Poor Sound on XP Guest with XP Host

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dangling
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Joined: 22. Feb 2010, 15:57
Primary OS: MS Windows 2003
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Ubuntu 8.04

Poor Sound on XP Guest with XP Host

Post by dangling »

I use VB for most of my software testing however I cannot resolve sound problems on the guest machine. I use Adobe Captivate to record software tutorials but trying to run this on a XP guest machine always results in very scratchy sound quality. I realise there have been numerous posts about this, I have installed the latest 3.2.8 but the problems still persist. has anyone managed to find a solution.

Plantronics USB Headset on XP SP3 Host
Default Intel driver on VB XP Guest SP3 .net 4
Captivate is using line for the recording

I have to revert to using virtualPC for the tutorials which is a nuisance.

Regards
Paul
dangling
Posts: 15
Joined: 22. Feb 2010, 15:57
Primary OS: MS Windows 2003
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Ubuntu 8.04

Re: Poor Sound on XP Guest with XP Host

Post by dangling »

I have just run some quick tests using the latest build 3.2.10 and it appears that sound problems have been resolved this is great news I can now ditch the remaining virtual PC vm I was running. for testing. FYI if you are running XP guests you need to go to the control panel - sound - advanced and deselect the mute checkbox for line in in order to get a USB microphone to work.

thanks
Paul
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