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iTunes radio keeps rebuffering stream during song play

Just about any radio station I'm listening to in iTunes, it keeps rebuffering the stream approx. every 15 seconds and briefly cutting off the song. Any suggestions as what to adjust?

Inspiron 1720, Windows Vista

Posted on Oct 2, 2008 4:59 PM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2008 2:49 AM

I've had this problem a lot ever since updating iTunes to 8.0.1. It could be a coincidence and my ISP has somehow been the problem, but I wanted to put it out there that perhaps iTunes isn't working properly. My network configuration hasn't changed.

Sometimes it will stay "rebuffering stream" endlessly. Hitting 'Cancel' and double-clicking the stream entry will start the stream right back up no problem, until it dies again anywhere from 2 seconds to many minutes later.

iTunes 8 does not seem to be able to stay connected to an audio stream - iTunes 7 did a fine job with hours upon hours of listening without a hiccup. This problem persists with many different streams originating from many different servers, including popular internet radio.

If anyone has any suggestions or clues, thanks in advance.
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iTunes radio keeps rebuffering stream during song play

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