Setting "Audio Output" to ALSA seems to resolve this problem. Technical Information:
$ lspci |grep -i audio 02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value VLC media player 0.8.6e Janus (wxWidgets interface) Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) Hardy Heron -- [Hardy] skipping sound in vlc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222597 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs