Comment 13 for bug 448533

Memory and CPU usage problems were solved by removing all attached external hard drives before starting Banshee, but program still hangs after playing the first song. For the first 10-20 seconds or so after starting playback the program remains responsive (sometimes), but after, say a minute, the window always grays out.

When the program hangs CPU usage is not particularly high on either processor and my collection isn't that big, so I don't think that's the problem. However, I have to say that when playing songs from a short playlist (10-20 tracks) the window seems to stay responsive longer (10-20 seconds) than when playing music from the entire collection.