I can confirm this problem. Problem occurs even on totem. killing pulseaudio helps.
Interestingly there are some words on mplayer-current-svn about problems with pulseaudio. ** Also affects: pulseaudio Importance: Undecided Status: New -- mplayer pulseaudio freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212493 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs