On Sunday 26 July 2009 18:16:27 Anne Wilson wrote: > New installation (+kde updates) on laptop - A track plays for just under 1 > minute, then starts to race through the rest with only crackles and pops > souding. The same track plays to the end in kaffeine. > > I had to change the default in Amarok from Intel ICH6 to PA to get it to > play at all, but that's the only change I've made. Any idea what the > problem might be? Thanks Could you try to switch to GStreamer backend instead Xine default one? I was trying to figure out what was wrong but... With GStreamer backend it's OK. Still I have lot of problems with PA itself so practically no sound on my workstation... yum install phonon-backend-gstreamer and then switch to GStreamer backend in System Settings... PS: we need some GStreamer testing... Jaroslav > Anne -- Jaroslav ?ezn?k <jreznik at redhat.com> Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 731 455 332 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/