- #Mac os x vmware sound problem mac os x#
- #Mac os x vmware sound problem install#
- #Mac os x vmware sound problem driver#
So changing this in the host made the problem go away, but it does not seem to have been an incompatibility between the guest/host settings as it first appeared. I reduced the setting in the host to 16-bit, 192000 Hz (Studio Quality), and then the sound quality in the guest was great.īut strangely, I then tried changing the host setting to 24-bit/192000 Hz, 32-bit/192000 Hz, and finally back to 32-bit/48000 Hz where it had started, and sound in the guest was fine with all of them. There I had it set to 32-bit, 48000 Hz (Studio Quality) while in the guest the best available (of the only 3 choices there) is 16-bit, 44100 kHz (CD Quality). After some trial and error what fixed it was to change the sound format in the host (Sounds control panel, Speakers Properties, Advanced tab, Default Format).
#Mac os x vmware sound problem mac os x#
Personally, I tried a similar kernel extension with an experimental Mac OS X 10.4 (client) VM: the sound device was indeed recognized in System Preferences, but there was no sound from the speakers anyway (maybe an outdated driver?): so there is no guarantee that it will work.I was having this same issue with really bad crackly/choppy sound in a Windows-10 VM under a Windows-10 host, with the speakers in the guest set to stereo. Sadly, to download the kernel extension, it looks like one must subscribe to their forum.
#Mac os x vmware sound problem driver#
It is indeed correct to add the sound device from within the virtual machine's settings: but audio won't simply work in the VM because Mac OS X doesn't include the required driver (which seems to be developed mainly by the above hacker communities). where one can download some audio kernel extensions (or sound drivers) for the (virtual) Ensoniq card that VMware Fusion uses (if I'm not mistaken).
#Mac os x vmware sound problem install#
The problem is that these kernel extensions are unofficial and usually provided by the Hackintosh community (essentially those who like to install Mac OS X on unsupported hardware): so it isn't easy to get things to work! So, if there's anything else I could try, I'd really appreciate some hints I am literally lost without sound output and would really be glad if there was some kind of solution for this. So, what happened is I installed 10.6 Snow Leopard Server with sighted assistance, then added Vmware Tools - only to find out it didn't work in the end which I think is really a shame.
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The problem for me personally is that I am completely blind and have to use Voice Over (a screenreader program built into Mac os) to know what is happening - Voice Over reads out what's on the screen, but in order to do so it needs a sound card of course. Also, in the preferences of the virtual machine, there is a check box that will connect a sound card to the vm - but obviously that won't work for some reason.
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It's not working, despite me downloading by myself the vmware tools so that's fine. Does Fusion really not support sound officially? I was talking to a Vmware technical support representative a few days ago, who told me I would be able to get sound feedback after the os and Vmware Tools would be installed - but it still wouldn't work. So I'm running VMware Workstation Pro 15.5.0 and I'm trying to unlock the button to get access to the Apple Mac OS X check box to create a Mac OS 10.14 Mojave VM. Thanks, thanks for your response! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find this kernel extension you mentioned yet.