port-macppc/52949: Audio pitch lower than it should be when playing back sound files

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>Number:         52949
>Category:       port-macppc
>Synopsis:       Audio pitch lower than it should be when playing back sound files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-macppc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 24 20:25:00 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Sevan Janiyan
>Release:        8.0_Beta & -current
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I have several powerpc macs with similar symptoms. Audio plays out on the system but it's way slower than it should be. The load on the system is nominal (3% load?)

My test has been a uncompressed wave file of kiasmos - looped & an mp3 file. I've played both with mplayer & the wave file with the tool in base which the name now escapes me.
in both scenarios the files are pitches down way lower than they should be.
>How-To-Repeat:
Play an mp3 or wave file on a powerpc mac
>Fix: