> a. Another option is to look at VMware. The newest Virtualbox (3.0?) is > very nice, but you can also do a lot with free VMware products like > vmplayer. One or the other will have some feature you like better. I am > pretty darn sure VMware can give a VM direct access to hardware. I have > only done this with like an EVDO modem or the like. >
Thanks for reminding me that VMware has free options also. I've played with VirtualBox because it is available as an Ubuntu package via Synaptic Package Manager (VirtualBox-OSE). I'll look at VMware options. b. Both Virtualbox and VMware also support some sort of direct integration, > where you don't have to be "in the VM", Any pointers for how to do this? c. Have you ever tried to see if Wine can run your IE video streaming? > That might be the best performance overall. > A couple of years ago, I tried running another video app (TVants) via WINE and the video quality was pretty bad. But, that was on another machine, another video card, etc. etc. So, I should give this another go ... Thanks for your suggestions. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
