can programs recorded using Media Center XP be played on other pc's

I have Windows XP Media Center on my HP Computer. Also have DSL
service provider. Also have a Linksys Wireless Router.

I wish to play programs previously recorded on main computer using
Media Center TV on other computers.

Is there a way of playing the programs so that they can be transmitted
using the Linksys Wireless Router? Or, are there other suggestions
on how to play downloaded programs on other computers? The other
computers do NOT have Media Center XP operating system.

best, Aaron

Doug
Mon Mar 24 02:56:46 PDT 2008

<aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:254fa815-ae6b-427a-b348-23dedba9e097@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
|I have Windows XP Media Center on my HP Computer. Also have DSL
| service provider. Also have a Linksys Wireless Router.
|
| I wish to play programs previously recorded on main computer using
| Media Center TV on other computers.
|
| Is there a way of playing the programs so that they can be transmitted
| using the Linksys Wireless Router? Or, are there other suggestions
| on how to play downloaded programs on other computers? The other
| computers do NOT have Media Center XP operating system.
|
| best, Aaron

Yes. Windows Media Player will play the *.dvr-ms files generated by MCE.

Just share the folder containing your recorded programs. (C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Documents\Recorded TV by default)

From the other computers open the files with Windows Media player browsing
to the location of the shared recorder storage folder on your MCE computer.

If your not familiar with basic networking and sharing files have a look @
http://www.ezlan.net/

D

aaronep
Mon Mar 24 08:23:30 PDT 2008

On Mar 24, 2:56 am, "Doug" <data...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <aaro...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>
> news:254fa815-ae6b-427a-b348-23dedba9e097@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> |I have Windows XP Media Center on my HP Computer. Also have DSL
> | service provider. Also have a Linksys Wireless Router.
> |
> | I wish to play programs previously recorded on main computer using
> | Media Center TV on other computers.
> |
> | Is there a way of playing the programs so that they can be transmitted
> | using the Linksys Wireless Router? Or, are there other suggestions
> | on how to play downloaded programs on other computers? The other
> | computers do NOT have Media Center XP operating system.
> |
> | best, Aaron
>
> Yes. Windows Media Player will play the *.dvr-ms files generated by MCE.
>
> Just share the folder containing your recorded programs. (C:\Documents and
> Settings\All Users\Documents\Recorded TV by default)
>
> From the other computers open the files with Windows Media player browsing
> to the location of the shared recorder storage folder on your MCE computer.
>
> If your not familiar with basic networking and sharing files have a look @http://www.ezlan.net/
>
> D

Dear Doug: thank's for your very informative reply! will try! best,
Aaron

aaronep
Tue Mar 25 07:51:24 PDT 2008

Problem Solved. Can now access files and movie recordings exiting on
one computer on two of my other computers.
lt was NOT easy. I fumbled around on my own for four hours without
success before throwing in the towel & phoning Hewlett Packard. As
this was designated by them as a software issue and not a hardware
issue, even though the main computer was still under warranty, they
charged $59. for curing the problem. It was not easy for them, I
spent approx. 4 hours with them on the phone. The first tech admitted
he was stymied, and had a second tech phone me within 45 minutes.
The second tech had trouble taken control of my computer from his
station, but eventually was successful.
The second tech also spent approx 4 hours. I believe there was more
than one cause to the problem, but the main cause was that although I
disconnected Windows XP Firewall on all 3 computers, firewalls from
previously used anti virus suites such as Norton, Systemsuite, etc.
still remained. After I removed these old firewalls, he was able to
rapidly make files on each of the three computers shareable and they
appeared in MY NETWORK PLACES which is reachable by first pressing the
start button.

The moral of this story, so others may avoid this grief, is to always
first disengage FIREWALLS, when setting up shareable files. After
they were set up, I immediately re instated Windows XP Firewall.

Thank's again Doug, for replying so quickly. Best, Aaron





On Mar 23, 8:25 pm, "aaro...@pacbell.net" <aaro...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I have Windows XP Media Center on my HP Computer. Also have DSL
> service provider. Also have a Linksys Wireless Router.
>
> I wish to play programs previously recorded on main computer using
> Media Center TV on other computers.
>
> Is there a way of playing the programs so that they can be transmitted
> using the Linksys Wireless Router? Or, are there other suggestions
> on how to play downloaded programs on other computers? The other
> computers do NOT have Media Center XP operating system.
>
> best, Aaron

Doug
Tue Mar 25 09:55:30 PDT 2008


<aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:890b3574-9651-4f10-874c-9b782c23badb@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
| Problem Solved. Can now access files and movie recordings exiting on
| one computer on two of my other computers.
| lt was NOT easy. I fumbled around on my own for four hours without
| success before throwing in the towel & phoning Hewlett Packard. As
| this was designated by them as a software issue and not a hardware
| issue, even though the main computer was still under warranty, they
| charged $59. for curing the problem. It was not easy for them, I
| spent approx. 4 hours with them on the phone. The first tech admitted
| he was stymied, and had a second tech phone me within 45 minutes.
| The second tech had trouble taken control of my computer from his
| station, but eventually was successful.
| The second tech also spent approx 4 hours. I believe there was more
| than one cause to the problem, but the main cause was that although I
| disconnected Windows XP Firewall on all 3 computers, firewalls from
| previously used anti virus suites such as Norton, Systemsuite, etc.
| still remained. After I removed these old firewalls, he was able to
| rapidly make files on each of the three computers shareable and they
| appeared in MY NETWORK PLACES which is reachable by first pressing the
| start button.
|
| The moral of this story, so others may avoid this grief, is to always
| first disengage FIREWALLS, when setting up shareable files. After
| they were set up, I immediately re instated Windows XP Firewall.
|
| Thank's again Doug, for replying so quickly. Best, Aaron
|
|
Glad you got it worked out. Too bad you had to pay.

Second item on the "Installing and sharing Windows networks" from the site I
referenced;

It is Important to Disable Software Firewalls, Virus programs, Anti Trojan,
or any other program that intercepts Internet traffic while Configuring, or
Problem Solving your Network Settings.

http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

Ah well, hind site eh? :-)

D