http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16607
--- Comment #21 from M.Kiesel winehq.org@continuity.cjb.net 2008-12-26 17:17:30 --- To clarify my comment: I'm also using ALSA (only - no PulseAudio, not even OSS compatibility modules). Reece's patch broke sound in Prince of Persia SoT and WW for me. Maarten's patch fixed it. I don't know why *larger* buffers are an issue here, either, but they are.
For completeness, SoT with Reece's patch wasn't completely silent but stuttering faint sound was playing (sometimes).
I guess this bug might also be related to the sound card used (snd_hda_intel/ATI SBx00 Azalia here).
Strange there's no word from Reece here...