The same problem come back in OOo 2.4.1 available in Debian Lenny And, maybe, this links below can be useful: <http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=60673> <http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=78386> Sample file can be found here: <http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/51676/sound_loop_test.zip> Best regards, Renato