AirTunes cuts out after working

Hi all
I have a problem when using my AppleTV as an AirTunes device. Music plays from my iMac to the AppleTV for awhile, then cuts out. If I deselect the AppleTV in iTunes as a speaker, then reselect it, music once again plays for awhile then again cuts out. This is the second AppleTV that has this issue, so I suspect it's a software issue.
Anyone had success in addressing this issue?

I've been having the same problem and I just found a fix that is working for me. Using iTunes 8, an Airport Extreme, and a new Airport Express, iTunes would stream to the Express but would cut out for a second every 5 seconds or so. I found an application called Autobahn (http://www.getautobahn.com/) that I observed grabbing some network activity. I uninstalled it and the problem disappeared. The file won't show up in a Spotlight search, it is invisible. If it's on your Mac, there's an uninstaller located in USER/Library/Application Support/Swarmcast (that's where it is in 10.5.5). Good luck!

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