From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020 Description of problem: With FC2 on this PC, sound worked fine. With FC3, the Soundcard Detection app has a 'Play Test Sound'. That test sound takes at least 5 times as long as it should and it's choppy. xmms plays .ogg files, but every few seconds the sound skips. I updated arts, but nothing changed. I changed xmms settings from 'Alsa' to 'OSS' and nothing changed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try test sound in 'Soundcard Detection' menu item. 2. Or use xmms to play .ogg files. 3. Actual Results: Test sound extremely choppy, takes at least 5 times as long as it should to play. Xmms plays well but every few seconds it skips. Expected Results: Test sound should play ok. xmms should play without skips. Additional info: The sound card is being detected as a: Vendor: VIA Model: Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller Module: snd-via82xx
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