# Audio passthrough in Desktop app

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855 "2024-11-07T21:54:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![redmonp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/redmonp/32/2105_2.png) [@redmonp](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/redmonp)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/1 "2024-11-07T21:54:19Z")

</div>

We have a use case where a group will be listening to a video or audio and identifying specific points in the audio. Has anyone been able to get audio passthrough to work via the Desktop app?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/2 "2024-11-07T22:03:17Z")

</div>

I don’t think the library we use for VNC connections (noVNC) has support for audio.

> <https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues/302>
>
> Would require implementing, for example, a PulseAudio server in javascript.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![redmonp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/redmonp/32/2105_2.png) [@redmonp](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/redmonp)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/3 "2024-11-08T15:33:06Z")

</div>

Do you have any plans to try and get it to work, or is that not on your radar?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mjbludwig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/mjbludwig/32/684_2.png) [@mjbludwig](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/mjbludwig)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/4 "2024-11-08T15:44:05Z")

</div>

That would be up to the novnc maintainers to implement. Doubt they have looked into it any further given the date on that git post.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jose-d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jose-d/32/703_2.png) [@jose-d](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jose-d)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/5 "2024-12-03T08:13:17Z")

</div>

there were attempts to use html5 and webRTC for remote desktop. Sound worked. My impression used to be that it is not yet production ready, but things possibly improved, and/or, possibly you have capacity/capabilities to fix that.

Take look here: [Selkies · GitHub](https://github.com/selkies-project)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/audio-passthrough-in-desktop-app/3855/6 "2025-06-01T08:13:36Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.