Hi. I could not figure out how to make it work, and ended up finding a fix in ubuntu forums. In Pidgin preferences -> sound -> i changed Method: from Automatic to Alsa. That fixed it in Pidgin. For Mplayer the problem seems to have disappeared. But i use VLC half the times.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609556 Title: ALSA re-verb (severe buzzing/audio distortion.) EG: When playing Pidgin alerts/YouTube -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs