[eliasmacpherson]

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera. I get stutters in VLC playback without pipewire - pulseaudio is to blame, Mint used to work better. Thanks for the heads up, I will not try fix what is broken with something that has known issues.

$ pactl info

Library Protocol Version: 35

Server Protocol Version: 35

Server Name: pulseaudio

Server Version: 15.99.1