Mediaportal on Virtual pc 2007 (1 Viewer)

[doskabouter]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.4.23491
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate 32bit SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 7MHz Virtual
HDD: WD 1TB
Memory: 699MB Virtual
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HVirtual
Video Card: VM Additions S3 Trio32/64
Video Card Driver: 13.548.0.0
Sound Card: Onboard
Sound Card AC3: no
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: None
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC-16
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: iMON
TV: Philips 42PES00001
TV - HTPC Connection: Hdmi

Hi,

I just spend the last 2 days installing a virtual pc (Microsoft Virtual PC 2007) with vista 32bit for experimenting with the new version of mediaportal, codecs and development, but I can't get mediaportal to start.

It says:
Warning: Nothing will be rendered. The reference rendering device was selected, but your computer only has a reduced-functionality reference device installed. Please check etc.

I used the 1.1 RC1 version (1.0.4.23491) and the default settings in virtual pc.
Dxdiag found no problems.

Has anyone experience with this?

 

[rekenaar]

doskabouter, sorry I could not help myself smiling when typing your name...

It is probably down to proper directx support.

Two threads I recall that might be helpful:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/mediaportal-1-0-2-0-x-vmware-dont-works-68951/
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-1-talk-45/mp-vm-58610/

 

[doskabouter]

Yeah, I have chosen the name well (my real name is paul, and most of the time, I still work in dos)

It seems that mediaportal and virtual machines is quite tricky, and I wasn't even sure if that was the way to go for me (I can see myself getting really annoyed with the lagging), so I think I'm going to try a dual boot.