Newbie VLC 0.8.1 sound staggers

[jss]

Hi - am very VLC newbie... just download 0.8.1. Installed no problems but when I play an mp3 from local disc file the sound "staggers" along - it plays about 1 second that there's a sort of very short break after which the sound resumes. These breaks are through the whole track (at regular intervals). Same thing when I play a .wav file. Machine is 1.3Ghz Athlon under NT4 SP6 0.5Gb mem mobo = asus A7N8X-X with onboard sound disabled. Soundcard = soundblaster. The sounds (mp3 etc) work fine if played by other software eg Winamp
tia

[ju$t a n00b]

i ahve a smiliar problem, whatever i am playing is like scratching, like playing double speed (only sound), terrible! my mainboard burned to a ruin and i installed an asus a7n8x, i can't get rid of ths prob.

[Swede]

i have almost the same problem on a 2 GHz intel, i have like 590 gb hdd.... whenever i acess my hdd while i play music(no prob when i watch an dvd or an movie file...) it must something with an disc reader plugin.... ehh ??