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Firstly, you need to install PulseAudio on your QEMU host machine, if it is not already installed. For example, on Ubuntu, you can install PulseAudio by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
There are two ways to configure QEMU to use PulseAudio:
You can use the following command to start QEMU with PulseAudio:
qemu-system-x86_64 -soundhw hda,intel -audiodev pa,id=pa0,out.mixing-engine=ladspa -device intel-hda -device hda-output,audiodev=pa0
Alternatively, you can create a QEMU configuration file to specify the PulseAudio settings. For example, you can create a file named myqemu.conf
with the following content:
soundhw hda,intel
audiodev pa,id=pa0,out.mixing-engine=ladspa
device intel-hda
device hda-output,audiodev=pa0
Then, you can start QEMU with the following command:
qemu-system-x86_64 -config myqemu.conf
After starting QEMU with PulseAudio, you can test if it is working by opening a terminal inside the QEMU virtual machine and running the following command:
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
This should play a sound from the virtual machine on your host machine's speakers/headphones.
Note: If you encounter any issues, you can try running QEMU with the -debug-info
parameter to get more information about the audio configuration.