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QEMU fails with (digital) Audio-CD support - Alternatives? (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 16.04.2026, 16:06

> I also had a very poor SB16 emulation on both VirtualBox (no sound at all)
> or PCEm (very poor sound quality)

Thanks for the info, but my question wasn't about the quality of the SB emulation. Btw, VirtualBox's SB emulation works, but IIRC you must not use the ICH9 machine type.

> You can try to use use either DosBox-X or DosBox-Staging which emulate
> almost well SB16, but I'm not sure if they provide support of CD raw mode.

AFAICS no. They support raw reads via "cue sheets" and the IMGMOUNT cmd, but no access to any real device - much alike 86box. DosEmu2 also fails...

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Complete thread:

• JLM AHCICD: new (preliminary) version - Japheth, 06.04.2026, 22:07 (Announce)
  • QEMU fails with (digital) Audio-CD support - Alternatives? - Japheth, 12.04.2026, 22:45
    • QEMU fails with (digital) Audio-CD support - Alternatives? - FFK, 13.04.2026, 03:38
      • QEMU fails with (digital) Audio-CD support - Alternatives? - Japheth, 16.04.2026, 16:06