HP Media Center m7000 - Desktop PC Reference Manual page 44

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To play recorded TV
programs in
Windows Media
Player, a PC requires:
The Windows XP
■
operating system.
Windows Media
■
Player 9 or later.
A special Media
■
Center codec
file that may be
available through
Windows Update
(for select
models only).
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Playing a recorded program on a non-Media Center PC
1
Make sure the PC has Windows XP Service
Pack 1 and a DVD player software installed.
a
Click Start and then click My Computer.
b
Click Help and then click About
Windows.
c
In the About Windows dialog box, if you
see Service Pack 1 in the version
information, go to step 2. If not, you must
install Windows XP Service Pack 1. For
more information go to:
http://www.microsoft.com
Locating recorded TV programs on your hard disk drive
1
Click Start
then click My Computer.
2
Double-click the Shared Documents folder.
3
Double-click the Recorded TV folder.
4
Double-click your recorded TV program file.
5
Use the playback controls in Windows Media
Player to control the playback of your
recorded TV program.
2
3
4
Recorded TV shows are stored by default in the
Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder
on the local hard disk drive of a Media Center PC.
on the taskbar, and
Make sure the PC has a media player that
works with Windows XP Service Pack 1, such
as Windows Media Player 9 or later. If
Windows Media Player is installed, check for
software updates.
Download and install the update from
Microsoft's Web site. Search for "Watch
television shows recorded by Media Center
PCs on other Microsoft Windows XP PCs."
Open the media player program and then
open the digital video recording file (.dvr-ms
extension) you want to watch.