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Originally Posted by Sew_Sumi Actually, if it's the gap before it starts streaming, I now find I'm noticing that in a script I have currently. Takes about 4-5 seconds + for it to start up.

There are also differences in the delay between formats. Try using 64 kbps M4A/AAC vs. 64 kbps MP3. The M4A will start playing earlier than an MP3 (which needs a fair amount of data before it can be played).

You can notice this if you play an AAC audio stream on bad connections, the first second or so will sound like very low quality, and once the buffer is filled it will improve to the original quality - which means you can use higher quality M4A codecs with the same delay as a LowQ MP3.

Also, do not include ID3 Tags and no cover picture in MP3 files. They are in the header which effectively highers the delay before any actual audio data is transmitted.