[mythtv-users] HD-PVR thoughts

[Larry Finger]

On 04/15/2010 03:02 PM, jedi wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 08:52:37AM -0500, Johnny Walker wrote:
>>>
>>> [*] I still don't have a Windows box to upgrade the firmware with and
>>> unfortunately VirtualBox's USB support is insufficient, at least with
>>> a Windows 7 RC2 VM.
>>
>> I borrowed someones laptop running Vista and upgrading my HDPVR
>> firmware in less than 5 minutes.
> 
>    Revos come with a copy of Windows XP. I suppose that could be a cheap way 
> of having a Windows box available for this sort of thing.
> 
>    Have you tried the Sun version of VirtualBox? I haven't tried any of my
> 1212's with it, but it does well enough with my iphone in terms of USB 
> support. The libre version (or whatever they call it) that shows up in places
> like the Ubuntu repositories doesn't have the USB support included.

I use a Windows XP VM running in the Sun version of VirtualBox to
support a number of USB gadgets. The OSE version (libre) does not
support USB passthru.

I have even used a Netgear WG111v2 to make a wireless connection that
way. Upgrading HDPVR firmware should work.