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0 pointsstjohnswarts3y ago0 comments

I find libvirtd to be fine other than sound when compared to virtualbox. I never did get sound to not be laggy and jerky in qemu on linux hosts.

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Arnavion3y ago

For a Linux guest, I just forward the host's pulseaudio socket over ssh.

    ssh -R /run/user/1000/pulse/native:/run/user/1000/pulse/native -X the-vm the-audio-using-command

I use this VM for occasional video watching and for video conferencing and haven't had any audio problems.

qalmakka3y ago

This is a good hack, and it works better than a lot of alternatives, albeit Linux-on-Linux VMs have arguably few uses since systemd-nspawn exists (so you can just --bind the Pipewire socket in the VM)

dotancohen3y ago

I'd say that Docker has replaced more Linux-on-Linux VMs than has systemd-nspawn. That said, I'm seriously interested in what GP is doing that he's forwarding audio. Maybe testing desktop distros? Circumventing DRM? Multiseating an office with thinclients?

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