Re: The default sound device cannot be opened: A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system. Sound will be disconnected.

Hi,

I have host Windows 7 x64 HomeBasic and guest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

The working method for me was to remove pulseaudio and use alsa for sound output:

sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

p.s. I use Player 5.0.2, but i think, it should work for Workstation