I just installed Windows 10 on VirtualBox (Mac) but I have no audio. What's wrong? Host is CoreAudio Audiocontroler is Intel HD Audio. When I change it to ICH AC97 nothing happens in Windows only a red cross in the audio settings.
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Try switching the guest audio driver to Intel HD Audio. ICH AC'97 Is a very old codec from 1997 and will most likely NOT work on newer hardware. EDIT: Despite having the option, VBOX does not support MacOS at ALL, and will not recognize anything other than the mouse and keyboard.

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Component:	audio	Version:	VirtualBox 3.0.12
Keywords:	Cc:
Guest type:	other	Host type:	Mac OS X

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VBox.log (55.0 KB) - added by g5ptech1e11 years ago.: File illustrating CoreAudio failure - external audio system in usage

Virtualbox Audio Driver Mac Os X

I have the same problem using VBox v5.1.3, r109189 on an 15' MBP OS-X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) host with Windows 10Pro. Sound doesn't work at all. Sound doesn't work at all. No way to solve this issue after doing many changes in more than a week. Mac os 10.8.6 boot drive.

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Changed 11 years ago by g5ptech1e

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comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by pentagonik

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The Audio section in a virtual machine's Settings window determines whether the VM will detect a connected sound card, and if the audio output should be played on the host system.

To enable audio for a guest, select the Enable Audio check box. The following settings are available:

Host Audio Driver: The audio driver that Oracle VM VirtualBox uses on the host. On a Linux host, depending on your host configuration, you can select between the OSS, ALSA, or the PulseAudio subsystem. On newer Linux distributions, the PulseAudio subsystem is preferred.
Only OSS is supported on Oracle Solaris hosts. The Oracle Solaris Audio audio backend is no longer supported on Oracle Solaris hosts.
Audio Controller: You can choose between the emulation of an Intel AC'97 controller, an Intel HD Audio controller, or a SoundBlaster 16 card.
Enable Audio Output: https://drtree.amebaownd.com/posts/18217985. Enables audio output only for the VM.
Enable Audio Input: Enables audio input only for the VM.