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@Mooz poor Vader; he's been through a lot and those darn rebels just won't understand. sure he did a few bad things, but anyone would snap given the circumstances ;)
in digital audio,it would actually take more work to stretch out the sound. the result of errors or difficulties playing would just result in parts being dropped or being repeated if the buffer isn't being refilled.