hougtimo Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hi, I love OS X, and have been using it as my main OS for a few days now When I have iTunes playing, and any apps open the sound quality is great, but if i open any PPC apps, such as Office 2004 i get a lot of stuttering from iTunes. It is all ok once the app is open, its just when it loads. Is there a way round this? Also, I want to install the openoffice unibin release, but apparently it needs X11, now I did not select it for installation when I installed OS X. I have downloaded the one from apples site, but it says a newer version exists on my pc already...what do i do to get X11 installed? Thanks HougTimo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 EDIT :: The iTunes issue isnt an issue anymore, because I've decided i like MPlayer OS X better, and it works properly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-119605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 EDIT :: The iTunes issue isnt an issue anymore, because I've decided i like MPlayer OS X better, and it works properly whenever your cpu is getting taxed, you can notice a deterioration in audio quality (moreso with integrated chips).. either use a less memory intensive app or upgrade your cpu (or just get a mac ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-119768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westep23 Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 To install X11 from your dvd. X11User.pkg. Packages are in the /System/Installation/Packages/ Folder on your dvd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-119897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 whenever your cpu is getting taxed, you can notice a deterioration in audio quality (moreso with integrated chips).. either use a less memory intensive app or upgrade your cpu (or just get a mac ) LoL, my 4200+ X2 not good enough then? trouble is, i need photoshop / sketchup etc.... for my work. As soon as i can afford it i am looking to get a macbook but probably wont be untill after leopard is released. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-119912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westep23 Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 you didn't say you have a X2. Try idlehalt=0 from the boot command line. You could also try cpus=1 to disable one of the cores. X2's have a syncing problem between core's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-119956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 LoL, my 4200+ X2 not good enough then? trouble is, i need photoshop / sketchup etc.... for my work. As soon as i can afford it i am looking to get a macbook but probably wont be untill after leopard is released. lol you never said you had an amd dual core so i automatically thought a slow cpu was the problem. yes the x2 series does suffer from stuttering so just modify com.apple.Boot.plist and 2 lines <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>idlehalt=0</string> that should fix the stuttering issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18321-power-pc-apps-cause-stuttering-in-itunes/#findComment-120534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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