[mythtv-users] Mythbackend successfully running on virtualbox (win7 (64bit) host; mythbuntu 12.04.1 (64bit) guest)

[Michael Watson]

On 8/10/2012 5:08 PM, Robert Havlin wrote:
>> Have you noticed any slowdown in the frontends on things like starting
>> playback, skipping back/forward etc? Are your frontends all remote, or
>> is this a combined frontend/backend machine?
> I have backend on virtualbox and frontend running on an old laptop
> stashed behind the tv.  Currently with the 0.25.3 version I posted, it
> runs perfectly on the frontend (even over 300mbps wifi) as if it is a
> combined system (remote frontend is connected via wifi).   I too
> noticed this terrible slowdown in the frontends whenever I deviated
> from the 0.25.3 version above.  It was particularly bad on the most
> recent version of 0.26.
>
>> I've got a combined system as main tv and I've noticed big differences
>> in frontend responsiveness when I make changes to disk setup. In
>> particular, I still remember the massive performance boost I got when I
>> got rid of LVM.
> I tried troubleshooting the frontend slowdown issue, but it seemed
> like it was purely due to the mythtv network protocol.  i.e. I could
> play videos over the network with VLC without any problems at all, but
> try to play the same thing with mythtv-frontend and it was terrible.

This issue is not restricted to running systems "virtually".  I 
experience this running directly (on what is considered low end 
hardware).  I always mount the recording/video/music directories on each 
frontend, so Myth accesses them direct instead of using the myth protocol.

>
>> I very much like the idea of safe update testing, I'm always pretty wary
>> when doing updates as my backup system isn't very pleasant to reimage from.
> Me too, I'll never go back to a separate box for a backend - waste of
> power and hardware as well as a pain when there is a problem with
> changes/upgrades.
>
> p.s. since I get this mailing list in batches, I never know how to
> properly reply to the list.
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