[lug] Windows Media Player and Virtualization

[Nathan Berry]

I am using Kubuntu 64 v10.04.1 LTS (lucid).  I am also using VirtualBox
3.2.10 (free version).  I have both Windows 7 and XP guests.  I am not
having any problems with USB devices (memory sticks, external drives, and
digital camera) or Windows Media Player.  I did not doing any "special"
setup stuff, it just worked "right out of the box".  The only issue I have
seen in my setup is that if I run both the Windows 7 and XP guests
simultaneously only one outputs to the host audio device, the first one
started.


Nathan


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Siegfried Heintze
<siegfried at heintze.com>wrote:

>  I was google searching for information on virtualization last night and
> read that the free version of virtualbox does not support USB devices. Is
> this true? If it does not support USB, my guess is that it does not support
> windows media player either. Anybody know what virtualization packages
> support USB and other common features like the ability to play movies and
> music?
>
> I was planning on making Ubuntu64 10.10 my virtualization host and windows
> 7 a guest. If I do that, can take multiple snap shots of my guests and play
> movies and music using windows media player?
>
> Is there a good linux substitute for windows media player for Linux?
>
> If I use VMWare, what product do I want? The player, the server, the
> workstation...? What is the advantage to paying for a version of VMWare or
> VirtualBox?
>
> I need to do software development in both Windows with Microsoft Office and
> Visual Studio and Linux with C++ and Java/python/ruby. I also need SQL
> Server and Oracle. Can I do this with a linux host and still listen to MP3
> and internet broadcasts while I work?
>
> Thanks,
> Siegfried
>
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