Comment 4 for bug 222597

I just installed Hardy today, 64 bit from DVD. I can confirm that skipping is present and it happens regardless of the audio file format or system load. Installing vlc-plugin-alsa doesn't seem to do much (for me) nor does setting all sound outputs to ALSA. I get one noticeable skip every 2-6 seconds.

None of the other players have any problems.

While writing this I've been listening and can't take it any more. Hello totem and mplayer (since totem can't handle m4a).

~/$ lspci |grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)