CPU Speed: 1.25Ghz
Number of CPUs: 1
Rip Format: MP4
Encoder: x264
Video Size & settings: 640x352
Quality / Bit Rate: Ipod High-Rez preset
1 or 2 Pass: single pass
Min/Max or Average Frames Per Second (FPS): 3.3 FPS average
Handbrake 0.9.2
It seems the G4 indeed is terribly slow
though it is perfectly usable as a daily machine. It runs leopard btw.--edit added handbrake version