Package: mpeglib Version: 4:3.2.2-1 Severity: normal Bug #245192 reported distortion when playing MP3's through artsd. The problem was actually with mpeglib. The resolution was that version 3.2.3 was going into Sid and hence into Sarge, but that version never made it into Sarge and the problem still exists.
Apparently mpeglib must be built with -O0. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-adeos Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US Versions of packages mpeglib depends on: ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.3-2 KDE core libraries ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcdparanoia0 3a9.8-11 Shared libraries for cdparanoia (r ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-2 GCC support library ii libogg0 1.1.0-1 Ogg Bitstream Library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libvorbis0a 1.0.1-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libvorbisfile3 1.0.1-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxv1 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System video extension li ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m -- no debconf information