IBook G4 stuttering video

Question; when I visit a certain website ( patriots.com/homepage) the video runs smoothly on my PC notebook, but not so much on my Mac iBook G4 14"...I use flip4mac, and still the video is jerky and stutters...any ideas on how to remedy this???

Hi, I went to the web site and suffered through a video, I am a fan of another team that is not doing well these last few years!!! But the video ran smoothly for me. I checked the page properties and It is using Adobe Flash 9. It's free to use: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash
What kind of internet connection speed do you have?
What browser are you using? Safari, Firefox..etc...
You may have to go into your System Preferences>Quicktime choose the "Advanced" button from the top of the box, then choose the "Mime Settings" button>Micellaneous and UN-check "Flash Media"
Hope this helps....Cheers,
Glynn

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