Sound drops while playing DVD

Hopefully I can describe this issue accurately enough for some assistance.
My MacMini is connected to a TV via DVI and a 3.5 audio connection. Recently, when watching DVDs through Front Row, I have been noticing audio dropout during loud scenes in movies. The sound does not go out totally it just reduces, almost like it looses stereo, then jumps back up to normal volume when the scene background noise decreases or stops.
I've also noticed that sometimes the sound is not perfectly synched with the video image, this is rare though and is so slight you can barley notice sometimes.
Any idea why this might be happening? Is there anything I can do with my system configuration to help this?

I'm sorry no-one has been able to help you. I'd say that was rare, but looking back at some of the other threads you've started I can see why you might conclude that Apple Discussions isn't much help!
While I can't help you directly because this is not a problem that is familiar to me, I use a Mac mini (older G4 model) to play TV content (Real media files) on a TV, and Front Row to access and play a ripped DVD library. I don't experience either sound dropout or audio-sync issues you describe, but it does make me wonder what type of files you're playing, and how (without going into details since discussion of ripping methodologies isn't allowed here) the DVD content is put on your system for replay. In other words, my first suspicion would be whether something in the ripping process is causing these problems.
Given that I can't offer a similar experience I realize this isn't all that helpful, but perhaps that might get the ball rolling - with luck!

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