Questions:

1. Did you run the emphatic install BAT/sh script or manually install?
2. How many tracks are on your player?
3. What's the value of the "ReserveCache" setting in your config.ini? Set it to at least 16 and restart the player. if that doesn't work, increase it by 4 until you get to 32. If you hit 32 and it's still crashing, let me know.