[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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