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Apple Updates G5 Firmware, ARD Client; Not MPEG-2 Decoder

Posted by pudge on from the deshizzle-my-mpegizzle dept.

obirt writes "A G5 firmware update provides changes for initializing and running your Power Mac G5. It provides some performance improvements for some PCI-X configurations, patches a security hole and improves fan behavior in Open Firmware." sandrift writes "Software Update just popped up with a new version of the Apple Remote Desktop Client; the version 1.2.4 update delivers improvements to security, performance, and reliability of the Apple Remote Desktop 1.2 client software running on Mac OS X versions 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3." ARD Client is included with Mac OS X 10.3. tdemark writes "MPEG-2 decoding is not supported by default in QuickTime; it is added by purchasing an additional component. Those of us that have this component discovered that it stopped working as of yesterday; it will not run after December 14, 2003. The suggested workaround is to set your clock back. VideoLAN can also be used in emergencies while Apple fixes the issue."

3 of 49 comments (clear)

  1. Just download the MPEG2 component again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's an update version available at the Apple Store. If you did purchase it from the Apple Store you can re-download an updated version!

    1. Re:Just download the MPEG2 component again! by tdemark · · Score: 5, Informative

      When I submitted this around noon yesterday, the updated file was not available. Apple didn't give any timeline other than "We're working on it".

      But, you are right. As of last night, 8:49 PM ET (according to the modification date), the component has been updated.

      If you have purchased the component from the Apple store, log in, go to "Your Account", and then "Software Download Purchases" to get the update file.

      The new file is 4 bytes larger (732272 bytes) and has the following checksums:

      MD5 de67658d2070b3f662ba94e42df6780c
      sum 14209 716
      cksum 2146919698 732272

  2. VLC gives better playback anyway! by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 5, Informative

    We got the Apple MPEG2 playback component with Conmpressor, but its performance is really nothing to write home about. It's about time that Apple integrated MPEG into QuickTime properly (including encoding MPEG1, 2 and MPEG1 Layer 2 and 3 audio) they could then bump up the QT Pro price to a $100 or so and give us the standard toolkit that QT SHOULD HAVE HAD for the last 2 years.

    Cleaner is dying, Apple should step up to the plate.

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