This patch appears to fix problems I've experienced using amarok with pulseaudio (and alsa). Further testimony on what appears to be an earlier version of the same patch at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/176332 Perhaps this should only be applied if the pulseaudio USE flag is enabled?
It's included in xine-lib 1.1.12.
(In reply to comment #1) > It's included in xine-lib 1.1.12. > Thanks. No reason to keep this bug open, then.