Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Microphone not working in Windows 7 guest running on Virtualbox (v4.3.16) from a MAC OS X (Mavericks) host?
Microphone not working in Windows 7 guest running on Virtualbox (v4.3.16) from a MAC OS X (Mavericks) host?
The very first thing you should do is to change the Audio Controller in VirtualBox. Below is a setting that worked for me:
Windows will complain about not finding a suitable audio driver but if you know that all you need is to install a "Realtek AC'97 Driver" for "Windows 7" then you will find http://www.ac97audiodriver.com
After installing the driver followed by a Windows restart you should be able to setup the microphone using the "configure/setup microphone wizard" options. If you get into troubles make sure "properties/advanced" show as default format "2 channels, 16 bit, 44100 Hz (cd quality)" as shown below:
I have read on the web the suggestion that this setting should match the host settings which you can set from the "Audio MIDI Setup" application. I have tried different combinations and it still works, the important thing is to rerun the setup microphone wizard to make sure distortion is kept to a minimum. In any case I left mine with the below settings:
The very first thing you should do is to change the Audio Controller in VirtualBox. Below is a setting that worked for me:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh_akp_IZrK7yv6BTfBdIVc6jEtC6sMhapWhiJhhdHqLjI7AbGDTP22JDLl8Th-AqCnu6vf4W1DVtHuFZSXOo9rvv5-3ZgbbqQIkvFthWLqYwOCPeIMPNcZ0iFeY3U3eQllVwvg/s320/Screen+Shot+2014-09-11+at+4.47.36+PM.png)
Windows will complain about not finding a suitable audio driver but if you know that all you need is to install a "Realtek AC'97 Driver" for "Windows 7" then you will find http://www.ac97audiodriver.com
After installing the driver followed by a Windows restart you should be able to setup the microphone using the "configure/setup microphone wizard" options. If you get into troubles make sure "properties/advanced" show as default format "2 channels, 16 bit, 44100 Hz (cd quality)" as shown below:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja94TY6AC6IMWq4KBl73ziGefznOrvTMLMZx9B50c-YnwHWLkeMoKZLFS6dw3u1N36odvCKx9NJWOHhVLeH0qrvuGfOxe3BpzbrkBEdmGv9BLexn0hItofrc8hZX7i-ZJtUWFSkg/s320/Screen+Shot+2014-09-11+at+4.58.43+PM.png)
I have read on the web the suggestion that this setting should match the host settings which you can set from the "Audio MIDI Setup" application. I have tried different combinations and it still works, the important thing is to rerun the setup microphone wizard to make sure distortion is kept to a minimum. In any case I left mine with the below settings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB8Vl9DB9mNDNFFgvKIMfJqRUjphkiadvuvqSZ1ELU1XKS3Mk_jaA6LQeXU_gBjCKX9KACCO2kjBA9SIOHD6Rf8JxdK9RSYFy05tBS4nzjOmVkP7QniruFtUu_DV50ObEQsATWw/s320/Screen+Shot+2014-09-11+at+5.03.44+PM.png)
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Is your team continuously improving? Would you share your Agile / Lean Journey? Bring the JIT to the Software Industry
Is your team continuously improving? Would you share your Agile / Lean Journey?. I hope that my presentation on Continuous delivery will invite others to help bringing to the Software Industry the Just In Time mentality.
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