slow reaction in xmms
 

using suse 9.3 and xmms 1.2.10
i recently installed suse 9.3 (used to have 9.1) and installed xmms again also. but for some reason it reacts really slow to my commands. for example when i move the bar to another place in the song, it waits for about 1.5s before it actually starts playing from there. and when i close xmms completely, the sound keeps going (for about 1.5s). otherwise kde and xmms window movement are completely fast.
i remember it used to react instantly on my last installation...

the last version of xmms (or of the mpeg3/ogg plugin? I'm not quite sure) make a very silly use of the caching. I noticed the problem too and it really play on my nerves. Browse a bit in O/options/preferences about check configuration about mpeg3 and ogg caching. However changing this value to smaller might cause your playing to "cut" if you know what I mean... you will have to experiment to find the best setting suiting your need. Took me sometime but I finally got something I consider "acceptable".

Also note that KDE sound deamon might help, as artsd (the sound deamon) use caching too. Look at your control center, somewhere in there (the computer here use fluxbox so I can't give you the path) you can ajust the caching of arts. I guess the best settings is a small amount of caching in xmms, but a large in artsd... but you will have to try.