Hello PyTone Team, many thanks for this fine piece of software. It did a good job on some of my parties already. I start PyTone using a thin client on a server. It is configured to use two internal players with the drivers oss and esd, so i can hear the main player on the server, connected to the amplifier and the second player on the thin client, using a headphone (really cool, no one has this, even the win guys :-). In some cases, when the server is under load, the sound stutters a bit. Setting realtime priority to PyTone did not really help, as well as with the throttleoutput parameter. Now i would give arts/jack a try, but i did not get PyTone to use the arts driver. "artsd" is running and works with other players, but Pytone throws this error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pytone/pytone.py", line 136, in ? playerids = [services.player.initplayer("main", config.player.main), File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pytone/services/player.py", line 67, in initplayer raise RuntimeError("Cannot initialize %s player: type=internal, device=%s" % (id, config.device)) RuntimeError: Cannot initialize main player: type=internal, device=/dev/dsp Can any one explain how to use PyTone with the arts driver (maybe special parameters to artsd) or has a tip for the stuttering sound? Many Thanks Andreas -- Highspeed-Freiheit. Bei GMX superg�nstig, z.B. GMX DSL_Cityflat, DSL-Flatrate f�r nur 4,99 Euro/Monat* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl