MP inside Virtual Machine (1 Viewer)

[loffa66]

Hi all,

I would like to know if is possibile to run Media Portal inside a VMware virtual MAchine.
If yes, which are the software requirements ?

Thank you in advance.
bye.

 

[regeszter]

i think will not work the tv tuner under vmware

 

[onkl]

Probably the most restricting demand is the DX9 support. Since Mediaportal requires a DX 9 videocard, you'll need a virtual machine (and host OS) which lets you fully use the DX9 capabilities of your GPU.

 

[Grayda]

Virtual machines (from experience) are slower than the real machines, so playback of live TV, videos and such will be slow as a wet week. If you really have a need to run a media portal program without installing anything, consider KnoppMyth. It's about 600mb big, as it's a full Linux distro on a CD, but it has MythTV installed and is optimized for it, so you put the CD in, reset and go. I started downloading it, just to see what it's like, but it's still going, so I'll have to try it out first to see what it's like. Linux fanatics swear by it, so I'll see..

Just found out, KnoppMyth has to be installed to a hard-drive to work. Sorry 'bout the misinformation

 

[Khris]

Hi all,

I would like to know if is possibile to run Media Portal inside a VMware virtual MAchine.
If yes, which are the software requirements ?

Thank you in advance.
bye.

Out of curisoity, what would be the point of running it in a VM as opposed to simply installing it on the local machine?

 

[samuel337]

I've tried running MP under VMWare Server, and it doesn't work, even with the VMWare 3D graphics extensions.

Sam

 

[loffa66]

Khris
I am thinking to run MP inside a VM to test the software featutes, requirements and so on without put all on the real machine. It was jaust to create a stand-alone environment.

For all,
I thank you for your help.
Bye.