What fixed the problem for me for vlc was to install vlc-plugin-pulse, which was not used by default.
So sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-pulse stopped the crackling (running jaunty). -- [jaunty] ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card 'Intel' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs