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Configuring an Audio Device (Sound)

Select: VM > Settings >Hardware > Sound Adapter

If your host operating system is configured for sound and your host has a sound card installed, you can enable sound for a virtual machine.

The virtual sound device is compatible with a Creative Technology Sound Blaster Audio API. It supports sound in Windows and Linux guest operating systems.

VMware Server sound support includes PCM (pulse code modulation) output and input. For example, you can play .wav files, MP3 audio and Real Media audio. MIDI output for Windows guests is supported through the Windows software synthesizer. MIDI support is not supported, and no MIDI support is available for Linux guests.

On VMware Server, most Linux distributions automatically detect the sound device and install the appropriate drivers. For Windows distributions, you must specify the sound driver to use.

You can set the following options under Device status:

Under Connection, you can choose which sound adapter to use if you have more than one physical sound adapter on your host computer. Select Use physical sound adapter, and then select the device you want to use from the drop-down list.

If you are adding a new audio device, click Add to install the device.

To remove an existing audio device, select that device, then click Remove.

Click OK to save the configuration and close the virtual machine settings editor.

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