possible to network a dvd burner with virtualbox?

[tjwoosta]

i have setup a virtualbox running XP as a guest

so i have learned that you cannot burn dvd's from virtualbox
(which sucks because the only reason i still use windows is because of Alcohol 120)

i have also learned that i can share files with my virtualbox guest (in the virtualbox settings) and map the "virtualbox shared files" as a network drive in XP


so my question is..

knowing that it's possible to share dvd drives over a home network

is it possible to share my dvd drive with the virtualbox in this way?

[tjwoosta]

bump..

[lazyart]

My guess it that it would only show up as a folder, so you wouldn't be able to burn to it. Why not give it a try and tell us?

[MystaMax]

so i have learned that you cannot burn dvd's from virtualbox


The VirtualBox manual states:

Using the host drive normally provides a read-only drive to the guest. As an ex-perimental feature (which currently works for data only, audio is not supported), it is possible to give the guest access to the CD/DVD writing features of the host drive (if available).

If you look at the individual VM properties, you'll see "Enable Passthrough". Try enabling it, and burning a DVD. I know the passthrough option allowed me to rip DVDs using DVDFab HD Decrypter. Before, my DVD drive only showed up as a CD-ROM drive.It doesn't hurt to try.