I’ve been using the iMac G5 to stream YouTube videos and to do other things like make videos with Final Cut Pro and do some art on there. Here is the link to the video itself:
And, here’s my daily log so far. It will be updated as the days go by.
My PowerPC Challenge Daily Log of 2023
Prologue
I had attempted to install Adelie Linux on my iBook G4 on the weekend. But, it had troubles and I went with trying to install Mac OS X 10.5 instead. When I tried to install Leopard on my iBook G4 with a burned single-layer DVD, it had an error. So, I scrapped that idea and left Sorbet Sid (iBook G4) on the back burner until I could get a Leopard install DVD from eBay. I even attempted to install Adelie Linux on the PowerBook G4 12-inch and it didn’t get very far.
Day 1
After a frustrating weekend, I finally got Sorbet leopard running on the iMac G4. It was pretty good. But, I had issues running YouTube on it. My main goal was to stream content on a PowerPC Mac. But, sites like Disney Plus and Prime Video aren’t supported on the old Mac OS even with the Sorbet Leopard update. And so, I went ahead and downloaded the 64-bit version of Adelie Linux. I finally got YouTube to run on the iMac G5 via TenFiveTube. As part of the challenge, I can only stream YouTube videos. It was all smooth sailing from there on. I succeeded in my goal of turning the iMac G5 into a video streaming platform. It was a long and painful journey. But, YouTube finally ran on the now 19 year old computer. I didn’t much care if it ran slow. I just wanted to prove that an old Mac can still stream content. Now, if only some smart person had the time to make a program that will run Disney Plus, Netflix, etc… on the PowerPC platform. My next task was to draw art and make some videos on this iMac.
Day 2
I started filming the NES mini classic video and I successfully transferred the files on the iMac G5 itself. I used an old version of Final Cut Pro to edit the video this time. It took awhile for it to get loaded and on top of that, I had to install my copy of Final Cut Pro on the Mac itself. It was temporarily out of commission to use for video streaming. So, I just watched stuff on my PS4 for now on.
Day 3
The video was still loading and the iMac was still being put out of commission. It took two days to finally load and it was finished loading throughout the night.
Day 4
The next day occurs and the video is finally loaded. But, it still needs to be exported as a QuickTime file which took just as long. I then discovered that the video just played fine and I uploaded it to YouTube like normal even without the QuickTime .mov export. I didn’t need to export it as I found out that exporting it into a .mov file would take a very long time. I found all of this out the hard way.
Day 5
The video that I created on the iMac G5 is uploaded to my YouTube channel. I even have plans to make a new outro by using the same computer. I combined the use of Final Cut Pro and an old version of iMovie to make my new and shorter intro possible. Even a 30 second clip took like an hour. But, that's to be expected with PowerPC computers. I even started drawing a pic on the iMac G5 itself.
Days 6 and 7
The final two days consist of me trying to finish the drawing on the iMac G5 and I am working on a request that a certain user on DeviantArt told me to do. I had a good time with my iMac G5 and I plan on using a different computer for next year's PowerPC challenge.
