diff --git a/src/AudioTools/AudioPlayer.h b/src/AudioTools/AudioPlayer.h
index 8a15a8fcf9..d463ce980a 100644
--- a/src/AudioTools/AudioPlayer.h
+++ b/src/AudioTools/AudioPlayer.h
@@ -357,8 +357,12 @@ class AudioPlayer : public AudioInfoSupport, public VolumeSupport {
   /// Defines the wait time in ms if the target output is full
   virtual void setDelayIfOutputFull(int delayMs) { delay_if_full = delayMs; }
 
-  /// Call this method in the loop.
   virtual size_t copy() {
+    return copy(copier.bufferSize());
+  }
+
+  /// Call this method in the loop.
+  virtual size_t copy(size_t bytes) {
     size_t result = 0;
     if (active) {
       TRACED();
@@ -371,7 +375,7 @@ class AudioPlayer : public AudioInfoSupport, public VolumeSupport {
         return 0;
       }
       // handle sound
-      result = copier.copy();
+      result = copier.copyBytes(bytes);
       if (result > 0 || timeout == 0) {
         // reset timeout if we had any data
         timeout = millis() + p_source->timeoutAutoNext();
@@ -380,9 +384,10 @@ class AudioPlayer : public AudioInfoSupport, public VolumeSupport {
       moveToNextFileOnTimeout();
 
       // return silence when there was no data
-      if (result == 0 && silence_on_inactive){
-        writeSilence(1024);
+      if (result < bytes && silence_on_inactive){
+        writeSilence(bytes - result);
       }
+    
     } else {
       // e.g. A2DP should still receive data to keep the connection open
       if (silence_on_inactive) {
diff --git a/src/AudioTools/StreamCopy.h b/src/AudioTools/StreamCopy.h
index 27b0f123f8..c682e0c5b6 100644
--- a/src/AudioTools/StreamCopy.h
+++ b/src/AudioTools/StreamCopy.h
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ class StreamCopyT {
         }
 
         /// copies the data from the source to the destination - the result is in bytes
-        inline size_t copy(){
-            LOGD("copy %s", log_name);
+        inline size_t copy() {
+            return copyBytes(buffer_size);
+        }
+
+        /// copies the inicated number of bytes from the source to the destination - the result is in bytes
+        inline size_t copyBytes(size_t bytes){
+            LOGD("copy %d bytes %s", bytes, log_name);
             if (!active) return 0;
             // if not initialized we do nothing
             if (from==nullptr && to==nullptr) return 0;
@@ -105,13 +110,19 @@ class StreamCopyT {
                  return 0;
             }
 
+            // resize copy buffer if necessary
+            if (buffer.size() < bytes){
+                LOGI("Resize to %d", bytes);
+                buffer.resize(bytes);
+            }
+
             size_t result = 0;
             size_t delayCount = 0;
-            size_t len = buffer_size;
+            size_t len = bytes;
             if (check_available) {
                 len = available();
             }
-            size_t bytes_to_read = buffer_size;
+            size_t bytes_to_read = bytes;
             size_t bytes_read = 0; 
 
             if (len > 0){