Reference Guide

38 HP Media Center PC Reference Guide
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
2 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.
3 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.”
4 Open the media player program and then
open the digital video recording file (.dvr-ms
extension) you want to watch.
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.
Locating recorded TV programs on your hard disk drive
1 Click Start on the taskbar, and
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.
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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).