@jignacio what makes you think this is the same bug, since this one seemed to be specific to VLC? Did the workarounds in the description work?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024702 Title: [1002:4383 + VIA VT1708S] Crackling sound when using vlc Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Crackling on sound when using vlc on ubuntu 12.04. As suggested in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/PositionReporting I tried in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf setting options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 which appeared to have no effect options snd-hda-intel position_fix=2 which stopped the crackling but the sound was then broken up into sub-second chunks with gaps between finally in /etc/pulse/default.pa load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0 fixed the problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: colinl 1892 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe8f4000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,18490397,00100000' Controls : 38 Simple ctrls : 17 Date: Sat Jul 14 13:39:25 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound Title: [To Be Filled By O.E.M., VIA VT1708S, Green Line Out, Rear] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/21/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.00 dmi.board.name: A790GXH/128M dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd01/21/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnA790GXH/128M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2012-07-14T13:26:41.369257 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1024702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
