diff --git a/pmoaudio-ext/src/sinks/streaming_flac_sink.rs b/pmoaudio-ext/src/sinks/streaming_flac_sink.rs
index 050a8061..9fe8fb24 100644
--- a/pmoaudio-ext/src/sinks/streaming_flac_sink.rs
+++ b/pmoaudio-ext/src/sinks/streaming_flac_sink.rs
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 const DEFAULT_ICY_METAINT: usize = 16000;
 
 /// Broadcast channel capacity for FLAC bytes.
-/// Increased to 4096 to handle network backpressure and late-joining clients.
-/// At ~12-15 chunks/sec (8KB each), this provides ~5 minutes of buffer.
-const BROADCAST_CAPACITY: usize = 4096;
+/// Set to 128 to provide ~10 seconds of buffer for network jitter.
+/// With TimerNode pacing the stream to real-time, this is sufficient
+/// while keeping metadata synchronized (larger buffers cause metadata drift).
+const BROADCAST_CAPACITY: usize = 128;
 
 /// Snapshot of track metadata at a point in time.
 ///