[LAU] Multiple audio configuration requirements
Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Wed Jul 11 08:14:00 UTC 2012
> > > VirtualBox only supports pulseaudio...
> >
> > Are you sure about that?? I used VirtualBox here, and don't have pulse
> > installed. Virtualbox uses alsa here just fine.
>
> I guess not 100% sure, but I definitely remember reading on one of
> their forums one time that they intend to maintain active support only
> for pulse.
Audio for my Vbox does work without PA.
Guest is XP SP2.
Browser Safari 5.1.7.
Test song "Sergio Mendes (Antonio Carlos Jobim), The Waters of March":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtrR5YvZRxg
$ pacman -Qi virtualbox
Name : virtualbox
Version : 4.1.18-1
$ pacman -Qi virtualbox-ext-oracle
Name : virtualbox-ext-oracle
Version : 4.1.18-1
$ pacman -Qi pulseaudio-dummy
Name : pulseaudio-dummy
Version : 1.0-1
URL : None
Licenses : BSD
Groups : None
Provides : pulseaudio
Depends On : None
Optional Deps : None
Required By : gnome-settings-daemon pulseaudio-alsa
Conflicts With : pulseaudio
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 4.00 KiB
Packager : Unknown Packager
Architecture : any
Build Date : Sun 15 Jan 2012 01:43:53 AM CET
Install Date : Sun 15 Jan 2012 01:45:38 AM CET
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description : A dummy package that pretends to provide pulseaudio.
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