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    • thwrT
      thwr @Deleted74295
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      @Breffni-Potter said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

      I gave up on that linux VM so can't test it but I tried many things under the sun involving ALSA and PulseAudio, I had a real Linux brain box helping me out with it and neither of us could get it working after a week of trying different things out.

      So that's not urgent at all. You made me curious, so maybe I'll take a look into it during the next few days 😉

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      • Deleted74295D
        Deleted74295 Banned @thwr
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        @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

        @Breffni-Potter said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

        I gave up on that linux VM so can't test it but I tried many things under the sun involving ALSA and PulseAudio, I had a real Linux brain box helping me out with it and neither of us could get it working after a week of trying different things out.

        So that's not urgent at all. You made me curious, so maybe I'll take a look into it during the next few days 😉

        Oh it was urgent 3 months ago 🙂

        The fix was to bite the bullet and pay triple the cost for a Windows VM to do it.

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        • thwrT
          thwr
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          Hehe. Is Ubuntu Server 16.04 ok for you?

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          • Deleted74295D
            Deleted74295 Banned @thwr
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            @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

            Hehe. Is Ubuntu Server 16.04 ok for you?

            Sure, whenever really, no rush.

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            • chrisnbrooksC
              chrisnbrooks @thwr
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              @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:
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              https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2119648

              Good read! Wish I still had my blade in Chicago so I could test this out just for gits and shiggles.
              Maybe finally time to renew that contract ... this time sans hosting clients.

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              • thwrT
                thwr @chrisnbrooks
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                @chrisnbrooks said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:
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                https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2119648

                Good read! Wish I still had my blade in Chicago so I could test this out just for gits and shiggles.
                Maybe finally time to renew that contract ... this time sans hosting clients.

                Just create a VM with no sound hardware 😉

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                • chrisnbrooksC
                  chrisnbrooks @thwr
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                  @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                  @chrisnbrooks said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                  @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:
                  ...
                  Maybe finally time to renew that contract ... this time sans hosting clients.

                  Just create a VM with no sound hardware 😉

                  Hah! Nooo... Just take my money!!!

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                  • thwrT
                    thwr
                    last edited by thwr

                    Ok, got it. It's actually pretty simple. Tried this in a fresh new Ubuntu 16.04.1 VM on VirtualBox. The VM does not have sound hardware (disabled in VirtualBox).
                    I had some problems with the recorded file, there was just white noise. Turned out something went wrong when I tried to record the output using arecord and pipe that to lame to get a MP3. Switched to WAV instead.

                    Preparations:

                    sudo modprobe snd-aloop
sudo apt-get install alsa

                    Check devices:

                    tw@ubuntu-snddummy:~$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 7/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
tw@ubuntu-snddummy:~$

                    Play something

                    sudo aplay -D hw:0,0,0 sample.wav
Playing WAVE 'sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo

                    Record (different shell)

                    sudo arecord -D hw:0,1,0 -f cd record.wav

                    PS: Did everything as root to avoid any permission issues.

                    Source:
                    http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-aloop

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                    • Deleted74295D
                      Deleted74295 Banned
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                      Nice work, really good find.

                      Will remember to try this in the future.

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr
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                        Thanks, I was just curious 😉 Please report back if that works for you.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          This got way more popular than I had been expecting it to be!

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                          • thwrT
                            thwr @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                            This got way more popular than I had been expecting it to be!

                            Now we just need to find use-cases for this 😉

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @thwr
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                              @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                              This got way more popular than I had been expecting it to be!

                              Now we just need to find use-cases for this 😉

                              That's the bigger challenge 😉

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @thwr
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                                @thwr said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Server - Virtual Sound Card:

                                This got way more popular than I had been expecting it to be!

                                Now we just need to find use-cases for this 😉

                                Back in the late 90s, a group of ~50 engineers and FEA people would have loved to have that available. We could do 3D remotely, but sound without an audio card, not so much.

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