Did not have the issue in 12.04, but I have the issue now on 12.10.
However the issue is not present if the program pavucontrol is running at the time I start VLC and I leave it running.
Also if I request VLC to ouput via ALSA, the issue is no present but I get another weird bug (I don't know if they are related): when I pause the video and I play it again, I don't get audio from VLC anymore. The only way to get audio back is to move the cursor position manually.
Did not have the issue in 12.04, but I have the issue now on 12.10.
However the issue is not present if the program pavucontrol is running at the time I start VLC and I leave it running.
Also if I request VLC to ouput via ALSA, the issue is no present but I get another weird bug (I don't know if they are related): when I pause the video and I play it again, I don't get audio from VLC anymore. The only way to get audio back is to move the cursor position manually.