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(In reply to comment #135)
> (In reply to comment #134)
> > Another reason, as has been discussed, is that pulse adds unreasonable latency
> > to be used as a general purpose software mixer (as in one that is suitable for
> > professional applications).
>
> Dude, that's an argument against PulseAudio in general; not a valid reason for
> Wine not to support a native Pulse output (not that there aren't valid
> reasons). The fact is that most desktop distributions are shipping PulseAudio
> by default, and audio not working is a major paper cut for less technical
> users.
Agreed, but my point is that Wine is a general-purpose solution that has to cater for professional-level applications. It is my understanding that Wine is simply incapable of doing that with pulse due to the latency issues and the design of pulse.