I've been toying with the idea of moving my mythTV backend onto a virtual machine. I use the HDhomerun for recordings so there is no special hardware drivers I need. Please give it a try and tell us how well it works.
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Trey Thompson</b> <<a href="mailto:treythompson@gmail.com">treythompson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> i noticed that vmware workstation 6 and vmware fusion beta claim full usb<br>> 2.0 support.<br>> does this mean it might be theoretically possible to run mythbackend in a vm<br>> on a windows or mac box using a usb tv tuner such as the wintv pvr usb2 and
<br>> maybe a hdhomerun for digital tv [in the us, anyway]?<br>> can anyone think of any problems offhand?<br>><br>> i started wondering about this after seeing a video on engadget claiming to<br>> show a vmware fusion build with full directx
8.1 support...so i started<br>> dreaming of consolidating my windows and linux systems onto a single 8-core<br>> mac pro through vmware fusion [when apple upgrades to quadcore cpus, of<br>> course].<br>><br><br>
We use vmware EXTENSIVELY with our customers. To be honest, it's a<br>GREAT product, but when it comes to processor utilization, it's still<br>got a way to go. We use their enterprise products, as well as their<br>
Workstation. It MIGHT be a good way to go, but I just can't guarantee<br>you that it will do what you need. I've got FC5 running in a vm, and<br>it's fun to play with. It PROBABLY could handle what you're looking
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