wrote:
> I used to download TV shows and watch them on iTunes 6 on a 400ghz G4
> and it worked just fine. Now with the new iTunes 7, the playback is
> jerky and inadequate because for video playback a 1ghz is required.
Because the videos are 4 times larger than they were.
> How can I reduce the file quality to what it was so I can still use
> an older Mac?
Um... on purchased content I don't think you can.
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
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