The easy way out is just to blame the hardware. The harder way is to make sure we don't block other things while waiting for the hardware. Which should be possible - the tricky thing is to avoid creating races at the same time...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to pavucontrol in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1504175 Title: Starting pavucontrol creates sound drop-out [related to C270/C910 Logitech webcam] Status in PulseAudio: Confirmed Status in pavucontrol package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With some media playing, start pavucontrol. Seen on hardware and virtual machine Sound mutes momentarily then restarts. Previous behaviour: No muting of playing sound when pavucontrol starts. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: pavucontrol 3.0-3build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-14.16-generic 4.2.2 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Oct 8 15:51:43 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-01 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20151001) SourcePackage: pavucontrol UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/1504175/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp