totem-xine erratic behaviour

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Hi all,
am  getting erratic behaviour from Totem-xine.
Ever 2/3 days it won't close properly, and gets forced to,
and it will no longer play sound on any videos.

I have been able to correct it with "sudo killall esd" ,
this results in it running properly, sound is back, but
is there anything I could do to make it more stable?
Thanks in advance,
Take Care
Winton