Bug#813543: vlc: doesn't output any sound

[Vincent Lefevre]

Control: found -1 2.2.1-5

On 2016-02-03 00:03:48 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: src:vlc
> Version: 2.2.2-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> After the upgrade to 2.2.2, VLC no longer outputs any sound. This is
> specific to VLC as there is no such problem with ogg123, for instance.

Downgrading the VLC packages to 2.2.1-5+b3 doesn't solve the problem.
In the logs, I can find errors like:

Feb 03 00:28:11 zira pulseaudio[1645]: [alsa-sink-ALC3228 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Invalid argument
Feb 03 00:28:11 zira pulseaudio[1645]: [alsa-sink-ALC3228 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Invalid argument

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