Answers.Body: <p>MPEG4 encoded with <a href="https://handbrake.fr/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Handbrake</strong></a>, or use Xvid with <a href="https://www.ffmpegx.com/download.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>ffmpegX</strong></a>.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>MacRumors</strong> PowerPC forum</a> is definitely a better place to discuss this.</p>
  
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Body: <p>We have a retired iBook G4, it plays H.264 quite laggy.</p>
  
  <p>My question is what is the best video format <strong>optimizing for Battery Life</strong> on a PowerPC?</p>
  
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  <p>Bonus question: Is there a free batch converter for macOS to process 300+ file?</p>
  
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  <p>Is there a forum somewhere better suited for this kind of question?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Instead of the “bonus” question it would be better to ask it as another question.
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Title: Best video format for a retired PowerPC (iBook G4)?
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ThreadText: # Best video format for a retired PowerPC (iBook G4)?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-21)
  
  We have a retired iBook G4, it plays H.264 quite laggy.
  
  My question is what is the best video format **optimizing for Battery Life** on a PowerPC?
  
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  Bonus question: Is there a free batch converter for macOS to process 300+ file?
  
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  Is there a forum somewhere better suited for this kind of question?
  
  **Tags:** codec, file-formats, mac, osx
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Instead of the “bonus” question it would be better to ask it as another question.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-02-22. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  MPEG4 encoded with [**Handbrake**](https://handbrake.fr/), or use Xvid with [**ffmpegX**](https://www.ffmpegx.com/download.html).
  
  [**MacRumors** PowerPC forum](https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/) is definitely a better place to discuss this.
  
  
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