Stop and Start play from iPod - fine from HD library

I use an iMac G5/2ghz/1.5G at my office. I installed upgrades this morning for both iTunes and Tiger, and now, when I connect my iPod to play through iTunes, I get the stop and start stutter play.
I ripped files off the iPod and put them into the hard drive library, and those play fine, but anything that's playing through the iPod is stuttered.
FYI - it's a third gen 20G iPod, connected via Firewire, with v2.3 software.
This Mac is authorized to play everything on my iPod, and it was all working fine before the upgrade - so, any ideas?
(Please help - I can't stand listening to local radio with commercials, and the bandwidth police will close in on my for listening to streaming...)
Thanks.

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