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[kubuntu] Sounding Distortion with Amarok in 12.04

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hello After a recent update I've been having sound distortion issues streaming audio files in my browser, or playing them in Amarok. However, if I play the same file in VLC the distortion goes away. It is hard to describe the distorted sound, it is as if another layer has been added to the audio. In the foreground you can hear the undistorted sound but over-layed in the background is slightly delayed distortion that follows the sound track. It is like the sound of distorted audio when you have poor satellite signal on TV. It's the sort of sound effect people use in movies when they are (Hardware)

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