[Assist] Strange sound problem

[bill-auger]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:45:55 -0500 Jonathan wrote:
> Usualy there is a way for to select on what I want to hear it.
> (Gaming headset or built-in audio analog stereo).  (pavucontrol)
> For some reason with qemu (with pa), it doesnt offer me this choice.  

pavucontrol would normally work as you expect except it seems your qemu
configuration is using the USB sound card exclusively, preventing pulse
from using it - unless real-time latency is a high concern, there of
no noticeable benefit of pass-through for a sound card


On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:45:55 -0500 Jonathan wrote:
> I would like to be able to hear in my gaming headset every other
> thing, not just what is happening in my vm.

this also would normally work as you expect if you let qemu handle the
sound output - that becomes simply another pulse client on the host
(if that's your thing)


On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 21:09:52 +0000 grizzlyuser wrote:
> If that's the case, then to output the audio from both the host and
> the guest using the same headset, you just have to use some virtual
> audio device, and select the headset in the host as the default audio
> device. "-soundhw ac97" is already present in the script, so it seems
> to be sufficient.

or, more simply, remove the pass-through and let qemu "just work" by
default

or, for more sophisticated needs, use the net-device features of pulse
(or JACK, if low-latency is a concern)