Configuring Windows Media Player:
With Windows Media Player 11, a PC can stream media files to the LinkTheater. If you’ve already installed the Buffalo PC Media Server utility, then using Windows Media Player 11 may not be necessary. Windows Media Player 11 replaces the Windows Media Connect 2.0 software that was available within previous versions of Windows XP. If you still have Windows Media Connect 2.0 software on your computer, it will continue to work with your LinkTheater, but upgrading to Windows Media Player 11 or later is recommended.
Among other functions, Windows Media Player 11 streams multimedia content to devices like LinkTheater. Currently it’s the only way to transmit DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected multimedia files from a Windows XP PC to LinkTheater. If you do not own or use any DRM protected multimedia files then setting up Windows Media Player is not necessary. Windows Media Player supports playback of DRM protected files that use the WinDRM codec. Currently, the LinkTheater only supports playback of DRM protected files that use the WinDRM codec (this includes napster.com, walmart.com, rhapsody.com, movielink.com, cinemanow.com and other sources).
You can get the latest version of Windows Media Player from Microsoft’s Window’s Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft. com ).
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