February 25, 201610 yr Hello All, So I've been playing with my fancy new VM-capable system and I've been trying to create a Windows 7/10 virtual machine that can replace my everyday desktop. So far so good. I've managed to create my Windows VM, connect to it through VNC, and last night I created another one and passed-through an old HD4670 video card. Now, in order to create a VM replacement for my desktop, I'm going to need audio. The motherboard doesn't have built-in audio, but the 4670 does provide audio over HDMI. Unfortunately, my monitors are DVI only, so I need another solution. I could of course purchase a stand-alone sound card, and then stream that to my speakers using a bluetooth usb dongle, but I was hoping there would be some way to do the same with the existing audio provided by the HD4670. The Question: Has anyone managed to passthrough video card audio over usb, or know that it can be done, or is the audio provided by a video card only accessible over HDMI? A follow-up question: What have others done when no built-in sound card is available? Thanks!
February 25, 201610 yr Author Use a usb audio dongle. Cost about $10 for the cheap ones That's definitely a solution, though I would still need to get the bluetooth dongle to transmit to my speakers. In all honesty, that is probably the way I'll go, but I want to see if it is possible to use the audio from the video card... Anyone have experience with passing video card audio through usb instead of hdmi?
February 28, 201610 yr I am not sure that I fully understand your Problem, but if you want to "reroute" Audio-Output to a diffrent audio-device, you can try VB-Audio Virtual Cable.
February 28, 201610 yr you could use an hdmi audio splitter such as http://www.amazon.co.uk/Optical-Toslink-Converter-Adapter-Splitter/dp/B00SIZEPOQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456653770&sr=8-2&keywords=hdmi+splitter+audio+out Or if you used a bluetooth dongle (just make sure its a 4.0 ) you could output the sound through the bluetooth aswell http://www.amazon.co.uk/Racksoy-Professional-Bluetooth-Adapter-Compatible/dp/B00KNPTHS8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1456654367&sr=8-5&keywords=bluetooth+usb+4.0
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