Comments on: How to run MythTV on Windows http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/ wandering the world of technology Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: yoomark http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-19828 yoomark Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:06:25 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-19828 Nice share brother about mythtv.Thanks for good discus about running it windows Nice share brother about mythtv.Thanks for good discus about running it windows

]]> By: Ed http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-8564 Ed Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:44:49 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-8564 Hi, Brian. I'm using VMWare's Player on a system which is a step or two down from the one you've described with 500MB for the virtual machine. I haven't seen anything like the bottleneck you've described with the virtual network card. I can see how there would be a fair amount of network traffic but it shouldn't result in high CPU usage. When you run into the problem are you watching an SD or an HD channel? Does the problem happen when you're recording or just when you're watching the channel? Ed Hi, Brian.

I’m using VMWare’s Player on a system which is a step or two down from the one you’ve described with 500MB for the virtual machine. I haven’t seen anything like the bottleneck you’ve described with the virtual network card. I can see how there would be a fair amount of network traffic but it shouldn’t result in high CPU usage.

When you run into the problem are you watching an SD or an HD channel? Does the problem happen when you’re recording or just when you’re watching the channel?

Ed

]]> By: Brian http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-8530 Brian Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:19:57 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-8530 And as a follow up, what hardware are you using to run your VM on? I have a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz with 1.5GB running XP. How much RAM did you give the backend Linux server? Just to run MythBackend, do you need 250Mb? 500Mb? Thanks for this great info! And as a follow up, what hardware are you using to run your VM on? I have a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz with 1.5GB running XP. How much RAM did you give the backend Linux server? Just to run MythBackend, do you need 250Mb? 500Mb?
Thanks for this great info!

]]> By: Brian http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-8529 Brian Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:51:08 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-8529 I tried MythDora and VirtualBox from Sun for virtualization, but the high network traffic causes the "virtual" network card to use close to 100% CPU when receiving data from the HDHomeRun. Is this not a problem with the VMWare solution? Thanks I tried MythDora and VirtualBox from Sun for virtualization, but the high network traffic causes the “virtual” network card to use close to 100% CPU when receiving data from the HDHomeRun. Is this not a problem with the VMWare solution?

Thanks

]]> By: Donn Lee http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-8095 Donn Lee Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:10:32 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-8095 Wow, this is hardcore. Kudos for putting together this solution. I was looking for xbmc on windows info and found this great article. I do run a linux mythtv backend, but I need a windows frontend. I am looking at sw-based upnp clients, and now I hear xbmc is ported to windows AND supports some of the basic mythtv frontend features; so you arent limited to just upnp. Still in need of research... thanks Wow, this is hardcore. Kudos for putting together this solution. I was looking for xbmc on windows info and found this great article. I do run a linux mythtv backend, but I need a windows frontend. I am looking at sw-based upnp clients, and now I hear xbmc is ported to windows AND supports some of the basic mythtv frontend features; so you arent limited to just upnp. Still in need of research… thanks

]]> By: How to run MythTV on Windows using andLinux | TechWandering http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 How to run MythTV on Windows using andLinux | TechWandering Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:39:10 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-2620 [...] run MythTV, the very popular multimedia software, under Microsoft Windows (you can find that post here).  The basic problem is that MythTV only runs under Linux — there’s no such thing [...] [...] run MythTV, the very popular multimedia software, under Microsoft Windows (you can find that post here).  The basic problem is that MythTV only runs under Linux — there’s no such thing [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1960 Ed Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:03:28 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-1960 Hi, Andrei. Yeah, I've been following those builds for a while now. I've gotten it to work (mostly) on my end but, as I'm sure you know, you pretty much have to jump through hoops (even more hoops than installing a virtual machine using these instructions). I'm sure that someone will pull it all together at some point and make a Windows port which is easy to install. To be honest, I'm surprised that it hasn't happened yet. Hi, Andrei.

Yeah, I’ve been following those builds for a while now. I’ve gotten it to work (mostly) on my end but, as I’m sure you know, you pretty much have to jump through hoops (even more hoops than installing a virtual machine using these instructions). I’m sure that someone will pull it all together at some point and make a Windows port which is easy to install. To be honest, I’m surprised that it hasn’t happened yet.

]]> By: Andrei Tanas http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Andrei Tanas Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:10:29 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-1957 There's a work in progress on a native Windows port of MythTV, I would suggest to update this article. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Windows_Port There’s a work in progress on a native Windows port of MythTV, I would suggest to update this article.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Windows_Port

]]> By: 5 Great Ideas for Unique Virtual Machines at x86 Virtualization http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 5 Great Ideas for Unique Virtual Machines at x86 Virtualization Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:38:10 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-1908 [...] http://www.mythtv.org/index.php http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/180429 [...] [...] http://www.mythtv.org/index.php http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/180429 [...]

]]> By: Scott Carlson http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Scott Carlson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:38:08 +0000 http://www.techwandering.com/2007/01/03/how-to-run-mythtv-on-windows/#comment-1023 To your Samba comment, you can use mythname.pl to create nicely named links to the ugly names. This way you don't have to decipher anything. To your Samba comment, you can use mythname.pl to create nicely named links to the ugly names. This way you don’t have to decipher anything.

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