From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes Sorensen Subject: Re: xbmc as a guest Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:54:03 +0100 Message-ID: <4F13D79B.80500@redhat.com> References: <4F133F84.9030705@gazeta.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Ryar Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38923 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752864Ab2APHyH (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:54:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4F133F84.9030705@gazeta.pl> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/15/12 22:05, Ryar wrote: > Hi > > I'd like to install a few servers as kvm guests in my home network and > to keep host as minimal as possible I'm thinking to install xbmc as a > guest too > > 1. Is is feasible ? As I read xbmc heavily uses opengl and I'm not sure > what about sound > 2. Is it possible to redirect output from guest as main output - I mean > host is connected to tv thus interested in to see xbmc picture only XBMC really wants direct access to the video and sound devices. While it might be possible to do this via device pass-through, then I think XBMC is one of these installs where you really want it installed directly on the box and not in a virtual machine. If you don't want to install it directly, you may have a look at the XBMC live USB image instead. Cheers, Jes