[mythtv-users] Xen and Mythbackend help

[Mark Wormgoor]

Gerald, 



I had this up and running under CentOS 5 (5.0 at the time if I remember correctly) with a PVR-150 and a PVR-250. The article below talks about a DVB-C card, which may be different.   I continuously had issues with the video quality and pci throughput . Ultimately, I gave up and installed a secondary mythbackend in Dom0. Ubuntu does have newer versions of Xen though, so this may be more stable. Getting it up and running is not too complex. 



If you read the article referenced, there's a link on the right side of the page to "Pass DVB card to guest domain", which is what you need. 



Kind regards, 



Mark Wormgoor 


----- "Gerald Brandt" wrote: 
> 
Sweet, you're even doing it under Ubuntu, which I want.  I tried to follow the link on your web site to your virtualization guide (Dom0 setup), but the link only brought me back to the backend install. 
> Gerald 
> ----- "Riku Pelander" <riku.pelander at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote: 
> > > Hi, 
> > > 
> > > I've been trying to set up a Xen DomU for my mythbackend, but I'm having 
> > > issues with pci passthrough.  I know some people here have done it. 
> > > 
> > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit as Dom0, and Mythbuntu 8.10 as the Domu. 
> > > 
> > > What configurations are you using as the OS for Dom0, and are you passing 
> > > through (using pciback.hide) a PVR150 card? 
> > > 
> > > Thanks, 
> > > Gerald 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I have run mythbackend in virtualized Xen machine for several months 
> > now. You can check my guide in http://netti.nic.fi/~icewood/mythtv/. 
> > Look especially the section under backend. 
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