Mac 10.4.9 WONT stream videos

My Mac thinks its a good idea to not stream anymore. It skips a lot. Completely baffling me. it used to work fine. Tried updates, uninstalling Flash, reinstalling Flash, restarting computer, deleting files, switching browser(currently using FireFox). I tried it all. Any help on maybe browser setting, computer setting, anything.
Also having many other issues, possible that its all related?? Problems are no spotlight searching, it just spins. it cant find its own internal speaker, though it beeps when you turn it on, and last but CERTAINLY not least, it only starts up in safe mode...

Hi MrFleshCage, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
Any improvement?

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