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Madmax - you are the man!

Thanks for the thorough post and your time. I'm gonna try the QT .mkv plugin...let yall know how it works.

Crap. Found these Min System requirments for Quicktime........sure VLC would be similar. For 852x480 (480p) video at 24 frames per second: QuickTime 7 for Mac OS X: 1.25 GHz PowerMac G4 or faster Macintosh computer At least 128MB of RAM 64MB or greater video card QuickTime 7 for Windows: 2.0 GHz Int...

Thanks for your replies. Has anyone out there been successful playing 720p content with VLC on a Powerbook G4??

Do I have to upgrade to an Intel Mac to play HD???? :O

God I hope not!

I'm running a Powerbook G4 with 1.5 ghz processor and 1.25 GB ram. Trying to play an "HD" movie for the first time, it's a large movie file claiming to be 720x264. The movie never starts, error message reads: ffmpeg: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)...