Have you tried running winecfg and trying different settings under the audio tab? What made me think about that was this article: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/winereview/~3/161431304/windows-media-player-9-10-on-linux-with.html Have you tried using various different options like "Emulation" and whatnot? Just a thought. -- Eric http://nixwizard.net