Ubuntu server 24.04 with Mate desktop how to get VNC audio transferred to Windows client.

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:28:35 -0400, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com>
wrote:

>Bo Berglund writes:
>
>> I have tried googling but FireFox/Google AI responses show up with  
>> misunderstood
>> basics...
>
>I just tried this myself, and the very first Google result I got for "VNC  
>passthrough audio" stated:
>
>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/138350/how-can-i-forward-sound-over-vnc
>
>"VNC does not support sound."


Thanks for the link to that discussion!

That thread is pretty old, started 10 years ago with most of the discussion
ending many years ago.
One would think that by now it should have been solved....

The latest post from Darshan L on Sep 18, 2020 says:

[quote]
The latest RealVNC supports Audio. However, it is supported only on Enterprise
and Professional licensed software. Check this article -

https://help.realvnc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002504358-Audio-FAQ#how-do-i-turn-the-audio-feature-on-or-off--0-5
[/quote]

Since Ubunto does not have RealVNC and I am using TigerVNC on my server and
RealVNC only as the client on Windows 10 I guess I am out of luck unless someone
on the Ubuntu side has a way to set it up using TigerVNC....

Is this not a feature that also Ubuntu users would need?


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden