[mythtv-users] VMWare and MythTV

[Adam Blomfield]

On 2/7/06, Steve Daniels <steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Dastrup" <jc at dastrup.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VMWare and MythTV
>
>
> On Monday 06 February 2006 5:03 pm, Steve Daniels wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tim" <news at timandnoelle.com>
> > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:39 PM
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] VMWare and MythTV
> >
> >
> > would it be possible to run mythtv through vmware?  if so, you
> > could potentially be running mythtv on your windows box.  am i
> > thinking about this right?  has anyone ever tried this?  anyway,
> > vmware is offering their vmware server and player software free.
> >
> > http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
> >
> > i guess colinux is similar.
> >
> > http://www.colinux.org/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > It works absolutely perfect as a frontend machine!!!
> >
> > Just ignore all the people that say it wouldn't be able to ;-)
> >
>
> "absoultely perfect"?  Even HDTV playback?
> _______________________________________________
>
> If I had an HD content to throw at it, I'd be more welcome to try, but
> since
> it probably takes less than half an hour to set up a VMWare mythfrontend,
> you'd think more people would bother to try it.
>
> Step 1. Install VMWare
> Step 2. Creat a new Virtual Machine
> Step 3. Attach a knoppmyth iso to the virtual cdrom on the machine.
> Step 4. Press power on.
> Step 5. Have fun.
>
> Anyone with HD like to give it ago?
>
> Or tell me how to "simulate" HD?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
>
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Are there any tricks to making this work? I installed VMware server on my
notebook (Pentium M 1.8Ghz with 1GB RAM) this afternoon and loaded up FC4
and MythTV in a virtual machine. I got everything working but the video was
*VERY* choppy. I thought it might have been the 802.11g at first, but even
hardwiring didn't fix it. I installed the VMware tools to get the correct
video driver, but still no improvement. All suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
Adam
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