> 2.4.x vanilla is a PoS in certain areas. The VM is one. The latency is > another. With dumb xmms, it cannot help but cause skips. Use something > better, with huge output buffers, and you will not have so much trouble. Or > patch the kernel.
xmms output buffer size is configurable: [little button up left]->Options->Preferences->Output Plugin Configure->Buffering pietro.