ITunes 9.1 - various crashes on opening or playback

Question

Hello,
i updated to iTunes 9.1.
i'm on a MB Pro 13,3 - 2,53GHz - 4GB - 10.6.3.
Its impossible to play any audio files, iTunes hangs right after start and then crashes. Here is a part of the error-log:
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x00000000bf7fffdc
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
may i send the rest of it?
Its frustrating, please help me! Just want to listen to my music
kind regards and thanks in advance
Nils

Answer 1

I have the same problem. iTunes will last 3 minutes for me until a freeze and then it crashes. This seems to be the same problem as 9.0.0 had (9.0.1 fixed it)! It has to do with iTunes using the Internet — the network part of iTunes. Is iTunes in the middle of or starting to downloading (like automatic podcasts or) something when it crashes for any of you?
My solution that I figured out with the last time this happened was to:
Before launching iTunes, turn off AirPort or the however you get your Internet.
Then start iTunes.
Then after a minute or so, just to be safe, turn the Internet back on. Do not use the Store or download any podcasts and iTunes will continue to function as normal, playing or syncing with your iPod.
I tried turning the home sharing and related stuff off, that fixed the problem previously, but it does not work this time around. This is on an iMac G5 with 10.5.8 and all updates applied. I am continually looking and working on a fix for this. Let me know if this is the exact same problem any of you have.
Message was edited by: StephenCCH