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Kodi VM - is this possible

  • 31-01-2021 07:44PM
    #1
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭


    I was thinking how to get rid of the box in the sitting room that does all the HTPC stuff and got me thinking why not run kodi in a VM on the main PC in another room

    So if I just move the GPU, sat/saorview tuner, SDD to the main computer, load kodi into a VM and assign the hardware to the VM (not sure if I can assign the IR receiver, assume I can)

    The main computer isn't used for anything intensive

    Is this possible? What kind of issues might I encounter?

    TIA


Comments

  • #2
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,952 ✭✭✭Spocker


    How would you connect the main PC in the other room to the TV in the sitting room?


  • #3
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Spocker wrote: »
    How would you connect the main PC in the other room to the TV in the sitting room?

    HDMI


  • #4
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,952 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Gotcha. If you're going to move all the hardware to the PC, why not just run Kodi as a regular app? I don't see the need/benefit of running it in a VM?

    To answer your question though, I suspect audio/video might be the difficult part?

    Edit: found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/kodi/comments/eyuocp/running_kodi_in_vm_proxmox_unraid/


  • #5
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    I need to be able to use the computer seperately from what is being viewed on the TV - it's not a case of using one or the other


  • #6
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 40,107 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Raspberry Pi with Libreelec and TVheadend with the tuner sticks as server, another RPi behind the TV with Libreelec as client - or just install the Kodi app if it's an android TV

    With HDMI-CEC you control Kodi / Libreelec with the TV remote

    You can use directly connected storage on the server Pi or a NAS located anywhere in the house for storing recordings

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



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  • #7
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    I'm not spending money to replace something that works with more mess
    Im looking to consolidate the mess


  • #8
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,599 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    In case anyone else is looking in the future

    I went with Aster MultiSeat

    Took hours and hours rewiring everything and setting the pc up but all working fine except I cannot get the secondary GPU working even tho it's recognised in Windows and Aster, so running both displays off my main GPU - if there is no issues with stuttering I'll stick with that
    Aster is 15 euro a year or 44 euro for life - so small price to pay, probably more than covered by the electricity saved!

    Someone else's very nice setup
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBScQECj3pk


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