Audio drops problem iTunes with AE

I set up my AE to my hifi system. When playing music from iTunes, audio drops after 2-3 seconds. When I play a movie in iTunes, sound is fine.
I guess the problem has probably got something to do with sample frequency or bit rates. Any ideas?

I had similar problems with AE. Here my solution:
I have a French (Livebox) DSL modem with Wifi support. My MiniMac is connected to the DSL modem with an ethernet cable and Airport (did not check if I really need both). I have a MacBook connected over Wifi. The MacBook runs Leopard and iTunes 8. I configured the AE through the MacBook. This configuration worked only by using the ethernet cable connection between AE and MacBook. Once configured using the Airport utility with "Wireless Mode'='Join a wireless network' and using a 'manual' configuration, the AE booted correctly up to the static green LED. Streaming audio with iTunes worked corretly in this configuration.
I then wanted to stream audio from my MiniMac running Tiger and iTunes 8. I had the same problems as reported. 2-3 minutes correct working, then yellow blinking LED and again 2-3 green static LED and audio, then again yellow blinking LED.
Goggling sometime I found a site from which I could download older iTunes versions. I deinstalled iTunes8 on my MiniMac and installed iTunes7.4. That solved my problems! I can now stream audio from my MiniMac to AE without interruptions.Conclusion: Leopard + iTunes8 works, Tiger + iTunes8 does not work, Tiger + iTunes7.4 works.

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