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> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1487168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs