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djdave238
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‎07-06-2022 12:09 AM

Windows XP Guest, Laggy Audio

I am running Workstation Pro 16.2.3 build-19376536 on Windows 11 (21H2, 1000.22000.778.0) and I have tried everything I can find on the internet to get an XP guest to not have terrible, laggy, choppy audio, including:

  • SetTimerService
  • VMAudioBack (both modes)
  • VMAudioFixTray
  • pciSound.useSoundLib = "FALSE"
  • Running WMP
  • Disable Side-Channel Mitigations
  • Install VMWare Tools in guest

Absolutely nothing has worked, including combinations of the above.

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djdave238
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‎07-12-2022 06:35 PM

Is there *any* official guidance on how to address this?  The silence is deafening.

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continuum
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‎07-13-2022 07:30 AM

You will not get any official replies here - this forum is maintained by volunteers.
Only the hosting is done by VMware.

In my experience the only reliable way to get halfway decent sound in a VM is to use an external USB2 sound card and connect it via USB2 to the VM.


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I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

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djdave238
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‎07-13-2022 10:02 PM

Downgraded to VMWare Workstation 16.1.2 and now the sound in XP Guest is fine 99% of the time. 

Seems like a clearcut issue with VMWare Workstation to me.

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