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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="settings-audio">
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| 4 | <title>Audio Settings</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Audio</b> section in a virtual machine's <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window
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| 8 | determines whether the VM will detect a connected sound card, and if the audio output should be played on the host
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| 9 | system. </p>
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| 10 | <p>To enable audio for a guest, select the <b outputclass="bold">Enable Audio</b> check box. The following settings
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| 11 | are available: </p>
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| 12 | <ul>
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| 13 | <li>
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| 14 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Host Audio Driver:</b> The audio
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| 15 | driver that <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> uses on the host.
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| 16 | </p>
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| 17 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Default</b> option is enabled by default for all new VMs. This option selects the
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| 18 | best audio driver for the host platform automatically. This enables you to move VMs between different
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| 19 | platforms without having to change the audio driver. </p>
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| 20 | <p>On a Linux host, depending on your host configuration, you can select between the OSS, ALSA, or the
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| 21 | PulseAudio subsystem. On newer Linux distributions, the PulseAudio subsystem is preferred. </p>
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| 22 | <p>Only OSS is supported on Oracle Solaris hosts. The Oracle Solaris Audio audio backend is no longer supported
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| 23 | on Oracle Solaris hosts. </p>
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| 24 | </li>
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| 25 | <li>
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| 26 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Audio Controller:</b> You can
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| 27 | choose between the emulation of an Intel AC'97 controller, an
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| 28 | Intel HD Audio controller, or a SoundBlaster 16 card.
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| 29 | </p>
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| 30 | </li>
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| 31 | <li>
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| 32 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Enable Audio Output:</b> Enables
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| 33 | audio output only for the VM.
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| 34 | </p>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Enable Audio Input:</b> Enables
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| 38 | audio input only for the VM.
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| 39 | </p>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | </ul>
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| 42 | </body>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | </topic>
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