This appears to still be an issue. With or without tsched=0 pulseaudio dies or stalls consistently for me, though not always with the same files.
E: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_update() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 13835058055282160256 bytes (418293516391 ms) Most likely this is a Linux bug. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Underrun! Soft CPU time limit exhausted, terminating. Hard CPU time limit exhausted, terminating forcibly. Aborted That /is/ an amusing large value... This actually just started happening within the last week or two (jaunty updated daily) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => In Progress -- pulseaudio sometimes pauses playback for 5 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319118 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