MacBook sound cuts in and out & getting a beach ball a lot.

When I try to play a video the sound either cuts in and out or just stays off. You can barely hear a small popping noise through the speakers. The chisel also lags very band making it impossible to watch, it does not matter if the video is online or on the computer itself.  I also get the beach all allot even sometimes just using Word. Is there any way to fix this without wiping the hard drive?
Here is a video if this will help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3NYtPt0vIc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hi I have experienced this problem also, especially when listening to mp3's. At first I thought the quality of mp3 was the cause (as in different encoding quality) but it seemed to happen when playing DVD as well. I don't think a reboot will solve the problem for good, as it happens quite randomly. I have a sneaking suspicion that the internal speakers may be at fault. doesn't hurt to get apple to check it out while under warranty.
15"PBG41.5ghzAL   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   1Gb RAM 30gb free space

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