VNC and sound

[Mike Wright]

On 10/30/2015 06:01 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/30/2015 04:25 PM, Chris Kottaridis wrote:
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>> I don't seem to get sound. It doesn't seem to come out on my VNC client
>> or on the VNC server's sound card. My remote machine is close enough
>> that I could run a wire from it's sound card to the speakers on my desk
>> if that is easier. But, right now I can;t get the sound to come out the
>> VNC server sound card.
>>
>> Any pointers or recommendations are appreciated.
>
> TigerVNC doesn't handle sound. If you have PulseAudio on your Windows
> client, you could tell the remote system to use it as a sink and the
> audio from it would appear on the client's audio.

I just put a page together describing how I got sound from a virtual 
machine using PulseAudio.  Substituting a physical ethernet device for 
the virtual one used in the example should work just as well.

http://hostisimo.com/pulse/index.html

Mike Wright