those emulated sigmatel ac97 codec inside virtualbox 4.x support stereo only
which host os are you using linux/windows ?
do you have a real sound card support 5.1 ?
which audio backend do your virtualbox5.0 using ?
it seem that the emulated ad1980 ac97 support multi channel
profiles: input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60, available: unknown) output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000, available: unknown) output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown) active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
those emulated sigmatel ac97 codec inside virtualbox 4.x support stereo only
which host os are you using linux/windows ?
do you have a real sound card support 5.1 ?
which audio backend do your virtualbox5.0 using ?
it seem that the emulated ad1980 ac97 support multi channel
profiles: analog- stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60, available: unknown) analog- stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000, available: unknown) analog- stereo+ input:analog- stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060, available: unknown) analog- surround- 21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) analog- surround- 21+input: analog- stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) analog- surround- 40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown) analog- surround- 40+input: analog- stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown) analog- surround- 41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) analog- surround- 41+input: analog- stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) analog- surround- 50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown) analog- surround- 50+input: analog- stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown) analog- surround- 51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown) analog- surround- 51+input: analog- stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown) analog- stereo+ input:analog- stereo>
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