Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I don't know why YouTube turned off the comments for this video. Just let you know, the solution is still valid and it helped many people to fix the sound issue. Hope you enjoy it too! :) For Free VMware Workstation: youtube.com/watch?v=xXY2unzGyI0&t=89s&ab_channel=NostalgiaWindows
Download links:
1. VirtualBox virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
2. VMAudioBack zip file github.com/Raymai97/VMAudioBack/files/9173029/VMAudioBack.for.Host.20220723-alpha-r1.zip

For the one - click batch file, copy text between the dot lines to a text file and change the extension name to .bat.
PLEASE CHANGE THE FOLDER xxxxx TO YOUR OWN ONES which point to the zip file extracted folder and your "vmware.exe" location.
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@echo off
rem Sound fix
cd "C:\xxxxxx\xxxxxxx"
start /min VMAB.cmd
rem VMware
cd "C:\xxxxx\xxxx\"
start vmware.exe"
exit
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00:00 Symptoms: VMWare VM sound crackling
00:40 Solution to fix the sound issue
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