[toronado455]

I'm assessing the options for getting Hulu to work on my Dad's iBook G4. It has a newish (about 3 years old) hard drive, and I just recently upgraded it to 1.25GB RAM, and it's a 1GHz G4 running 10.3.9.

Hulu requires Flash version 10 which requires at least OSX 10.4 on a PPC Mac. If I installed 10.4 or 10.5 on this iBook, would the Flash player 10 run smoothly on standard res Hulu 360p in the small window on this machine? Or is this a pointless thing to try?

[imitchellg5]

It should run decently I'd expect, at least under 10.4.

[tightsocks]

It will work, but the playback will not be smooth at all. It will be jerky and the audio will be out of sync.

I have a 1GHz G4 PowerBook with 10.4 and Hulu is not really watch-able.

The problem is that Flash on MacOS X is an abomination.
Even with a C2D Mac Flash will still hog the processor.

A cheap $300 PC can play Flash, better than most modern Macs.

[amazing]

so isn't it lucky that we're getting all those rumors about Hulu experimenting with a site that will allow the iPad to play? Nice potentially huge market, all the iPads soon-to-be-sold...all of them without flash...

[toronado455]

Originally Posted by amazing 

so isn't it lucky that we're getting all those rumors about Hulu experimenting with a site that will allow the iPad to play? Nice potentially huge market, all the iPads soon-to-be-sold...all of them without flash...

Well, that is the big question. If this rumored iPad/iPhone friendly non-flash Hulu uses Quicktime instead of flash, maybe that would work on OSX also.

[toronado455]

Originally Posted by tightsocks 

I have a 1GHz G4 PowerBook with 10.4 and Hulu is not really watch-able.
The problem is that Flash on MacOS X is an abomination.

Thanks. That's what I kinda thought. You just saved me a bunch of trouble.

[toronado455]

One more question... Is there a PPC Linux distro that runs flash player v.10 better than OSX does?