Something else I thought of...

Whether or not it pauses for a long time is going to depend on whether the disk drive is spun up or not. For instance, if you tell it to skip ahead but the disk is turned off, it will have to spin up the drive before it can get the next file. This can definitely take a couple of seconds. But after the disk is spun up, it will remain spun up for a little while as you settle on a track to listen to.

If you want to watch this behavior in action, turn on the disk indicator icon (it's an option in Emplode).

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Tony Fabris