[mythtv-users] Architecture Idea - Raspberry Pi, VM, XBMC

[Mike Perkins]

On 15/01/13 15:50, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/15/2013 06:45, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 14/01/13 19:48, Matt Emmott wrote:
>>> The one sticking point is that my Poweredge is a gen 2 which does not
>>> have
>>> the necessary magic to 'pin' USB ports to VMs that a gen 3 has. This
>>> means
>>> I can't use my HD-PVR with the BE. Overall I'm happy with my setup.
>>>
>> Have you thought of trying USB over IP? http://usbip.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> That should work independent of whatever virtual host/guest system you
>> are using. I'm using it with a xen system for other purposes and it
>> seems to work fine, once you figure out how to set up the configuration
>> scripts - mostly a case of udev rules.
>
> That sounds like it would be considerably worse, in terms of screwing with
> communications latencies assumed by tuner drivers, than any form of VM passthrough.
>
I'm not sure why. I don't know VMWare but for my xen setup there's a bridge 
inside the host so that the packets never leave the box. The latency is probably 
better than if you had an IP-connected HDHR, after all, where the packets have 
to traverse wires and optionally switches.

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Mike Perkins