Crackling Sound Quality in XMMS
 

Im using XMMS as my default mp3 player. When i play mp3s, there is a slight crackling noise that affects playback. Im using the aRts 0.6.0 plugin. any help would be great.

try selecting a different plugin for xmms in the input options menu. If you are using gnome, that may be the cause of the problem - arts is a kde sound server. I think alsa or oss would be your best bet, if they are installed. If not run the package installer and select all the sound components for install