Problems with stereo mixing using windows xp host

[billy]

Hi am new here and I need some help with my strero mixer in my windows xp host ,am using virtualbox I THE LATEST VERSION .


The thing is when i try to record an audio with stereo mixer FROM THE INTERNET like youtube there is no soundcoming out is totally silient I tried to install the drivER realtek audio driver OR AC97 so i get sound but it doesnt work am not sure what am doing wrong maby i have to update a driver or theres some other confliction i am not aware of , i hope u can help me marco

HOPE SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TELL ME am new in the forum
i also tried to see iof my drivers in xp host were up to date and 4 i belive arent .

maby thats the cause too

greeding

[mpack]

I'm finding it very hard to understand your post. Do I understand you tried to install a Realtek audio driver in a VM? That obviously won't work, as RealTek is not one of the audio simulations offered by VirtualBox. Your choices are SB16, AC'97, and Intel HD Audio. In fact you shouldn't need to install any drivers, as the guest OS has native support, provided you didn't change the audio chipset type selected by the template.

The host is more or less irrelevant, but if you meant to say XP guest instead of host then AC'97 is the correct choice.

[billy]

Hi there so in other words realtek audio doesnt work in virtualbox its not support it i tried downloading Ac97 i belive another version u mentioned , what is intel hs audio stand for am stilll new in virtual box and not so familiar .

i just wanted to get the driver because there is no sound in stereo mix i tried even configuring it in sount controller i made a check mark in stereo nothing happends totally silance .


i installed xp host in virtualbox how do i change the audio chipset type selected by the template how do i do that never done so.

can u give me some direction.how to do it am sorry am still new to this marco

[mpack]

VirtualBox provides a VIRTUAL MACHINE to the guest OS. That means that every piece of hardware which the guest sees directly, is a simulation. It is not your real hardware. The only exception is the CPU, as guest code runs natively on the host CPU.

The VM settings control the "recipe" of the virtual machine. In the audio section you'll find the options available to you for sound hardware in the guest - I already listed the options in my previous post. You'll see that realtek is not among them, and nor is it relevant that a different PC (your host) may have RealTek audio.

It isn't a matter of supporting or not supporting host realtek audio. It's your host OS which has to support realtek: your host applications (including VirtualBox) just use the host OS audio API. Those apps don't know or care what chipset your soundcard uses.

Hopefully you now understand why installing RealTek audio drivers in a guest OS is not a useful thing to do.