I'm affected too by this bug, the updates did not solve it, and I can confirm that it started to happen about a couple of weeks ago.
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) -- 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