The sound in Spotify was jumping or skipping much like a scratched disk would. After a little investigation I found a couple of ways to fix it with people saying one worked but the other didn’t for them. (Solution 2 worked for me).
Solution 1:
Open terminal and type:
winecfg
Click on the Audio tab along the top and remove ALSA and try OSS as your sound drivers
Solution 2:
gedit ~/.asoundrc
add the following line to the file:
pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
change the following to lines as shown below
default-fragments = 8
default-fragment-size-msec = 5
2 replies on “HowTo: Fix Jumping/Skipping Sound in Spotify under Wine – Ubuntu Karmic (9.10)”
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Dear Alex, any chance you could write these directions for someone who knows diddly squat about computers? I have an iMac and I have an intermittent (but persistent) problem with Spotify. The music often skips and jumps like a stylus jumping on a scratched vinyl record. I have no idea how to put it right. I don’t understand either of your solutions. Open the terminal? No clue!
Thank you very much,
Ann Collins