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    white noise in vlc (Solved)

    since a week i am getting white noise + ( the stream music / video sound )
    while using vlc.. is anyone else facing the same problem?
    i searched i bit.. ubuntu natty also has same problem it seems..
    but that is because of pulse audio and they claim it goes when switched to alsa.
    asus A52N
    Dual boot: Kubuntu 11.10 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
    AMD Athlon II 64 X2 | 4 GB DDR3 RAM | ATI Radeon HD 4200
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    #2
    Re: white noise in vlc

    Yeah I’ve had nothing but trouble with pulseaudio. Pulseaudio and gstreamer have a bad habit of locking the audio device, and this has become worse in natty due to kded4/notification bug. So I recommend everyone using natty to remove pulseaudio, install phonon xine backend:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-xine
    and set it as prefer backend:
    Code:
    kcmshell4 kcm_phonon
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      #3
      Re: white noise in vlc

      Originally posted by ubuntuku
      Pulseaudio and gstreamer have a bad habit of locking the audio device,...
      Well, I haven't experienced any problems with Pulseaudio and the Phonon Gstreamer Backend. All sound works perfectly, in all applications, including DVD audio and CD Audio, on my laptop.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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        #4
        Re: white noise in vlc

        @Snowhog: even in vlc?
        @ubuntuku: thanks.. i will try that and report back
        asus A52N
        Dual boot: Kubuntu 11.10 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
        AMD Athlon II 64 X2 | 4 GB DDR3 RAM | ATI Radeon HD 4200
        windoze free since 2009 12 16 (Vijay din= Victory day)

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          #5
          Re: white noise in vlc

          It turns out as the common problem for many users..
          and here is the solution:
          open vlc>Tools>Preferences>Audio>Output Module>change to ALSA

          yey
          asus A52N
          Dual boot: Kubuntu 11.10 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
          AMD Athlon II 64 X2 | 4 GB DDR3 RAM | ATI Radeon HD 4200
          windoze free since 2009 12 16 (Vijay din= Victory day)

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            #6
            Re: white noise in vlc (Solved)

            Thanks guys. That fixed my VLC also.

            Last week VLC had a lot of white noise. Today I tried it again before remove PulseAudio. The noise wasn't there but after a few minutes CPU went to 100%, sound stopped, VLC crashed after gobbling most of SWAP.

            I then removed PulseAudio as ubuntuku suggested. VLC has been working fine now for several hours.

            I don't use the now nefarious skype and can't think of any other reason to dog the system with PulseAudio.

            Thanks.
            Ken.
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