[manekineko]

My problem was definitely caused by software, and not by anything like a pocketshield, since it would happen so quickly. I could just start playing a song, be holding it in my hand, and then it would pause after like 15 seconds.

The album art discovery is really interesting, I'll definitely have to look into that.

My own discovery was that the problem is tied somehow to individual songs. I found a single folder of mp3s that if I removed, all the mp3s would play fine, but when present, all of my mp3s would pause after 15-30 seconds.