[mythtv-users] myth tv on windows or equivalent open source prog?

[kdavis at cyberdavisfamily.com]

I installed MythTV under MS Virtual PC on an Athlon 1 gig with only 256
meg of RAM.  Everything appeared to work, but performance was
unacceptable.

Don't have a bigger Windows machine to try it on at the moment.

>
> This brings up a new question. Will MythTV run on MS Virtual PC?  It
> should, if there is enough memory and processor power, I don't see why it
> wouldn't.
>
> I might give it a shot.
>
> --P
>
> At 08:29 AM 9/15/2004, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:41:06 +1000, Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au>
>>wrote:
>> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 11:55:32PM -0400, Félix-Antoine Marchildon
>> wrote:
>> > > I'm incredibly suprised with the power of mythtv but I need to run a
>> pvr
>> > > software on a windows xp machine too.
>> >
>> > Why?
>> >
>> > Hamish
>> > --
>> > Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish at debian.org> <hamish at cloud.net.au>
>>
>>I don't think the reason is the issue here... perhaps he doesn't have
>>the money... or the harddrive space to dual boot...or the ability to
>>modify his current setup...
>>
>>Any of a million reasons would be sufficient.
>>
>>I, for one, will just answer his proposition.
>>
>>I would still suggest trying to run MythTV on cygwin (www.cygwin.com)
>>which would involve a compile from source.  This, of course, will
>>require a bit of work...and you may need to patch some files.... but
>>perhaps myth could become cygwin compatible (if it's not already)
>>
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