Please don't undo others' work. A vlc dev marked your report 'Invalid' as a bug with vlc because the information you've provided doesn't verify that the issue is specific to vlc.
You never told us what audio output you're trying to use, whether you reset the configuration, installed the pulse plugin, etc. Audio information might be helpful as well: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo ** Package changed: vlc (Ubuntu) => alsa-driver (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- 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/1204297 Title: vlc does not play audio Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When attempting to play a video using vlc, an error always occurs: Audio output failed: The audio device "iec958:AES0=0x2,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2" could not be used: Device or resource busy. --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-28 (474 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: vlc 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4 Tags: third-party-packages raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (111 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1204297/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
