Laggy and choppy videos in Safari

I recently was given a sweet old Ibook G3 14" screen, 610 mb ram, and 40 gig HD.
I installed OS 10.4.11 on it, and it is running great. Recently, I connected to our cable interned via it's Airport Card, and tried to stream some videos. It did not seem to work? I have the newest version of Safari, and Flash. but the videos severely lagged behind the sound, and was also choppy.
It this somewhat low powered laptop destined not to play videos, or can it be altered to get smooth streaming capabilities?

Many have suggested that some choppy playback issues (for in-browser playback) are related to the Adobe Flash plugin.
Adobe has released a new version of the Flash plugin this week, which may perform better (although I can't confirm that the problem has gone away completely).
Here are some steps to follow to cleanly update your Flash:
1) Download the Flash plugin un-installer from Abobe, available at: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html
2) Close all browsers on your machine and run the Abobe Flash plugin un-installer you downloaded for your platform.
3) Open your browser and reinstall the Adobe Flash plugin (v.10.0.42.34 or greater), available from Adobe at: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
4) After the installation, close and re-open your browser, then try playing back some Flash video at YouTube or wherever...
Hopefully this works. Good luck.

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Hello Laura&Graeme, Welcome to Discussions.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926?viewlocale=en_US
also
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2. No I can't post anything. It's just a low frame rate that's all. Imagin a clip playing at 8 fps. That's what it looks like. Everything works normally, just a low frame rate. Just use any NLE and set the project to play something at 8 -12 fps and that is exactly what it looks like.
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