When Mint Audio connects to a Icecast stream, it fills its buffer with the stream from the server. As it plays, it refills this buffer continously. However, if the stream plays faster than the connection at which it is being refilled (this occurs when the server or user is on a slow connection), Mint Audio will eventually empty the buffer. When this happens, Mint Audio pauses to rebuffer. While it is rebuffering, the stream will stop until the buffer refills entirely. When the buffer is full, Mint Audio will again play the stream.