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[Nybo <792549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found a solution. Apparently there is a problem with Pulse Audio on
linux, when you do start/stop too frequently.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Linux_Issues

PulseAudio: Audacity's PulseAudio support generally works well. PulseAudio doesn't support ALSA's mixer interface so Audacity's Mixer Toolbar input slider is disabled under PulseAudio. Audacity can freeze using PulseAudio if playback or recording are started or stopped very rapidly or frequently. Playback can also occasionally be distorted or excessively fast. Patches are welcomed to improve our PulseAudio support. Meantime a reported workaround for freezes or glitched or skipped playback is to launch Audacity from the terminal with the following command:
env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 audacity

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Title:
  Audacity freezes when clicking on the audio timeline during playback

Status in audacity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: audacity

  When playing back an audio project, you can click on the timeline to
  seek within the project. Sometimes when doing this, audacity freezes
  up. There is no error message. Audacity must be manually killed and
  restarted. This happens rarely but often enough that I can reproduce
  it several times in the course of using audacity for a couple of
  hours.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: audacity 1.3.13-3ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun  3 21:09:00 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/audacity
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110422)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: audacity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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