[alsa-devel] intel 8x0 ALSA driver in virtualbox - choppy sound

[Lex F]

On 13 August 2010 18:07, Daniel Chen <seven.steps at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Lex F <archguest at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe it's direct ALSA, I have choppy output even with
>> aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/*.wav
>
> Make sure you aren't being routed through pulse; i.e., try:
> aplay -Dplug:front /usr/share/sounds/alsa/*.wav
>

I am perfectly sure it is not being routed through pulse as I do not
have pulse installed. I run arch linux and I know pretty much every
package on my system :)

For the sake of experiment, I run the command as you suggested and it
did not make any difference.

I have just booted the kernel with sound debug on, will see what it tells.