Preview sometimes dissappears in finder

hello
lately a strange thing has been happening in the finder, the preview option is gone for all my audio files. normally it gives you the play button and you can check out the file. but sometimes it does not and i have to restart to get it back?
any help would be great.
bst
  Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

sorry to bother anyone, but can anyone help w/ this problem, it keeps happening and i have to keep re-starting
bst

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