I am marking this as fixed.
Reasoning:
1) severe crackling was fixed before Jaunty release 2) minor crackles every now and then could be a different bug 3) problems with VLC could be unrelated
I am marking this as fixed.
Reasoning:
1) severe crackling was fixed before Jaunty release
2) minor crackles every now and then could be a different bug
3) problems with VLC could be unrelated