Audio not working on Android running on Virtualbox?

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I installed Android on Virtualbox, I'm using Android x86 downloaded from http://www.android-x86.org/download I chose version 2.3 the eeepc version (android-x86-2.3-RC1-eeepc.iso). The problem is the sound is not working, I tried all 3 choices in Virtualbox settings. My current settings: ``` Host driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 ``` The choices I tried for the audio controller setting: ``` Intel HD Audio ICH AC97 SoundBlaster 16 ``` I'm currently running Windows 7 and my audio driver is the default windows driver. I searched and found people with the same issue, but I couldn't understand anything as I'm not an advanced Linux user some solutions talk about the ALSA driver but I couldn't find how to install it and use it. Also could it be from the installation .iso file I chose ? my computer is `Acer Travelmate 2480`. Update While checking the Android x86 website I found that we should use SoundBlaster 16 instead of ICH AC97. I also tried the `alsa_ctl init` command insid…

Accepted Answer

Check for your sound cards detected using

```
alsa_aplay -l
```

and select the first card

```
alsa_ctl init 1
```

Have you checked here of using this

```
alsa_amixer set PCM 100 unmute
```

or do as described here

Read some crap to understand about Sound Architecture or Try using VMware Player or VMware Workstation its a better alternative, here you can find some good tutorials

Audio not working on Android running on Virtualbox?

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