debug galleria script (jquery)

[login to view URL] Home page gallery using galleria script. First image loads quickly, but there's an extended pause between the first and second frame - then the script performs normally. I would like a solution to the extended pause. If this cannot be easily resolved, I'd like to replace the script with one with similar functionality. HEAD CODE IS: PAGE CODE CSS #galleria{ width: 840px; height:270px; background-image: url(/); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #efefef } .galleria-container{height:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden} .galleria-stage{bottom:0px;top:0px;right:0px;left:0px;position:absolute;overflow:hidden;} .galleria-thumbnails-container{height:30px;width:100%;bottom: 5px;position:absolute;left:0;z-index:2;} .galleria-thumbnails-list{text-align:center;} .galleria-thumbnails .galleria-image{display:inline-block;zoom:1;*display: inline;border: none; width:12px;height:12px;background:url(/storage/[login to view URL]) no-repeat 0px 0;margin-right:5px;cursor:pointer;} .galleria-thumbnails .active .img{} .galleria-counter{font:normal 11px/18px arial,sans-serif;z-index:2;color:#444;margin-top:6px;margin-right:12px;float:left;} .galleria-counter span{color:#888;} .galleria-thumbnails .galleria-image:hover{opacity:1!important;} .galleria-loader{background:#000 url(/storage/[login to view URL]) no-repeat 50% 50%;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:.3;z-index:3;display:none;} .galleria-info{color:#666;z-index:3;text-align:center;font:italic 14px/1.4 georgia,serif;padding-top:10px;} .galleria-counter{display:none;} .galleria-info-close, .galleria-info-link{display:none;} .galleria-image-nav{position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;} .galleria-image-nav-left, .galleria-image-nav-right{} .galleria-image-nav-left:hover, .galleria-image-nav-right:hover{opacity:1; -ms-filter:"progid:[login to view URL](Opacity=100)"; filter: alpha(opacity=100);} .message {margin-bottom: 0.5em}