Re my comment #5 on 2009-12-26: Rythmbox, Exaile, and Totem all are able to play perfectly the .wav file which I made using Audacity on vista. Audacity on intrepid can't play it without many dropouts. Looking at system monitors processes during playback with Audacity on intrepid I note that dropouts usually, not always coincide with changes in CPU percent for Audacity.
Re my comment #5 on 2009-12-26: Rythmbox, Exaile, and Totem all are able to play perfectly the .wav file which I made using Audacity on vista. Audacity on intrepid can't play it without many dropouts. Looking at system monitors processes during playback with Audacity on intrepid I note that dropouts usually, not always coincide with changes in CPU percent for Audacity.