I have added the PPA, but as of this evening a new version of libasound2 was just pushed down. I still have the issue and still do not have a pulseaudio option in vlc.
$ sudo apt-get install libasound2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libasound2 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. $ apt-cache policy vlc vlc: Installed: 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release: 9.10 The choppiness I experience seems to be happening at the beginning of the file, not sure if it's a buffering issue or what, the number of Lost buffers is not consistent other than some are lost on each played file, usually near the beginning. -- [i855] Choppy audio playback https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402018 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