For the benefit of the list (if no-one else), upgrading ESD in ESound to package version 0.2.17-7 has solved the "choppy" sound problem (for me; your mileage may vary).
(Hmm... I notice I was previously using v0.2.22-2 and "apt-get dist-upgrade" has back-levelled me to 0.2.17-7 although the debian package is "esound_0.2.22-2.deb"... I think I've probably been messing with which distro / version I'm using here, folks.... It may well be User Error) Matthew Exley wrote: [SNIP] > Hmm. I think the answer lies in the XMMS ESD plugin (libesdout.so 1.2.4 from > package xmms v1.2.4-helix1) or ESD itself (/usr/bin/esd from package esound > v0.2.22-2) > [SNIP] -- Matthew Exley [EMAIL PROTECTED] WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead and knees.