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<blockquote data-quote="flat_eric" data-source="post: 952786" data-attributes="member: 135648"><p>Has anyone managed to get a MediaPortal Client (1.2.3) running fully on VMware Workstation 9?</p><p> </p><p>I've set up a Windows 7 Home Premium guest and installed the MediaPortal Client on the VM. This is curently a very simple MP install with no add-ins or skins.</p><p> </p><p>The MP install ran without error, and both the MP Configuration and MediaPortal applications startup without error and appear to run fine.</p><p> </p><p>The problem comes when I attempt to stream TV off my HTPC.</p><p> </p><p>MP happily steps into the TV menu and will display the TV guide which it grabs off the HTPC, but when I switch the TV to On, the TV preview window remains blank - there is also no sound. If I attempt to select the TV channel off the guide, there is a short delay, and then the VM screen goes blank. When this happens, I can get back to the TV guide simply by pressing the Esc key, so MP is still running happily.</p><p> </p><p>I've read in earlier threads that older versions of VMware Workstation had poor support for DirectX and that this caused MP to fail to stream, but my understanding is that VMware has now been improved, so had figured that this would be a fairly simple install.</p><p> </p><p>I was hoping to be able to use a VM for testing my MP upgrade to 1.3 before running it on my HTPC, so would really appreciate any wisdom that can be shared that will help me solve this.</p><p> </p><p>Cheers</p><p>flat_eric</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flat_eric, post: 952786, member: 135648"] Has anyone managed to get a MediaPortal Client (1.2.3) running fully on VMware Workstation 9? I've set up a Windows 7 Home Premium guest and installed the MediaPortal Client on the VM. This is curently a very simple MP install with no add-ins or skins. The MP install ran without error, and both the MP Configuration and MediaPortal applications startup without error and appear to run fine. The problem comes when I attempt to stream TV off my HTPC. MP happily steps into the TV menu and will display the TV guide which it grabs off the HTPC, but when I switch the TV to On, the TV preview window remains blank - there is also no sound. If I attempt to select the TV channel off the guide, there is a short delay, and then the VM screen goes blank. When this happens, I can get back to the TV guide simply by pressing the Esc key, so MP is still running happily. I've read in earlier threads that older versions of VMware Workstation had poor support for DirectX and that this caused MP to fail to stream, but my understanding is that VMware has now been improved, so had figured that this would be a fairly simple install. I was hoping to be able to use a VM for testing my MP upgrade to 1.3 before running it on my HTPC, so would really appreciate any wisdom that can be shared that will help me solve this. Cheers flat_eric [/QUOTE]
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