Front row music stalls

Hi, I'm very new to Macs, just got my first, and a strange thing happens in Front Row. When viewing a slideshow, the music plays for about 4 secs and then stalls, the show continues, but pausing and restarting resumes the music... for about 4 seconds.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Hi,
I just came on the forum and looked for this exact thing!
My Front Row was doing what yours is, try this:
Go back into Front Row and go to your music pick a song and play it for a min or two. Go back to the main Front Row menu and pick your photos that you want to view. It should now play the music with the photos/slide show.
Good luck.

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