Well, I figured this one out on my own. The problem was mentioned in the Xine FAQ and was caused by audio / video syncing problems. When I played a DVD, I got continuous messages about corrections to audio / video sync. This caused dropouts and hence the warbling I was hearing.
The solution turned out to be a sound card /etc/asound.state setting. I had both control 47 (Multi Track Rate Locking) and control 48 (Multi Track Rate Reset) set to true. Setting them to false solved the synching and dropout problems. I guess what was happening is that Xine was trying to set a particular rate and since I had everything locked it was doing resampling or something and basically fighting with the sound card driver. All appears well now, - Tony - __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user