Viewer Jerky on iBook

I had an old copy of FCE v.1 that I just loaded on my iBook (I have the upgrade to v.3 on order). One thing I've noticed is that clips in the viewer are impossbly "jerky": the audio is Ok, but the video starts and stops so bad it's impossible to watch. If I place the clip on the timeline and then render it, it plays fine on the canvas.
Of course, this makes the viewer totally unusable for me. Is this a function of too little 'horsepower' on my iBook? I was thinking of getting a new PowerBook, but the jump from 1.2Ghz to 1.5Ghz didn't seem like it was really worth it. Or is it possibly something that will work better in the new version?
Any help/tips you can offer would be GREATLY appreciated. I really want to upgrade from iMovie's limitations, but the way it's working now I don't see a huge advantage.
Thank you.
12 iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4)   1.2Ghz, 80GB, 1.25GB RAM, SuperDrive

Ok, all done - no change. Funny thing is, it is only the .dv files that have jerky video. Also, .mpg files have smooth video but no sound. Mp4, .avi, and .mov files play fine for both audio and video.
The .dv files were created in iMovie - could that be a problem? Again, do you think this might be better in v.3? Any ideas on why .mpg files have no audio?
Thanks again for your help on this.

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