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[Philipp Blanke <philipp.blanke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rule of thumb: if sound does not work correct and you use Gnome, chances
are good that the reason is pulseaudio. Because of that, I simply
deinstalled pulseaudio and just use the installed ALSA, i.e., configure
all applications I need (skype, mplayer, mpd, ...) to use ALSA.

Configuring applications to use ALSA without deinstalling pulseaudio
will not give the expected result, since the sound is routed through
pulseaudio nonetheless. This can lead to glitches.

In summary: deinstall pulseaudio, configure VirtualBox to use ALSA and
there are no more glitches.

Cheers,
Philipp


On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 07:17 +0100, Michal Kvasnicka wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 13:09 +0100, Philipp Blanke wrote:
> > Hello Norbert,
> > 
> > I did not go to all the hassles you had, but installed Windows 7 with
> > VirtualBox. Since VT works with the appropriate BIOS hack and VirtualBox
> > supports 3D acceleration now, this solution is fine for me. If using
> > fullscreen VM with VirtualBox-addons (VB graphics driver, etc.), the
> > integration is perfect, allowing also for file exchange between W7 and
> > Linux via mounted directories.
> > 
> > So, in summary, since W7 under VirtualBox works like a charm, this could
> > be a possible road to go. (While not solving the underlying deeper
> > issues).
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Philipp
> > 
> 
> Hi Philipp,
> 
> what about quality of sound (audio support) under VirtualBox? I have
> serious troubles with this part of system setup. I found some reports of
> the same problem on VirtualBox.org forum, but without any relevant
> solution.
> 
> So far, the combination Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 x86-64 (host) + Windows 7
> Ultimate x86 (guest)  has terrible problems with audio setup.
> 
> Any experience from your site?
> 
> Thanks in advance, Michal
> 


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