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The newest version of Quicktime is organized differently. Under Audio, I've got "Safe mode (waveOut only)" checked. If I de-check that option, the player stutters terribly, so it looks like I've got the settings set correctly.
Also, check to see if Windows is indexing and/or compressing those drives, and if so, turn that off.
Nope.
Check your iTunes buffer settings.
Been there, done that.
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Hey, it
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indexing that drive. I'm turning it off right now and will report back momentarily.
Jon, I'm curious - does the bitrate of the song you're playing have any effect on the length of time a song will play before stopping? I'm thinking that if a lower bitrate song plays longer, that might indicate that the song stops playing when a fixed-size buffer is used up. Not sure what that would get us, but....
Also (unrelatedly), does this problem occur for both mp3s and AAC files?
Nope. Removing indexing was no help.
Also, are the drives in question set to sleep after a period of no activity? (They shouldn't be sleeping after such a short time, but....)
Nearly all my songs are encoded mp3s at 192. I think I have exactly one AAC file, and it did just play all the way through for me. I have a few uncompressed wav files and they sometimes do a little better, but not always.
Drives aren't set to sleep.
I don't have a working XP box here at the moment - what does iTunes use to play mp3s - Quicktime, or whatever DLL that came with XP?
Have you checked for spyware lately? Something could be interfering.
Did anyone suggest checking for drive fragmentation? an interrupted cache could be as bad as a too-small one. A fragged System Paging file can happen, too.
Just some ideas...
I don't have a working XP box here at the moment - what does iTunes use to play mp3s - Quicktime, or whatever DLL that came with XP?
Since it insists on Quicktime being installed, I'm guessing QT.
Does anyone use a treo 600 or 650? Is there a way to get it to work with WIFI (like with an accessory)?
ETA: I am looking to upgrade my cingular cell phone to a pda/cell phone that supports WIFI. If anyone has any other recommendations, I'm all ears.
Since it insists on Quicktime being installed, I'm guessing QT.
It still could be that QT is only needed for AAC files. Apple would still require QT (I'm guessing) because AAC is the default for encoding songs and the file format for iTunes.
