Watching Video with Safari

Safari seems to stall after I've watched a couple videos from the same site (e.g., www.TED.com). Reloading Safari works for a few more viewings. Any suggestions?

Updating the software may help.
Click Safari menu in the menubar and from the dropdown select Empty Cache.
Wait cursor may or may not appear for for few seconds.
Best.

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I have a early 2007 black macbook, 2GHz, 2GB RAM dual core. I had OS X 10.4 before on my machine. So the story goes like this: once I had a little issue with ethernet cable and I went to apple store to correct it. They replaced my motherboard and that issue was fixed.
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Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
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(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.)
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