Sound Device Management Parameters

This group of parameters is used to manage sound device settings of your virtual machines. The parameters syntax is as follows:

prlctl set < ID | name > --device-add sound --output < name >

[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]

prlctl set < ID | name > --device-set sound --output < name >

[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]

All VM sound device-related parameters are explained in the following table:

Parameter Name	Description
`sound`	Informs the `prlctl set` command that the device to be added to the virtual machine is a sound card.
`--output` `name`	The name of the output device on the Parallels server.
`--input` `name`	The name of the input device on the Parallels server.
`--enable`	Enables the specified sound device. All newly added sound devices are enabled by default (provided the `--disable` option is omitted).
`--disable`	Temporarily disables the operations with the specified sound device.
`--connect`	Use this option to have the sound card automatically enabled inside the virtual machine on its start.
`--disconnect`	Use this option if you do not wish to have the sound card automatically enabled inside the virtual machine on its start.