[mythtv-users] Netflix under MythTV

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'd double-check your VBox settings. Is VT-x enabled?  And enough memory
>>> allocated?  Does your display color depth in Windows match your host?
>>>
>>> I am running Ubuntu 9.10 host with Win XP on Virtual Box to stream Netflix
>>> on a system much less powerful than your's without issue.
>>>
>>> Maybe you can post your VB config.
>>>
>>> -r
>>
>
> More specific VB settings from the VB control window:
>
> Base memory 512MB
> Video Memory 12MB
> Enable 3d not checked
> 10GB Hard Disk
> VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
> ALSA Audio Driver
>
> How much memory should I allocate?
>
> I still cannot find where to set the screen size.
>
> Allen

I don't have VBox on this Gentoo machine so I'm streaming a movie on
my Vista laptop which is dual processor with 2GB of DRAM. Windows Task
Manager says 1GB of memory is in use and I'm using about 43% CPU on an
older dual core AMD processor.

Hope that helps,
Mark