Tried everything that's been said here and in faq... nothing works anymore... I even lowered myself trying to download hyperpopular britney :-)

Could it have something to do with the 1.19 version? 1.18 worked perfectly here.

I am behind a firewall, but since 1.18 worked i don't see the problem.

some facts:

-Network status ok
-changed the temp dir as stated in faq
-tried songs with 50 sources, they all start as "buffered" and slowly dissapear

Hope this issue can be resolved soon :-)
Thanks for the help upfront!