I can confirm that changing VLC's settings to something other than 'Default' for audio is a successful workaround, but if 'Default' causes problems then that's a bug!
(sorry if this is irrelevant, this is just a very annoying bug, so I thought I'd add my voice here) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) -- (Feisty) VLC sound quality is poor for many video files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103025 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs