Slow sound on Linux guests using VB 3.0.6 on Snow Leopard

[phreakshew]

OK - I installed pulse audio. Now what?

[phreakshew]

Thanks to Kresh

In the Applications -> Utilities folder there is a program named "Audio Midi Setup". Run this program and select "Built-In Output" in the left pane and select "48000.0 Hz" in the right pane and your Linux sound will play at normal speed.

This did seem to work, at least so far. I also have Soundflower on my Mac so I made sure to set the output for that at 48000.0 Hz as well.

[loukingjr]

I had the same problems. Running VB 3.0.10 and Ubuntu 9.10. I found ways around it before but I may have found a cure. Don't ask me why I tried it, but I installed PulseAudio for the heck of it and I haven't had slow sound since. Good Luck

Why did you try it?

maybe I'm OCD... lol

[loukingjr]

oops, I spoke too soon. since some of my Linux distributions come with pulse, they may or may not start at the right bitrate, and some, when I took pulse out were fixed and some not, and none were always fixed. it seems to be a function of the virtualbox loading and then whatever Linux machine you open. as I have mentioned elsewhere, whatever rate I change my Mac to with Audio Midi Setup, VB chnages it to 44.1k. Then after I reset i to 48k, some Linux distributions re-reset it. blah lol

[loukingjr]

make sure the mini toolbar is on and don't run VB in spaces and see if it helps with the slow sound issue. did for me. snow leopard 10.6.2 & virtualbox 3.0.10