Well,
I tried to play the encoded .MOV file I mentioned earlier, but it was too big!
It is around 83 GB in size (the G4's hard drive is only 60 GB!!!). I think I can run it off an external, but I think I may just start over with different settings.
One bit of hope, though. This machine has a history of overheating and crashing, but I tried the most unorthodox thing: I put a gel cold pack on the COU heat sink. It wasn't the most elegant solution (in fact, it interferes with the keyboard and trackpad), but it worked! The CPU, for once, didn't get burning hot after playing a video file.
Obviously I'd like to find a better solution, but it'll do in a pinch.
I'll see if I can encode a video in MPEG-1. Quicktime should allow me to do it.
c
p.s. By the way, I looked at the media information in VLC, and discovered that the codec contained in the MKV file is H.264. No wonder it's so taxing on the poor G4!
I tried to play the encoded .MOV file I mentioned earlier, but it was too big!
It is around 83 GB in size (the G4's hard drive is only 60 GB!!!). I think I can run it off an external, but I think I may just start over with different settings.
One bit of hope, though. This machine has a history of overheating and crashing, but I tried the most unorthodox thing: I put a gel cold pack on the COU heat sink. It wasn't the most elegant solution (in fact, it interferes with the keyboard and trackpad), but it worked! The CPU, for once, didn't get burning hot after playing a video file.
Obviously I'd like to find a better solution, but it'll do in a pinch.
I'll see if I can encode a video in MPEG-1. Quicktime should allow me to do it.
c
p.s. By the way, I looked at the media information in VLC, and discovered that the codec contained in the MKV file is H.264. No wonder it's so taxing on the poor G4!