Having this issue too when I went to play a video on a large external
monitor. Video playback works fine with mirror mode, but not
otherwise.
Also, I just tried installing the new Lucid beta, and the problem
persists. This is not totem specific, VLC and mplayer have the same
issue. I'm not
I have a HP dv9000 and was having what sounds like the same problem.
Turns out the PCM was set somehow to 600 something out of 100. I could
see the exact value in alsamixer. Bumping it down to 100 fixed
everything.
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Distorted sound after upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy
