Getting audio working for Windows 10 VM+GPGPU

[antik]

Checked right now and no problem at all.
"VM Win10 + K-lite Mega codecs + Medial player Classic + Apple AirPods"

[cbadoud]

I have nearly the same NAS as you (TVS-882BRT3), I've made the BIOS upgrade, I have a 1050Ti and I'm using HDMI sound output, but I still have big sound problems (cracks and then bugging completely). In my case, I admit that I tried a very special solution: a HDMI sound splitter (J-Tech Digital 4K 60HZ HDMI Audio Extractor Converter), because my screen doesn't have sound output. @antik: could you explain more precisely how you are outputting sound?

[newegg]

I have nearly the same NAS as you (TVS-882BRT3), I've made the BIOS upgrade, I have a 1050Ti and I'm using HDMI sound output, but I still have big sound problems (cracks and then bugging completely). In my case, I admit that I tried a very special solution: a HDMI sound splitter (J-Tech Digital 4K 60HZ HDMI Audio Extractor Converter), because my screen doesn't have sound output. @antik: could you explain more precisely how you are outputting sound?

Hi~~
Please switch device to MSI-mode by the MSI utility v2
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/windo ... ts.378044/
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2kkkvko7e ... til_v2.zip

I tried it with Win10, and it works.

[newegg]

Hi Folks,

Here is my checking steps as below:

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[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci | grep NVIDIA
12:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] (rev a1)
12:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 12:00 | grep MSI   (Before VM power on)
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
[~] #
[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 12:00 | grep MSI (After VM power on)
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00

[denisj]

I still play under Windows 8 and every think it' near ok ...
But sometime when I watch a movie, the movie begin to play like in slow motion anche the audio crack..
Then I close and reopen the player software (can be VLC, Chrome, Media Player etc...) and turn back ok.


Denis

[newegg]

I still play under Windows 8 and every think it' near ok ...
But sometime when I watch a movie, the movie begin to play like in slow motion anche the audio crack..
Then I close and reopen the player software (can be VLC, Chrome, Media Player etc...) and turn back ok.


Denis

Can you provide the status of MSI here?
I just tried to install a VM with Windows 8.1, and saw the status of MSI were "MSI: Enable-" of NVIDIA GPU cards.
After that, I tried to switch device to MSI-mode by the MSI utility v2 in my Windows 8.1, it also works.

[denisj]

Sorry... maybe I forgeted... what is the "status of MSI" ?
and where I can see it please ?
Thanks
Denis

[newegg]

Hi Folks,

Here is my checking steps as below:

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[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci | grep NVIDIA
12:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] (rev a1)
12:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 12:00 | grep MSI   (Before VM power on)
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
[~] #
[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 12:00 | grep MSI (After VM power on)
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00

Hi Denis,

Please see the above command to check, power on your VM first, then run the command to find your GPU cards:

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/QVS/usr/sbin/lspci | grep NVIDIA

Once you got the bus numbers (01:00), run this command:

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/QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 01:00 | grep MSI

[denisj]

So the first command:

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[/QVS/usr/sbin] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci | grep NVIDIA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

The second and the tirth command give me no results

Denis

[newegg]

So the first command:

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[/QVS/usr/sbin] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci | grep NVIDIA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

The second and the tirth command give me no results

Denis

In your case, please try following commands to get the status of MSI:

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/QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 01:00 | grep MSI (Before VM power on)
/QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 01:00 | grep MSI (After VM power on)

[denisj]

Ok... now it's work
This is before power on the VM:

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[~] # /QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 01:00 | grep MSI
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00

And this is after I power on the Win8.1 VM

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/QVS/usr/sbin/lspci -kvvs 01:00 | grep MSI
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00

It's like the same think.

Sorry... but what is this for please ?

Thanks again
Denis

[newegg]

This is what I saw from WIKI
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PC ... video_card
Slowed down audio pumped through HDMI on the video card
For some users VM's audio slows down/starts stuttering/becomes demonic after a while when it is pumped through HDMI on the video card. This usually also slows down graphics. A possible solution consists of enabling MSI (Message Signaled-Based Interrupts) instead of the default (Line-Based Interrupts).

In order to check whether MSI is supported or enabled, run the following command as root:

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# lspci -vs $device | grep 'MSI:'
where `$device` is the card's address (e.g. `01:00.0`).

The output should be similar to:

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Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

A - after Enable means MSI is supported, but not used by the VM, while a + says that the VM is using it.

[denisj]

Great help Newegg !!! ...thanks a lot.

I just find this page that explain how to activate MSI on card (audio and video).
Also here is a video (at 1:11) that explain how to activate using a windows *.exe program.

So before it was with "MSI: Enable-":

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[admin@NAS ~]# sudo lspci -vs 01:00
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2454
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at 2fe0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at 2ff0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+       <<<<<<<<<
        Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express
                LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn-, PerformEqu-
                LaneErrStat: 0
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2454
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at df080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+       <<<<<<<<<
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci

And now is with "MSI: Enable+":

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[admin@NAS ~]# sudo lspci -vs 01:00
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2454
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 157
        Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at 2fe0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at 2ff0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+       <<<<<<<<<
        Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express
                LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn-, PerformEqu-
                LaneErrStat: 0
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 2454
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 158
        Memory at df080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+       <<<<<<<<<
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci

Now I have to go to work... but when I'll turn back, I'll test it watching some movies

Thanks a lot again !!!

Denis

[cbadoud]

@newegg: YOU SAVED MY LIFE! Thank you very much, I've now solved the problem that made me angry during nearly 2 years! I've also learned a lot about the "latency" problem that affect Windows 10.

Anyway, even if sound if 99.9% OK (some cracks remains when system activity is too high), the overall latency of my Win 10 level is very bad (LatencyMon give me 4 long red bars!). I would like to know if it's normal, if like me, you have SSD cache in writeback mode? I've also installed Virtio drivers for my system disk, and results seem excellent (e.g. 2526 MB/s in sequential reads Q32T1 and 36 MB/s in 4KiB Q1T1), so I wonder why I still have these red bars (the problematic drivers are ataport.SYS + storpor.SYS).

[antik]

Does anyone have practical experience with playing Diablo 3 on QNAP NAS via VM with Win10 and GTX 1050 Ti graphics card?
Under the "quality" setting, the game is not so good and I have only around 30-55 FPS. After reducing various features in the game I get 50-75 FPS, but on youtube I saw that 1050Ti can handle + - 130 FPS.
Do you think the problem is within the "PCIe 3.0 x8" interface? (GPU can x16)