[Bug 479868] [NEW] VLC sound light stuttering every few seconds (pulseaudio, alsa, oss) (video or music file)

[mahen]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vlc

Since Ubuntu 9.10 (AMD64) (didn't happen in Jaunty), VLC (even the
updated version that chooses Pulseaudio by default) produces some light
sound "stuttering" every few seconds when playing a video or even just a
music file.

It sounds a bit like what you hear when you have a corrupt file (but
they aren't). It happens about every 5 seconds (and you can also hear in
the first second of the file). Here it happens with ANY file (.avi, .mp3
.ogg...). It doesn't happen with any other audio player. I tried all
possible modes (alsa, oss, pulseaudio) : they all lead to the same
result.

I also tried the VLC PPA with a slightly newer (1.0.3) version : same
result.

Sound is perfect in all other apps (except audacious2 that needs the alsa plugin to play properly, or the famous wine bug).
My audio device is the following :
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller

vlc:
  Installé : 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
  Candidat : 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
 Table de version :
 *** 1.0.2-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I don't report it upstream for the time being (tell me if it's
necessary) because it seems distro related as it didn't happen in
Jaunty.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 10 10:08:18 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: vlc-nox 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: vlc
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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VLC sound light stuttering every few seconds (pulseaudio, alsa, oss) (video or music file)
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