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Title: virtualize the Media Director
Post by: Torsten on February 23, 2009, 11:26:29 AM

is it possible to virtualize the MD with Xen? I have a Server with DVI/HDMI, Digital Audio etc. Now I want to use Xen to be able to run seperate servers on this hardware. I don't use the AV-Outputs, so my Idea was to install a Hybrid LinuxMCE Device in a VM (or just a MD with a seperate core).

Title: Re: virtualize the Media Director
Post by: nosebreaker on February 23, 2009, 07:48:13 PM

I would think so, but I haven't heard of anyone doing that before. You might be the first, give it a try and let us know if it works!

Title: Re: virtualize the Media Director
Post by: schaferj on February 23, 2009, 07:51:25 PM

I did a media director in vmware server on ubuntu and it worked without a problem. Just a simple vm with no hd, set to boot from network.
joseph

Title: Re: virtualize the Media Director
Post by: Torsten on February 23, 2009, 08:32:15 PM

But how do i get the AV Signals to the output of the Host-Motherboard?

Title: Re: virtualize the Media Director
Post by: nosebreaker on February 23, 2009, 08:53:33 PM

What do you mean? The video/audio? The VM will have a virtual driver that passes through somehow in Xen to the physical device.

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