Problem trying to watch iTunes movie with powerbook g4

My 867 g4 is doing the equivalent of a stutter when I try to watch the godfather (downloaded from iTunes) on it. The picture and sound keep momentarily stopping and starting again. I've got the original hard drive and 384 gb of ram.
Do I need to upgrade the computer?

Hi, Erik. I don't watch movies on my Powerbook or download them from the iTunes Store, so I'm certainly no expert on the possible causes of your problem. But here are some thoughts for whatever they may be worth:
You have pretty minimal RAM installed to support any demanding use of the Powerbook in Tiger, so adding RAM is my first thought.
Because watching a movie is a pretty demanding use, you may want to make sure no other applications or processes are running on the computer while you're doing it. In addition to quitting all other applications, try turning off BlueTooth and Airport (if you have them) and disconnecting any USB peripheral devices, some of which may occasionally exchange packets of information with the Mac even when they're not in use. Post back and let us know whether these steps make any difference.
I presume you've downloaded the movie to your internal hard drive and are playing it from there rather than from any other drive - is that correct?

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