Your FFmpeg installation is hosed, probably because you have messed with third party repositories or PPA's. In this case, VLC is unable to decode most audio codecs, so no wonder you have no sound.
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530858 Title: VLC with pulseaudio doesn't work -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs