2013 iMac, 27"
3.2GHz Intel Core i5
32GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB
HOST OS: 10.12.3 macOS Sierra
virtualbox: 5.1.14
Host Audio Driver: CoreAudio
Audio Controller: Intel HD Audio
GUEST OS: 10.11.6 El Capitan (currently testing with)
OUTCOME = SLOW & CHOPPY PLAYBACK!!!, Like think "slow motion", where it appears something is wrong with sample rate.
[from attached virtualbox log]
00:00:01.185717 Audio: Initializing Core Audio driver
00:00:01.185725 Audio: Using VBox 5.0.x audio code!
00:00:01.201255 Audio: Host audio backend supports 2 output streams and 2 input streams at once
00:00:01.201296 Audio: Initializing VRDE driver
00:00:01.201301 Audio: Using VBox 5.0.x audio code!
00:00:01.201304 Audio: Host audio backend supports 1 output streams and 2 input streams at once
I'm just trying to run ANY VERSION OS X (10.10, 10.11, 10.12) as a Guest VM within virtualbox WITH WORKING AUDIO for the simple purpose/test of:
1.) Install Spotify
2.) Play a song
That's it. I just want to use spotify within the guest to play a song and listen to the output through the host OS speakers. Pretty simple? -- But it seems we're still suffering from the no audio / choppy audio issues as when spotify begins to play the song, it plays back in a "SLOWED DOWN", or "PITCHED DOWN" rate, almost as though there is an issue with the sample rate of playback!?!?
Is OS X guest audio STILL UNUSABLE!?!? It seems like it's been like this, at least for me, since around Jul 2016 - possibly longer?
Can anyone confirm we're still waiting on a fix for this? I couldn't find any open I'm willing to help troubleshoot.