[pygame] Windows sound problem, novice pygamer

[John <johnwindle@iprimus.com.au>]

I'm having trouble with the sounds in Pygame. I'm on Windows 98, Python 2.2 
and Pygame 1.5.5

The sounds are crackly and seem to play for two long. They sound very 
little like what they do when played on the windows media player. I tried 
the sounds that come with windows and one or two of the sounds that were in 
the tutorial section of pygame.

All the tutorials that play sound appear to have the same problem. So I 
figure it is a windows setup problem.

I found a message from about a year ago that spoke of a buffer problem, but 
while playing with the buffer size does seem to change the sound it never 
sounds as it should. Perhaps I just haven't hit on the right combination as 
yet.

If anyone can give me any pointers that would be great

Thanks

john