This is the same as http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/6853 and is a regression in PulseAudio version 2.0. For some reasons, PulseAudio starts playing back the VLC stream two seconds after VLC asks.
That cannot work nicely from user experience point of view. ** Bug watch added: VLC Trac #6853 http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/6853 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069232 Title: Sound lags when opening video files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vlc/+bug/1069232/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs