No audio

cornishbeaver

Hi all, I have installed OpenBSD in qemu, it is working like a charm. The only issue I have is that there is no audio and I have not been able to get it working? Any advice would be most welcome.
Kindest Regards, Adam

nettester

Someone please correct me if i am wrong but as far as i know Qemu doesn't emulate an audio device, therefore it's no surprise that sound isn't working. Sadly i don't think there is much you can do about this besides maybe configuring an USB/PCI passthrough of an appropriate device.

Vitalii

Hello! What's your host OS?

At least for Linux (host)/NetBSD (guest) this works:
-audiodev alsa,id=snd1 -device ac97,audiodev=snd1

In guest NetBSD this is needed for smooth playback:
sysctl -w hw.audio0.blk_ms=100

I'm typing this by heart and may not remember exact syntax, but it definitely works, I used to use an emulated sound card in QEMU for NetBSD from Linux.