I demand that ADFH may or may not have written...

> Recently I dist-upgraded my system and have noted that DVB-T audio fails
> frequently, sometimes upon initially viewing a channel, sometimes upon
> changing to another channel.

Initial viewing? I've not seen it happen that early.

> Additionally I've found that changing channels if often very slow, and
> sometimes fails, with the DVB plugin "stopping" and having to click
> "Play" again.

Separate bug, I *think*. I've seen this occasionally recently, but if you can
pin it down to something not related to the sound problem - libxine1-dbg and
gdb will help - file a separate bug report. Or if it disappears, note it in
this one :-)

[snip]
> What's broken my audio?

http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=1867fae81291 is
the prime suspect.

----8<----
diff --git a/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c b/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
--- a/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
+++ b/src/xine-engine/audio_out.c
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ static void ao_close(xine_audio_port_t *
       }
       /* make sure there are no more buffers on queue */
       fifo_wait_empty(this->out_fifo);
+      ao_set_property(this_gen, AO_PROP_DISCARD_BUFFERS, 0);
     }
 
     pthread_mutex_lock( &this->driver_lock );
----8<----

should fix it, though (it does for me). It will probably be in 1.1.10.

[snip]
> Random observation - not that it might have any bearing on this issue..
> Channel changing is usually more reliable in Gnome xine client rather than
> traditional xine client.

Wouldn't know. I've never used totem...

[snip]
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