I gave up on streaming completely and download everything locally first. Even when the file is on disk I encounter banshee getting confused. The UI will show that it is playing, but it isn't. Pressing play/pause has no effect. Only double clicking on the file and moving the slider to the right position gets it going again. If it can't be reliable for a local file, it will hardly manage with a remote one.
I gave up on streaming completely and download everything locally first. Even when the file is on disk I encounter banshee getting confused. The UI will show that it is playing, but it isn't. Pressing play/pause has no effect. Only double clicking on the file and moving the slider to the right position gets it going again. If it can't be reliable for a local file, it will hardly manage with a remote one.