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virtualbox and multimedia keyboard

Posted: 8. Oct 2017, 13:54
by legluondunet
Hello,
my guest OS does not receive my multimedia keyboard key signal, is it normal?
When I press on volume + or volume - my guest OS receive nothing.
Virtualbox does not transmit all the signal of my keyboard from the host to the guest?
Thank you for your help.

Re: virtualbox and multimedia keyboard

Posted: 8. Oct 2017, 14:23
by socratis
Multimedia keyboards are not the same as the typical old PS/2 keyboard. VirtualBox emulates the latter, so you won't see any of your multimedia keys passed on to the guest.

Re: virtualbox and multimedia keyboard

Posted: 8. Oct 2017, 15:07
by legluondunet
thank you for your answer.

Re: virtualbox and multimedia keyboard

Posted: 13. Oct 2017, 20:12
by MPerz
You can try creating a USB filter to pass the keyboard to the VM directly. Keep in mind - and this is very important - that you would have to have a separate keyboard attached to your host, because the host would no longer receive inputs from it while the VM is running.