[pulseaudio-discuss] Pulseaudio for Network Streaming without Virtual Soundcard Hardware ?

[Patrick Rynhart]

On 22/09/2013 11:49 a.m., Patrick Rynhart wrote:
> Is it possible to use Pulseaudio for Network Streaming without Virtual
> Soundcard Hardware ?
>
> I've got Debian installed as a VM on ESXi 3 and I'm wanting to Stream
> audio from this as a Server to an ESD sink.  The problem is that this
> hypervisor doesn't support audio hardware.  In particular:
>
> # cat /proc/asound/cards
> --- no soundcards ---
>
> Is it possible to emulate a soundcard (to use as a source) ?  If so, how
> do I go about doing this ?

Okay - This seems to be what I'm looking for:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-aloop

Let me know if there's another way to do this or if I'm incorrect.

Thanks,

Patrick