Backported from:

	http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=c1622c2c6e0e15a38fef723086ca8bf75a75b46b

--- modules/audio_output/oss.c.orig
+++ modules/audio_output/oss.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #else
 # include <sys/soundcard.h>
 #endif
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #ifndef SNDCTL_DSP_HALT
 # define SNDCTL_DSP_HALT SNDCTL_DSP_RESET
@@ -209,6 +210,22 @@ static int Start (audio_output_t *aout, 
     }
     aout_FormatPrepare (fmt);
 
+    /* Select timing */
+    unsigned bytes;
+    char buf[1024];
+
+    if (spdif)
+        bytes = AOUT_SPDIF_SIZE;
+    else
+        bytes = fmt->i_rate / (CLOCK_FREQ / AOUT_MIN_PREPARE_TIME)
+                * fmt->i_bytes_per_frame;
+
+    int frag = (AOUT_MAX_ADVANCE_TIME / AOUT_MIN_PREPARE_TIME) << 16
+             | (32 - clz32(bytes - 1));
+    if (ioctl (fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT, &frag) < 0)
+        msg_Err (aout, "cannot set 0x%08x fragment: %s", frag,
+                 strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1));
+
     sys->fd = fd;
     VolumeSync (aout);
     sys->starting = true;