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Q: Itunes 11 Buffer Size settings.

Hi Apple Community

- Is there any way to change the buffer size for streaming on Itunes 11???

MacBook Pro

Posted on Mar 13, 2013 2:22 AM

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Q: Itunes 11 Buffer Size settings.

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Mar 13, 2013 3:15 PM in response to Pallisgaard
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    Mar 13, 2013 3:15 PM in response to Pallisgaard

    No.

  • by Jonathan Dumaine,

    Jonathan Dumaine Jonathan Dumaine May 3, 2013 12:05 PM in response to Pallisgaard
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    May 3, 2013 12:05 PM in response to Pallisgaard

    First delete any files that start with 'com.apple.itunes.*' in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/. This will clear your iTunes preferences.

     

    Next, open Terminal.app and run each line one at a time:

     

    defaults write com.apple.iTunes file-buffer-size 512000

    defaults write com.apple.iTunes stream-buffer-size 512000

     

    You may need to experiment with the number, but 512000 works well for me.

     

    Disclaimer: iTunes may or may not decide to use these preferences, so it's entirely possible that it fails to read these values and they don't have any effect. With that said, I do seem to notice far fewer skips and stutters with the 'buffering stream' window popping up after having set this.

  • by byKohl,

    byKohl byKohl Jun 24, 2014 2:55 PM in response to Jonathan Dumaine
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    Jun 24, 2014 2:55 PM in response to Jonathan Dumaine

    Great!

     

    But 512000 doesn't work fine for me, 256000 was like a charm

     

    Using iMac 27 16Gb...

  • by Robin_H,

    Robin_H Robin_H Feb 28, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Pallisgaard
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    Feb 28, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Pallisgaard

    I'm on iTunes 12, and changing the buffer size didn't work for me. I tried 512000 and 256000, and neither helped. It's really frustrating that all of a sudden I simply can't listen to internet radio at all (unless you count 3 seconds worth as listening). A few days ago, everything was fine. My internet's working fine otherwise, and speed test comes out the same (around 70Mbps download). Any new ideas?

  • by pandaexpress00,

    pandaexpress00 pandaexpress00 Mar 27, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Robin_H
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    Mar 27, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Robin_H

    So far, I would suggest using the sources stream and importing it to iTunes specifically.

    A majority of stations rely on hosting that they pay for, or are sponsored (even at small levels).

     

    Have you tried this with multiple stations/genres?

  • by mac03ru,

    mac03ru mac03ru Jan 28, 2016 7:21 AM in response to Robin_H
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    Jan 28, 2016 7:21 AM in response to Robin_H

    On iTunes 12 try using 256 instead 256000 and so on