Streaming Video jumpy/slow

My iMac G5 is unable to smoothly stream video from any website such as Hulu or most YouTube videos. What can I do to address this problem?

Pedro Vincenty wrote:
I had the same problem with my PB G4 1.5mgz and mac mini G4 1.3mgz. *I resolved it by downloading the latest flash player from adobe. After installing went to youtube and opened any video and pressed pause(don't do this while video is playing). click the "ctrl" key while presssing track pad in the middle of the video window. The settings for flasplayer will pop up, select the video settings and select "enable hardware acceleration" and press close. Now RESTART YOUR COMPUTER not just safari,* You will see the difference just allow the video to load for a few seconds before video starts.
Great tip!
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