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Re: kvm win8 guest audio is terrible.

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On 5/20/19 2:55 PM, R. Ramesh wrote:
> I created a fresh install of debian stretch amd64. In that I created a 
> qemu/kvm guess install of win8. It only accepted hda as a valid sound 
> card. All others show us without drivers. So, I am limited to only HDA 
> as -soundhw. Further HDA sounds so broken if I try to test with any 
> sound file or youtube video. It is grainy/distorted and outright horrible.
> 
> Google searches mentions something about MSI and those approaches are 
> simply not accepted by win8. So, I could not use them. I am wondering if 
> there is something fundamentally wrong with windows guests or is there a 
> setting that I missing.
> 
> Ramesh

I have yet to see any virtual machine be as responsive as a host.  The 
latency is especially obvious when playing multimedia -- e.g. audio and 
video.  (I assume video games would be equally bad.)  If you want good 
audio and video performance, install Windows 8 directly on hardware.


David

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kvm win8 gues audio is terrible. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2019-05-17 07:30 +0200
  kvm win8 guest audio is terrible. "R. Ramesh" <rramesh@verizon.net> - 2019-05-21 00:20 +0200
    Re: kvm win8 guest audio is terrible. David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-05-21 04:40 +0200
      Re: kvm win8 guest audio is terrible. Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2019-05-21 14:40 +0200

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