Sound problems with Windows XP Guest

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ChrisJenkins
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Sound problems with Windows XP Guest

Post by ChrisJenkins »

I'm running VirtualBox 4.0.2 64-bit on Windows-7 Professional 64-bit. I have a Windows XP professional guest (32-bit, SP3 plus all latest patches). Audio in VirtualBox is configured for SoundBlaster-16.

I find that audio from applications in the guest plays fine but if a guest app exits sometimes the audio continues to play. Often, this audio 'overrun' turns into a cacophony of choppy noise which continues indefinitely. I also find that sometimes a low continual audio 'clicking' will start when the guest OS is running even when no sound related things have happenned in the guest.

I have no audio problems whatsoever when the guest OS is not running.

Any ideas on how to resolve this or at least troubleshoot it?

Thanks, Chris
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Re: Sound problems with Windows XP Guest

Post by Perryg »

Don't use the legacy SoundBlaster-16 audio.
ChrisJenkins
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Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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Re: Sound problems with Windows XP Guest

Post by ChrisJenkins »

Thanks. Changed to AC97 and all is good now.

Chris
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