[mythtv-users] Watch abc streaming via [some/which?] vm

Bob Long bob at oblong.com.au
Tue Sep 22 11:11:22 UTC 2009


Guyren G Howe wrote:
> I would like to watch video online as much as reasonable (don't have 
> cable, or a decent antenna, or decent reception... :-) ).
> 
> ABC requires a custom plugin for Mac or Windows, but then you can 
> actually get most of their shows.
> 
> So I thought I would make it work by installing a spare copy of XP I 
> have into virtualbox.
> 
> But no, after hours of setting up windows and installing all the updates 
> and crap, I find that my system doesn't meet the video requirements of 
> the plugin, even with 3D acceleration turned on.
> 
> Does anyone know if a different vm would work, or have any other solution?

Not directly on-line, but these solutions download the video for playing 
off-line. Maybe that will work. Seems to work better for me with VLC 
than in a browser (using Ubuntu). Whether you can integrate with MythTV 
I don't know.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1212283

-- 
Bob Long




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