I am having problems using VLC player. Every time I open it, the player would run fine for about 30 seconds. Ibook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) Happy New Year to everyone. VLC player is 08.5 Divx player is 1.0.1. Ibook G4, Mac OS X (10.3.9) Posted on Jun 1, 2006 12:19 PM. Devices and Mac OS X version. VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases. Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. I have an ibook G4, but its the model that the OSX Leopard installer wont allow to the installation. I hear there are ways around this- How can i make a disk that will install leopard onto my system. (using my windows vista PC to make the disk) Thanks!, (i have a legit leopard install disk.
Adam W
Done a search through google and also on this site, and although i have managed to find some usefull information, i still have a couple of problems.
I have successfully connected my Macbook to my Sharp Aquos HD TV via a 'mini dvi-dvi adapter' connected to a 'dvi to hdmi' cable. Audio is 3.5mm-3.5mm cable.
I have an image on the tv screen, and can move windows from the macbook screen to the TV screen.
However, the reason i want to connect the 2 is to watch movies that are stored on m laptop, on the big screen.
Heres where the problems arise.
If i drag the video player (quicktime/vlc etc) window to the tv screen and then select fullscreen, it reverts to playing on the macbook screen.
I have searched and tried setting the tv as the main screen (by dragging the menu bar in system preferences (display tab) to the tv screen. This puts my main window onto the tv with dock and desktop etc, but when i open the video player and go fullscreen, still referts to playing on macbook screen??
I tried mirroring, but i want to be able to use laptop while playing through tv.
Secondly, the resolution of my macbook is 1280x800..when viewed on tv, it cuts some of the desktop off. The resolution of the TV is 1280x760 (can be changed but this is the closest math for the macbook resolution)
I have it on overrun, but even with this unchecked, i still cannot get the same on both tv and macbook. If overrun unchecked, just has black borders around edge.
So, to summarise..
1) How can i successfully play video fullscreen through the TV screen..AND still be able to use my laptop (i.e. not mirroring)
2) Any way to get resolutions the same for macbook and tv so edges aren' t cut off on tv.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Adam W
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Paris, France (2006/04/01) - In an effort to help Apple with its Intel transition, the VideoLAN team, distributor of the industry leading cross-platform media player VLC, announced its intent to drop support for the now outdated G4 and G5 based series of Mac computers.
'We had to do something for Apple in return,' former project leader Antoine Cellerier said in a public statement earlier today. Cellerier was referring to Apple's stance against the French DADVSI law. The controversed law, voted in March 2006 by French MPs, seriously jeopardizes VLC's development by forbidding French citizens to use software that bypasses Digital Right Management, such as DVD encryption or the protection scheme commonly found on music bought on the Internet.
But in late March 2006, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said the DADVSI law would 'result in state-sponsored piracy.' Apple then threatened to take down its French iTunes Music Store.
Despite Apple's tendency to send cease and desist letters to every website on the Internet, the VideoLAN team immediately understood that they were in fact trying to help Free Software. 'After all, they built OS X on top of FreeBSD's cremated remains, and used what could still be saved from KDE's bloated web browser to develop Safari, which can only mean they fully embrace Open Source,' VideoLAN developer Sam Hocevar added.
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The VideoLAN team hence announced that starting from the next release, VLC would only run on Mac Intel hardware. Apple is already ahead of schedule; the Mac Intels were originally announced for June of 2006, yet that mark was beaten by almost half a year. Apple is confident VideoLAN's move will help finish the transition. 'VLC is the most downloaded OS X application. By making it Mac Intel only, we can probably make the transition even faster. Let's not repeat the PowerPC fiasco,' an Apple spokesperson said. The M68K to PowerPC transition, initiated in the 90s, led to the so-called 'fat binaries' and excruciatingly slow versions of the Mac OS.
When asked how long older versions of VLC for the G4 and G5 series of processors would remain available, a VideoLAN webmaster said, 'You'd better hurry. Our software is free, but webspace and bandwidth aren't.'
About VideoLAN: VideoLAN (http://www.videolan.org/) is a project to build open source, cross-platform multimedia tools. Their VLC media player is the most downloaded Mac OS X application according to versiontracker.com. Apowersoft screen recorder not recording sound.
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About Apple: Apple is the creator of the hyped and overpriced Macintosh computer. Until recently, Apple buyers could brag in front of PC users about how their PowerPC-based computer was twice as expensive, but also twice as powerful as the Intel-based counterpart. Now, thanks to the Intel transition, Apple computers are only twice as expensive.
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