I attach the output of alsa-info. I'm trying the methods you suggested in a minute.
BTW yesterday I logged pulseaudio using vlc. No choppy sound, however after a random number of minutes (at most 30) the audio output is trapped into an infinite loop a few seconds long, and finally stops completely after say 100 repetitions. If you think it's worth I can attach the logs (compressed). The cpu usage was quite modest. ** Attachment added: "Locally saved alsa-info output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/825709/+attachment/2620471/+files/alsa-info.txt.1TNwyE5Ea7 -- 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 Atom chipsets 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