[twylight]

I traced the source of my computer audio weirdness - I use VM workstation sometimes to do work on my big rig. I am 100% sure it doesn't release sound resources correctly now. I highly recommend not kicking off VM sessions on your bit-perfect rig and rebooting afterward if you do.

So foobar/jriver/etc is on my main rig, but the resource tagging of kicking off VM sessions is causing audio issues, slight, but degrading.

I might leave a little laptop for audio due to this...

 

[riceboy]

Just curious. What version of VMWare are you running and does it have all the current updates? I have VMWare which is why I'm asking. Thanks

 

[leeperry]

it's like ppl using foobar w/ a bit-perfect renderer on a MAC....it has to go through the host audio subsystem anyway, so it's not quite bit-perfect...especially on a Mac

 

[twylight]

riceboy - 6.50
leeperry - my audio stuff isnt in VMware, but I understand what you are saying.

Its dedicated laptop time...I am dying without vmware being up all the time.

 

[twylight]

I totally disabled the sound in the vm session - maybe that will help it leave it alone. LEAVE MY FOOBAR ALONE.

 

[krmathis]

Interesting!
I used to have VMware Fusion installed for quite a while, for testing GNU/Linux distros and like, and never found it to lock down sound resources after I quit the VM session and VMware. But then again, I may have missed it.

Certainly worth having in mind next time I give it a spin.

 

[twylight]

I knew something was going - it was clicking and stuff when I would kick off sessions...I finally caught listening to some Norah Jones that was all of the sudden distorting slightly (albumn is very hot recording anyways) and it never did that before. Killed it rebooted and it was gone...

Right now I have audio set to not connect at startup of the VMs, might help.

 

[riceboy]

Thanks for the info twylight. I hope you have solved your issue