did your sound card support 44100Hz or 48000Hz ? this patch limited the supported rate
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/src/modules/alsa /alsa-sink.c?id=e67440e2208fb8182916493b57b75e91013510e7 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/?id=2a48c2d66f0484a914d626faecc3c6aba8851f0e -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069232 Title: Sound lags when opening video files Status in PulseAudio sound server: Confirmed Status in VLC media player: Invalid Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “vlc” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When I open any video file from Nautilus or from VLC I see that video starts but there is no sound. It takes a few seconds and the sound appears, but since the beginning of the audio track. So video and sound are out of sync. The workaround is to rewind the video at the beginning by using the slider. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: vlc-nox 2.0.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Oct 21 01:33:08 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20121006) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=ru_UA:ru PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/1069232/+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