Why are video clips always stalling?

HTML5?  Flash?  I never had this problem before.  Could it be that last upgrade?, I'm running OS X 10.6.8 with 2GB SDRAM, 2 GHz Duo processor.
When prompted to star it runs a few moments then stalls with the pause prompt still displayed. A couple clicks gets it to start again then it stops on it's own, or may do so with a series of jerky starts and stops.
Ya, I'd love to get that new MacBook with the Retina screen and current OS.  I am at the top of the bunch ( grey Leopard I think ) .  Is it just a problem that only money can solve?
Phil ... yep, lost in the clouds.

Hi Russ,
Now you’ll know how really dumb I am!  I have the libraries and media stored on 3 external drives, although FCP app lives on the hard drive.  I accessed the project from one of the drives.  Then also tried accessing it from the program on the HD.  The media is AVCHD from a Panasonic AG/AC 160 camera, shot at 60 fps.  I deleted the files, but haven’t had a chance yet to re-import as both opt. and proxy.  Other clips, imported before upgrade, are fine. 
I have an iMac mid 2011;  Processor 2.5 GHz, Intel Core i5.  Two of the drives are 1 tb and the 3rd is 4Tb
thanks,
kdc

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