<p dir="ltr">Ah I see. Does virtualbox have access to root devices, like the tuners, outside? I wouldn't have thought so. But I only use docker to expose locations now anyway. </p>
<p dir="ltr">As everything in Linux is a file, including devices, then perhaps docker might be okay but virtualbox maybe not.  Let us know how you get on.</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7/09/2016 17:20, "Robert Fisher" <<a href="mailto:robert@fisher.net.nz">robert@fisher.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">No I was thinking of MythBuntu in Virtualbox.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rob Fisher</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 Sep 2016 5:15 pm, "skooobie doo" <<a href="mailto:skooobie@gmail.com" target="_blank">skooobie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Do you mean like docker. I have used docker a lot and love it for virtualisation. But it wouldn't be good for accessing /dev I would think although haven't tried this. Mythtv doesn't own the devices like tuners so having two backends wouldn't be an issue. Until both try to access at the same time. I guess the only way to know is to try...</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7/09/2016 09:34, "Robert Fisher" <<a href="mailto:robert@fisher.net.nz" target="_blank">robert@fisher.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I am thinking about creating a virtual machine backend to test and play without disrupting my stable main server.</div><div>Is it OK to have two backends using one HDHomerun?</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Robert Fisher<br></div>
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