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Most problems with the sound in Linux can be solved by removing PulseAudio I am not the author of the phrase, but I will quote it here, because I strongly agree with it: Sound is choppy in VirtualBox guest (tested with win XP only).When switching between songs or rewinding/seeking in Audacious sound becomes choppy.

When playing movies, pause buttons stops the video, but the sound continues to play for ~5 seconds.

Slider of Pavucontrol gradually increases the sound to ~60%, then just jumps to 100%.

Mute button mutes the sound but does not unmute it.

Here is the list (not the full one) of issues I was experiencing with PulseAudio: I have uninstalled PulseAudio long time ago because it was the source of countless bugs and glitches. So now Skype can only be used with PulseAudio. The problem I have faced is that in v 4.3 as part of improvements, Microsoft has dropped the support of ALSA: The situation is simple I have to update to newest version even on my Linux Mint machine. If this info is new for you, feel free to read: I will skip the emotional part a.k.a "What do I think about MicroSoft". Microsoft has recently changed Skype protocol to force users to update to newer version. I have been using Skype for over 10 years now, almost since the initial release, and most of my friends/family/colleagues use it too.