iTunes songs skipping on Mac Mini (Mid 2010) after Lion upgrade

[Jamie0003]

For some reason, after upgrading to Lion, I keep getting songs skip during playback on iTunes.

The Mac Mini does have only 2 Gigs of ram, but after checking Activity Monitor, iTunes is only using a small amount (45MB). Is this a bug in Lion? I don't get this problem on my 2011 MBP.

 

[alienvoord]

I can't help you, but you're not alone. I also have a mini with 2GB of RAM.

 

[kwiqsilver]

I'm on a quad-core i5 iMac with 12GB of RAM, and I'm getting it too.
It's really bad when I'm over 300% CPU utilization.
I've tried renicing iTunes down to -15, and it still skips.

I also see visual "skips" in video in iTunes sometimes. VLC is still as smooth as silk.

 

[DillyBob]

I'm also getting audio playback skipping in iTunes after upgrading to Lion, and I'm on a quad-core Intel i7 2.2 GHz with 8GB RAM! It's not from a lack of hardware resources.