Keep Losing Sound

[nabamer.]

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit host, running a Windows XP Pro 32-bit guest. I am using Windows DirectSound with ICH AC97 audio settings.

At seemingly random times, I will lose sound on the guest. I usually don't notice it until I try to play a video or sound file; however, it does happen occasionally during the play of a video or sound file. When sound is lost, it is lost to the entire guest; in other words, this isn't a specific program situation.

It seems that the only way to get the sound back is to delete the sound card from the device manager in the guest (Intel 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller) and then shutdown the guest and restart it. If I delete the sound card and try the 'scan for new hardware' option, the guest will blue screen and restart automatically. I have tried restarting without deleting the device, but the sound never comes back this way.

Any ideas?

[Sasquatch]

Please try to grab the BSOD you get. Disable automatic restart on failure in the System Properties > Advanced. Post the BSOD error here.

[nabamer.]

Here it is:



This is a secondary issue though, as far as I can tell. The main issue is that the guest loses sound seemingly at random.

[nabamer.]

I can also say with confidence that this has been happening for at least the last 2-3 upgrades. It happens even after I uninstall VirtualBox and install a new version. Any ideas or suggestions to diagnosing the problem?

[Pulsar33]

Hi All,

I have the same (first) issue with MINT 17 running a XP SP3 32 bits guest :
I seemingly random lose sound on the guest when playing a video (only, not music) whatever player I use ( VLC, Mplayer, FFplay and even Flashplayer for online TV replay )

Has someone found a solution ?

Best regards
Pulsar33

[Pulsar33]

Hi,

I've found another related post : Audio problems in Windows Vista guest on Ubuntu Karmic Koala
But no solution there, too.

Have a good day
Pulsar33

[Pulsar33]

Hi

Maybe I'm the only guy to experiment this issue ?
Please, if you are running XP SP3 guest & MINT or UBUNTU Host without any sound problem, let me know

Regards
Pulsar33

[Pulsar33]

Hi,

Is there at least somebody who's running XP SP3 32 bits Guest on MINT or UBUNTU Host ? Is your sound ok ?

As said above (maybe not clearly) the sound of my Guest works for a while, then stops.
What can I do ?

My configuration is described below.
Regards
Pulsar33