diff --git a/src/libFLAC/ogg_encoder_aspect.c b/src/libFLAC/ogg_encoder_aspect.c
index 37df089..3383fcd 100644
--- a/src/libFLAC/ogg_encoder_aspect.c
+++ b/src/libFLAC/ogg_encoder_aspect.c
@@ -201,11 +201,24 @@ FLAC__StreamEncoderWriteStatus FLAC__ogg_encoder_aspect_write_callback_wrapper(F
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			while(ogg_stream_pageout(&aspect->stream_state, &aspect->page) != 0) {
-				if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.header, aspect->page.header_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
-					return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
-				if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.body, aspect->page.body_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
-					return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
+			/* Most clients existing on December 1st 2010 can not handle more than 1 packet per page
+			 * Silent packets are about 613 bytes  -David Richards 
+			 */
+			if (bytes < 700) {
+				while(ogg_stream_flush(&aspect->stream_state, &aspect->page) != 0) {
+					if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.header, aspect->page.header_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
+						return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
+					if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.body, aspect->page.body_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
+						return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
+				}
+			}
+			else { 
+				while(ogg_stream_pageout(&aspect->stream_state, &aspect->page) != 0) {
+					if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.header, aspect->page.header_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
+						return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
+					if(write_callback(encoder, aspect->page.body, aspect->page.body_len, 0, current_frame, client_data) != FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_OK)
+						return FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_WRITE_STATUS_FATAL_ERROR;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/libFLAC/stream_encoder.c b/src/libFLAC/stream_encoder.c
index 6d9859c..2963608 100644
--- a/src/libFLAC/stream_encoder.c
+++ b/src/libFLAC/stream_encoder.c
@@ -2151,7 +2151,11 @@ void set_defaults_(FLAC__StreamEncoder *encoder)
 	encoder->protected_->num_metadata_blocks = 0;
 
 	encoder->private_->seek_table = 0;
-	encoder->private_->disable_constant_subframes = false;
+	/* constant subframes must be disabled for streaming oggflac 
+	 * most clients will pause decoding until the time of 
+	 * silence is over, or otherwise misbehave or crash -David Richards
+	 */
+	encoder->private_->disable_constant_subframes = true;
 	encoder->private_->disable_fixed_subframes = false;
 	encoder->private_->disable_verbatim_subframes = false;
 #if FLAC__HAS_OGG