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0 pointsArnavion3y ago0 comments

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.

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qalmakka3y ago· 2 in thread

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?

qalmakka3y ago

Docker is fine and dandy, but sometimes you just need to run an Ubuntu container that has to be persistent to run a few tests. debootstrap + systemd-nspawn -bD is amazing at that.

I am also curious about why GP needs audio in Linux VMs - I did similar tricks too but with Windows VMs, in order to pass-through my microphone to shoddy Windows-only corporate chat apps, but I never had the same necessity under Linux to be honest.

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