Streaming video playback is choppy

Hello,
I'm own an Aluminum Powerbook, OS 10.3.9. Before I reformatted, the play back via Firefox and Camino was just fine. Now it's choppy and it skips. Is there anyway to fix this problem?
Thank you.
-S

Don't use Camino or Firefox on Youtube.
Flashplayer 9 is crap.
I find Safari works on Youtube for me. Also try Mozilla 1.x or Netscape 7.
Flash 9 loves Safari,AOL for Mac,Firefox 1.x, and Netscape 7 not anything else!
Also depending on the video you are viewing it won't matter.
Some videos uploaded are bad quality.
Too bad you can't use Tiger as it has beta 10 of Flash and runsin Camino(choppy still) and Safari 3(great).
Sadly it is beta and most sites won't tell it's installed.
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