Subject: Re: [vserver] Sound devices under vservers?
From: Tor Rune Skoglund <trs@swi.no>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:23:06 +0200

Thanks Herbert!

Will look into jackd.

BR,
Tor Rune Skoglund, trs@swi.no

Den 10. sep. 2016 20:31, skrev Herbert Poetzl:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 08:26:20PM +0200, Tor Rune Skoglund wrote:
>> Although unrelated to the original question, how would you
>> suggest to share and/or prioritize/select sound output from
>> potentially a range of guests (or other sources) on the host?
>> Giving /dev access to each guest would probably just work for
>> the guest that first grabs the device ---- or maybe all sound
>> just would be mixed together? - I have no idea!
> 
>> aRts, Phonon, PulseAudio, virtual sound device that pipes sound
>> from guest to network stream....???? (I am just throwing out
>> buzzwords here, as I have near to no clue on how the Linux
>> sound system actually works and the state of it...! ;-) )
> 
> Yes, a sound server, like jackd or the very 'popular'
> pulseaudio will be required if you want to share audio
> hardware between different guests.
> 
> A network connection is probably prefered over a unix
> socket connection, but both should work if done properly.
> 
> HTH,
> Herbert