I cannot reproduce the previous behaviour with the special pulseaudio version. It works better than the one from the distribution (tested with banshee, vlc and youtube). Skips are hardly noticeable and not frequent.
However, when I played a mp3 file with vlc I heard a crackling sound for several seconds at the beginning. I attach the log. ** Attachment added: "Pulseaudio log of 60s of mp3 playing with vlc" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/825709/+attachment/2578501/+files/pulseverbose.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825709 Title: Choppy sound due to excessive rewinding on low-end (Atom) CPUs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/825709/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs