I have a 1.7 MHz Pentium with a not-so-new but perfectly fine Nvidia Video card hooked up to my HDTV. This allows me to watch any sort of long form Internet video while sitting on a couch. Couches are more comfortable than office chairs. Duh.
Well, I was watching some much missed Babylon 5 on the WB Joost channels and I noticed some really annoying stuttering going on. The audio was fine. The video sucked. So for fun I looked at Task Manager to see how much processor Joost was using. Umm... 100%.
Ok.
I also have VNC (desktop sharing) server on this machine and I remember that if overlay was not on, I could see the video through a VNC client. Turned it on, and there it was. Babylon 5 being pushed through to VNC.
Joost does not use the built in, very efficient, and very old school overlay.
My questions are: Why the hell not? Why confine yourself to a market of only the highest end machines?
Not very bright.
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