Cannot connect microphone to VM

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cahem
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Cannot connect microphone to VM

Post by cahem »

Hello.
I'm using Windows 10 Home (and I haven't updated to the new 2004 update), x64. Processor AMD Ryzen 5. My guest machine is Debian. I want to connect the built in microphone on my PC to said Guest machine. I tried messing with the audio settings and got nothing (in fact, the audio ended up getting messed up, but it's fixed now).
I've searched around and all the questions like this ended up getting unanswered.
Thank you so much for your time.
scottgus1
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Re: Cannot connect microphone to VM

Post by scottgus1 »

I'm not certain how to troubleshoot these things myself, as getting audio into a guest hasn't been that big of an issue in how I run my guests.

Start the guest from full power off, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the guest from within the guest OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the guest with the Power Off option set.

Please right-click the guest in the main Virtualbox window's guest list, choose Show Log. Save the far left tab's log, zip the log file, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.

Also, please right-click the guest in the main Virtualbox window's guest list, choose "Show in Explorer/Finder/File Manager". In the window that opens, zip the guest's .vbox file, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
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