Hmmm. So maybe then what I will do is run the WinXP gaming install as the host OS. Then I can run a WinXP or Ubuntu work VM on top. If and when video works I can then maybe have a HTPC VM running.
The HTPC only serves up xvid and DVD playback, I don't do recording or HD with it. Possibly HD-DVD or Bluray in the future but I'm so pissed off at the format ways I'm trying to boycott it for now. On 12/21/07, Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a new VMWare on the way that does support video > acceleration. There was a demo video on Youtube awhile back, and it > looked really good. > > T > > At 11:38 AM 21/12/2007, Chris Reeves wrote: > >Unless someone knows or has seen something I haven't, video > >acceleration capable of hd, or to utilize specific hardware like a > >tv tuner doesn't exist. Video cards and sound, etc are all emulated > >and therefore sucky for that purpose. > >Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:11:51 > >To:hwg <[email protected]> > >Subject: [H] Building a Virtualization box > > > > > >I wanted to pick everyone's brain a bit about building a > >virtualization machine (vm). > > > >Right now I have 2 machines, my main desktop and my HTPC. I would > >like to consolidate them into one box. It would be in my office > >behind the wall where the A/V rack is for the home theater. The goal > >would be to have 3 VMs running at all times: > > > >1 dedicated to HTPC functions with video out from the card to the A/V rack > >Either 1 work XP VM OR 1 gaming Xp VM > >1 VM linux web server > > > >The hardware would be an Intel quad-core (probably Q6600), 4GB of > >DDR2. I would like to continue using my Radeon Sapphire X1950XT card > >but I think that might be a problem. It has 2 DVI outputs with HDCP > >but I'm not sure how it would work if I tried to game and feed a DVD > >at the same time. > > > >Questions I need to get answered before I can pull this off: > > > >- If you install some new software or have another reason to reboot > >one of the VM instances > >can you just restart it and avoid rebooting the whole machine? > > > >- When you boot up, is there a primary OS that loads and then you run > >the different VMs inside of it or do you boot straight to a VM? > > > >- Can you divvy up the resources for running multiple VMs at once so > >like each gets a GB of RAM and 2 cores? > > > >- Would I need 2 Video cards, one associated with the HTPC VM and one > >associated with the Work/gaming VM? > > > >- If I do need 2 cards, how would that work hardware wise? Never done > >it before in the same box. Do I just get a board with 2 PCI-Express > >slots and slap a card in each? We're not talking about SLI here - but > >two different cards working independently. > > > >-- > >Brian Weeden > > -- Brian Weeden
