iTunes 10 stalls on playback with Library on USB (2 and 3), OS X 10.8.2 2.6 GHz intel i7, MP3 320 kbps, playback is fine using internal SSD...

All this power in a brand new mac-mini.. and iTunes is constantly stalling playback every 1 - 5 minutes (only when the iTunes Library is on external drives)..

(1 - 3 second silence interrupting playback then continuing...)

iTunes 10.7 (21) 64-bit

I'd prefer to keep my MP3 Library on USB 3.. and preserve the smaller internal SSD drive for other activity...

Is there an Apple certified technique to prevent disk spin down ?

Energy Saver control panel indicates that "Put hard disks to sleep when possible..." is unchecked..

Maybe iTunes could simply buffer larger sizes of the file, or the whole file.

(I have enough RAM to hold my entire 3 gig Library..)

(if the stall occurred only in between songs that would be acceptable)

Can we get an iTunes patch for this ???