http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29294
--- Comment #39 from James Hudson xtroce@gmail.com 2012-03-09 13:01:42 CST --- ok, i checked vlc and it uses dsound, even when switching to win7. but what i found out was that if you use winetricks to make an overwrite on dsound.dll and use the dx9 one instead of the wine version the extreme stuttering goes away and there are just minor cracks in the sound. still not perfect but at least you can understand everything. I will install the patch you mentioned and try again. Furthermore i'll try to find a prog that uses mmdevapi and test if the problem is present there.