Setting "Audio Output" to ALSA seems to resolve this problem.
Technical Information:
$ lspci |grep -i audio 02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
VLC media player 0.8.6e Janus (wxWidgets interface)
Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) Hardy Heron
Setting "Audio Output" to ALSA seems to resolve this problem.
Technical Information:
$ lspci |grep -i audio
02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
VLC media player 0.8.6e Janus (wxWidgets interface)
Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) Hardy Heron