diff -ur pulseaudio-5.0.orig/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c pulseaudio-5.0/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c
--- pulseaudio-5.0.orig/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c	2014-01-23 13:57:55.000000000 -0500
+++ pulseaudio-5.0/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c	2014-11-13 14:09:28.606895196 -0500
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@
 
     /* The PCM pointer is only updated with period granularity */
     if (snd_pcm_hw_params_is_batch(hwparams)) {
-        pa_log_info("Disabling tsched mode since BATCH flag is set");
-        _use_tsched = false;
+        pa_log_info("Not disabling tsched mode since BATCH flag is set");
+        /* _use_tsched = false; */
     }
 
 #if (SND_LIB_VERSION >= ((1<<16)|(0<<8)|24)) /* API additions in 1.0.24 */
@@ -1449,8 +1449,8 @@
     if (pa_running_in_vm()) {
         /* We cannot depend on being woken up when we ask for in a VM,
          * so let's fallback to classic IO based playback then. */
-        pa_log_notice("Disabling timer-based scheduling because running inside a VM.");
-        return false;
+        pa_log_notice("Not disabling timer-based scheduling because running inside a VM.");
+        /* return false; */
     }
 
     return true;