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).
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).