Odd sound and video issue comes and goes.

Please dont give me the "open up a new user account" solution, as to that is a cop out to a real solution.... THANK YOU... I see it too much here, and honestly it just isn't a answer. I actually found weird solutions to this issue, but I want to discuss this all here and see if anyone else experiences this or has any input to this WEIRD thing.
So, I have SEVERAL Macs, laptops, power macs, etc...been a 10 year Mac user, with hardly any problems because I am Mac savvy (usually) - I own a professional Audio recording studio, so know ALOT about sound, etc... and I only experience this on this laptop, my PowerBook 17inch Alluminum (the higher resolution one that has pad scrolling)...
Anyway, issue is this: Sound works fine 98% of the time. VERY seldomly for absolutely no reason and no change to any settings the sound will stop working on ANY movie player (Quicktime, Real Player, MPlayer, etc..) PLUS nit work on the net either. BUT all interface computer sounds will work fine (volume button changing sound, trash, etc...) and iTunes works fine, music related players will work, actually quicktime will actually play music, just not the sound WITH a movie/clip, whatever... - ALONG with the fact that IF it is a Quicktime, or Real Player movie/clip I am watching and NOT getting sound to, it ALSO only plays the movie for like 10 seconds then the screen stops, but the timeline marker still moves. I can then pause and start the movie/clip and it will then pick back up, again though for only 10 seconds....
WEIRD !!!
Solutions I have come up with but find weird, yet don't ALWAYS work...
#1 - Launch all my players one by one, and then quit them. Then restart, then everything works fine. But seldomly works.
#2 - Drain my battery all the way dead, shut off my computer, charge it until full, then UNPLUG from charger and turn computer on.... everything works fine then... Solves issue more often. (I notice this issue seems to happen alot when some odd charging antics of mine happen, like half charging, or leaving plugged in for days at a time on accident, or using leaving plugged in for to many days at a time)...
#3 - Go to "Utilities", "Audio/Midi", and make sure sample rates are at 44.1, and if are just rechange to 44.1 anyway, then close. Works the most....
As you can see this is not a user issue. OF COARSE if I start up a new user account it would work fine, but a week later or whatever it would happen on ANY USER. So this is some odd bug, or issue with something.
Anyone else got anything to say about this ? Or maybe have a permanent solution to it ?
Thanks,

Got an answer and a break-through here on this subject/issue, so I thought I would just keep this topic updated. Even though no one seems to be replying.
As I also stated this in the "No Sound On Net" topic by Cassafrass that is highly related to this topic I have found that my 3rd solution stated in my original post is absolutely the most gauranteed solution 100% of the time. And now as I have waited for this to happen 2 times since then and fixed it both times I have found this to be true. As I went to the "Audio" tab in the Audio/Midi Utility I did in fact BOTH times now see that somehow the audio input and output were set to 96k !! I did not do this, and I am doing nothing to make it happen... WEIRD... But yet like I said, I just switched them both back to 44.1k and everything instantly began working fine and as usual.
So as this is obviously NOT a permanent fix. It does show though that it IS where the problem is, and it is a solution. Now to only find out what is making it switch itself to 96k sometimes.
Also it does make sense too, because the net and certain players just can not play output at 96k, and even if they can won't do so if the source of audio is not at 96k. And since most to all audio out there is at 44.1k (CD quality) this all makes perfect sense.
Oddly though, as I have been running tests, I was thinking I was doing something that makes this happen (since very few people seem to have this problem) -- but these last two times it happened, I literally have done NOTHING but very basic computer using. I wasn't doing my extensive professional stuff as I usually do. So its really odd.
It is possible from my previous activities that I have corrupted the preference file that is linked to the Audio/Midi utility setting.... and that is my next stage of trouble shooting in which I will report back with my findings... (as stated in the other topic as well).
PLEASE if anyone else has any input or anything to say on this matter, please feel free to do so.

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