AirPlay on express stops after a few hours

I have noticed lately that when I am streaming music to the speakers that are connected to my express that the music suddenly stops after a few hours. It's done this a few times now, and every time I have to unplug it to reset it and it works again. Is there a setting I missed out on when I set up the express? Or is it a setting in iTunes that meters how long music can be streamed?

Hi dmule, I just replied to another topic here about this, I know you were involved in it but just in case you don't get notified I thought I should cross-link it here.
Cheers
Ollie

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