diff -ur libao-0.8.8.orig/src/plugins/alsa09/ao_alsa09.c libao-0.8.8/src/plugins/alsa09/ao_alsa09.c
--- libao-0.8.8.orig/src/plugins/alsa09/ao_alsa09.c	2007-05-24 12:19:07.000000000 +0300
+++ libao-0.8.8/src/plugins/alsa09/ao_alsa09.c	2007-11-27 20:12:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 			return 0;
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(key, "buffer_time"))
-		internal->buffer_time = atoi(value);
+		internal->buffer_time = atoi(value) * 1000;
 	else if (!strcmp(key, "period_time"))
 		internal->period_time = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(key,"use_mmap")) {