I have this same problem when using pulse audio with vlc. The sound starts out okay, but then gets garbled and stays that way until I reboot the machine. My sound also has a 2 second delay that is present when using vlc and skype. The delay might be a separate issue. If I use "vlc -vvv" to start vlc and select ALSA with the default settings, the delay is gone and after about 10 seconds the audio dies completely and vlc outputs
"[0x7f19f00048e0] main audio output debug: audio output is starving (21337), playing silence [0x7f19f00048e0] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (48071) [0x7f19f00048e0] main audio output warning: buffer is 48071 late, triggering upsampling" then I get a repeating string of errors like this: "[0x7f19f00048e0] main audio output warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (75778) [0x7f19f00048e0] main audio output warning: audio drift is too big (178071), dropping buffer" If I use AlSA and select the (hw 1:3) I bypass pulse audio and the everything works fine. The sound use to be of poor quality in skype until last night when it magically cleared up, but the 2 second delay is still present. I am using a fresh install of 11.04. I didn't have any of these problems on 10.10 with the same hardware. aplay -l gives: card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC662 rev1 Digital [ALC662 rev1 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I am currently using the HDMI for sound, the problem is also present using Analog sound. ....I was just playing with the sound and the poor sound quality in skype in back. Apparently after running vlc with pulse, the sound has stayed at a poor quality for both vlc and skype while totem works fine. I'm going to continue to test it and see if there is anything else I can find. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751265 Title: pulseaudio distorts VLC audio -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
