RE: Watching DVR-MS on another computer

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From: Dixon Miller (Miller_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:17:01 -0800

I'm hitting the same thing trying to show some media center recorded TV on my
families PC over Christmas. I've been able to watch these files fine on my
tablet PC & my personal desktop PC.

Note that you used to have to download an update to a PC if you wanted to
watch a MS-TV show on it. The update is at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FB4C2C2E-60EA-4ED9-BC68-E93C9E65C58E&displaylang=en.

However, this page only mentions adding the update on top of XPSP1, and when
I tried to install the update on my family's XPSP2 box I got the following
error message...

"Q810243 Setup Error...

Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of the system installed is
newer than the update you are applying to it.

You can only install this update on Service Pack 1"

- Dixon

"Gregory" wrote:

> I shared a folder containing DVR-MS files on my home network. I was able to
> access these files and play them on my tablet pc the other day when I wasn't
> connected to the internet. Yesterday, while connected to the internet, I
> tried watching them again. That time and ever since, windows media player 10
> attempts to download codecs from the internet and then informs me of a codec
> error - unable to download codec - or something to that effect. The DVR-MS
> files are then played with only sound but no picture.
>
> I obviously had the codec previously since they played properly in the past.
> I also have all Windows updates and have selected WinDVD 6 as preferred
> decoder on the tablet PC using widows xp video decoder checkup utility.
>
> What is the problem preventing me from playing the files?

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