--- a/snd.py
+++ b/snd.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
 RATE = 44100
 if sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
-	CHANNELS = 2
+       CHANNELS = 2
 elif sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
-	CHANNELS = 1
+       CHANNELS = 1
 
-MAX_SILENT = 30
+MAX_SILENT = 60
 
 def is_silent(L):
     "Returns `True` if below the 'silent' threshold"
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@
     LRtn = array('h')
 
     while 1:
-        data = stream.read(CHUNK_SIZE)
+	try:
+	        data = stream.read(CHUNK_SIZE)
+	except IOError as ex:
+    		if ex[1] != pyaudio.paInputOverflowed:
+		        raise
+	    	data = '\x00' * CHUNK_SIZE
         L = unpack('<' + ('h'*(len(data)/2)), data) # little endian, signed short
         L = array('h', L)
 
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@
 
         if silent and snd_started:
             num_silent += 1
-            print num_silent
+            #print num_silent
         elif not silent and not snd_started:
             dispatcher.send( signal='SND_STARTED')
             snd_started = True