Podcasts play for 10 sec then implode

This morning when I came in Autoupdate had a 51.4mb Quicktime upgrade waiting for me. So I told it to go ahead and install. Now when I play a podcast (audio or video), after 10 or so seconds it goes poof! and disappears. I've been sending in the error reports, but would like to get this fixed.
So far I've rebooted many times. Repaired drive permissions. Deleted iTunes and reinstalled a fresh copy downloaded from Apple.com. And, of course, cursed and swore a lot. Radio streams are working. I have no MP3s on my system to test them out.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Just bear in mind that my knowledge is limited on a Mac.
G4/dual 533, 1 gig ram   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   iTunes 6.04 (3); quicktime 7.11

Further update.
Radio streams are now resulting in a crash. It just takes longer. Also the most recent crash resulted in iTunes reinitializing itself. Meaning, it went through the initial questions it asks the first time you install (about being the default player for internet radio, organizing music folders, etc.)

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