** Summary changed: - [Hardy] VLC has huge audio delay in ALSA mode, sometimes locks Pulseaudio + [Hardy] VLC has huge audio delay with default settings, sometimes locks Pulseaudio
** Description changed: Binary package hint: vlc I'd like to report the following: In Hardy the included version of VLC (0.8.6.release.d-0ubuntu3) has big problems at the moment, which seem to be caused by the latest update in Pulseaudio (dunno if it was the latest Ubuntu patch version or 0.9.9 altogether). - Anyway, when playing a video using the default sound output module (I - suppose that VLC), there is a five second delay between video and audio. + Anyway, when playing a video using the default sound output module + (which is ALSA), there is a five second delay between video and audio. Sometimes, when I close VLC immediately after the sound has started playing, VLC closes correctly, but the last sample cached, loops indefinitely, causing Gnome to become almost completely unusable (Terminal can't be displayed, most buttons on the panel lock the same up when being pressed and many other things). Usually the only way of recovering this is restarting my computer. - The interesting thing is that VLC doesn't show this in OSS mode. + The interesting thing is that VLC doesn't produce this in OSS mode. -- [Hardy] VLC has huge audio delay with default settings, sometimes locks Pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192154 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs