jang430 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I created a new Linux Mint 19.1 VM. Accessing from my windows PC, I was wondering what will be the best way to access my VM, and allow it to have audio. Currently, I didn't passthrough any GPU, neither does my motherboard have sound card, so no sound as well. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 hours ago, jang430 said: I created a new Linux Mint 19.1 VM. Accessing from my windows PC, I was wondering what will be the best way to access my VM, and allow it to have audio. Currently, I didn't passthrough any GPU, neither does my motherboard have sound card, so no sound as well. You can get a sound card emulated by editing the VM settings in XML mode and adding <sound model='ac97'> </sound> As to what the quality of sound you will get and what the best client to use is I am not sure. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yup, basic sound is ok already. What's the best client to use? Quote Link to comment
bastl Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 @jang430 NoMachine and Teamviewer provide you the ability to route the audio via the remote connection. If there is any way to have VNC or a Linux RDP server providing the same functionality I would be also interested in. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 I tried Teamviewer, I dislike the sluggishness. With VNC, seem to work very fast, and light. Though I don't have audio. Can't recall the experience with NoMachine though. Quote Link to comment
sonofdbn Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 @jang430, I also have a few Linux Mint VMs on my unRAID server, also no GPU and no sound hardware. I want to access the VMs from my Windows 10 PC, but I was unable to get any sound via any remote desktopping, but thanks to @itimpi I am now trying the ac97 emulation. VNC is, as you say, fast, but I can't get any audio. I managed to use Windows Remote Desktop (after a bit of fiddling around in Mint), but YouTube performance was a little choppy, although audio was fine (for me). Best was NoMachine, smooth video and audio. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 @sonofdbn, Thank you for your input. I tried Nomachine. I didn't like the many options presented when starting VM, seems overly complicated. So far, no other persons coming forward to give any better options :D I guess Nomachine is it. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 48 minutes ago, jang430 said: @sonofdbn, Thank you for your input. I tried Nomachine. I didn't like the many options presented when starting VM, seems overly complicated. So far, no other persons coming forward to give any better options I guess Nomachine is it. I am confused NoMachine is installed inside the VM so I am not sure why you are mentioning options when starting the VM. Quote Link to comment
jang430 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 I have NoMachine installed on the VM itself. But on the desktop that is to access the VM, I also have NoMachine installed, to be able to access the VM. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 28 minutes ago, jang430 said: I have NoMachine installed on the VM itself. But on the desktop that is to access the VM, I also have NoMachine installed, to be able to access the VM. OK . The first time you start NoMachine client it will take you through a tutorial on how you carry out various standard actions on the client. You can stop that displaying in subsequent launches so you get a minimal interface. Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 +1 NoMachine +1 VNCViewer I have used both and they worked equally well. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 53 minutes ago, testdasi said: +1 NoMachine +1 VNCViewer I have used both and they worked equally well. I have used both but got far better performance from NoMachine. In average apps they both worked OK but the difference became obvious when I tried to play video. Quote Link to comment
sonofdbn Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 8:06 PM, testdasi said: +1 NoMachine +1 VNCViewer I have used both and they worked equally well. Does VNCViewer play audio? Quote Link to comment
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