Dear all, some weeks ago I posted a message with the above subject (after "Solved:", obviously). Colin Charles posted a cryptic answer, but following the link to bugzilla in his message, and browsing the history of the bug (and maybe some related bugs, I'm in doubt at present), I found this suggestion: run "gstreamer-properties" from a terminal (that's the same as choosing the menu item "Prefs/More Prefs/Multimedia System Selector"), and change the "Default Sink" for audio. For me the "ESD" item works fine, and some one else returned the same result in the history of the bug. So there's a chance that the other people who had the same problem could solve it this way, perhaps choosing another sink. Best regards. -- Andrea Giuliano, Ph. D. ICCU - Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico Viale Castro Pretorio 105, Rome - ITALY Tel. +39064989509, Fax +39064059302