Video stream choppy on imac G4 powerPC

Hi all. sorry if this answer was submitted before. I found some explanations but i still need to know exactly what is going on. I have imac 20" 1.25 ghz 1gb ram 64mb geforce 5200..i am running mac os 10.4.11 tiger..... Why is all video streaming so choppy and unwatchable? i have installed flash 10.1 , using firefox...i cant downgrade to flash 8 because the video i watching online requires flash 10. Do i have any chances that i can fix somehow this video streaming problems? youtube is fine only on the lowest quality. I have this imac cos my laptop is broken but i did not know that is is so bad with video streaming..
I have dome some cache, history and other cleaning but it did not help.. safari is even worst than firefox.
So any suggestions good people?

drumdancer wrote:
maximum is 1GB.
I did not try to use quick time. but how can i use quick time if i am watching for example streaming video on website.?
Make sure you are using the latest .....
RealPlayer
Flip4Mac
VLC Media Player http://perian.org
Perian (AVI and FLV support)
MPEG Streamclip
Adobe Flash Player Software
As others have reported, max out your RAM.
Type of internet service?
Choppy YouTube Video Solution
Download the latest flash player from Adobe. After installing, repair permissions & restart your computer.
Go to YouTube, open any video and press pause (don't do this while video is playing). Click the ctrl key or “right click” the mouse in the middle of the video window. The settings for flash player will pop up.
Select the video settings then select "enable hardware acceleration." Press close. Now RESTART YOUR COMPUTER not just Safari if that is your browser of choice.
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