Question Running a Virtual Soundcard on a Virtual Machine

[Rhysd007]

Hi all, first post - wondering if you can help.

I need to set up a virtual soundcard on a virtual machine (in hyperV) and send the audio thru our network via Cat5.

We have looked at DanteVS and a Neutrik box, but Dante want a MINIMUM OF 200 on the Virtual Machine version...!

Does anyone have a similar solution that could work? Thanks in advance.

 

[TerryLaze]

You should really try to give a better explanation of what exactly you need to do,
qemu and dosbox emulate a range of soundcards but they might not do what you want to do.
Is a real sound card not an option?

 

[USAFRet]

Hyper-V does not, in itself, pass audio.
Not even sure a "virtual soundcard" would get around that.

VirtualBox does pass audio natively.

 

[Rhysd007]

Thanks for your replies

Is a real sound card not an option?

Not on a VM, no. We have an incoming audio stream (3.5mm jack) which needs to go into a box which can then be connected to our network. The Virtual Soundcard software (running on Server2016) needs to pick this up from the network, will be compressed/whatever they do to it on the software, and then will broadcast it from the server to a streaming site. I appreciate the explanation might not give a clear idea of what we need :/

Qemu and Dosbox would do the virtualisation I think, just not sure how they'd work with the hardware we'd need. Hoping for a solution that comes as a pair, like Dante VS - which would do this (with a Neutrik box) but that's a no go for now due to their licensing policy.

It's possible with HyperV we just need some software with a physical box that connects to the network.

 

[TerryLaze]

Not on a VM, no.

How about a real sound card on real hardware? Or even just your normal mobo sound, you can use OBS or whatever to get the audio input and stream this to wherever on any network you want.

I'm pretty sure you can buy a box that will turn 3.5 jack input into a network stream, so many podcasts there has to be such a stand alone device.

 

[Rhysd007]

How about a real sound card on real hardware?

Sadly not, I am hosting the server their VM lives on offsite.

Finding a box that does that conversion to stream should be easy, it's finding one that works with a Virtual soundcard software I can install.

 

[TerryLaze]

So the 3.5 jack lives in a different space and the VM has to pick up the signal as an audio signal?! Why?! Do you need that specialized of an editing on that source?
Does the audio tool you want to use only take input from a sound card?
Why can't you just take the stream of the audio and edit that instead of the real audio input?!