diff --git a/src/xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py b/src/xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py
index 93b67a6c62..907eb9593f 100755
--- a/src/xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py
+++ b/src/xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py
@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ def get_source_plugins():
             sources.append("pulsesrc")
     except ImportError as e:
         log("get_source_plugins() no pulsesrc: %s", e)
-    sources.append("autoaudiosrc")
     if OSX:
         sources.append("osxaudiosrc")
     elif WIN32:
         sources.append("directsoundsrc")
+    sources.append("autoaudiosrc")
     if os.name=="posix":
         sources += ["alsasrc", "jackaudiosrc",
                     "osssrc", "oss4src",
diff --git a/src/xpra/sound/src.py b/src/xpra/sound/src.py
index 0eba954947..0f4b6c16a5 100755
--- a/src/xpra/sound/src.py
+++ b/src/xpra/sound/src.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def __init__(self, src_type=None, src_options={}, codecs=get_codecs(), codec_opt
                 if BUFFER_TIME<LATENCY_TIME:
                     log.warn("Warning: latency (%ims) must be lower than the buffer time (%ims)", LATENCY_TIME, BUFFER_TIME)
                 else:
+                    log("latency tuning for %s, will try to set buffer-time=%i, latency-time=%i", src_type, BUFFER_TIME, LATENCY_TIME)
                     def settime(attr, v):
                         try:
                             cval = self.src.get_property(attr)