Installing and Configuring Windows Media Connect:
Please follow the install steps below if you wish to use Windows Media Connect. If you’ve already installed the Buffalo PC Media Server utility, then using Windows Media Connect may not be necessary.
Windows Media Connect is available only on Windows XP systems. It’s Microsoft’s software that streams multimedia content to devices like LinkTheater. Currently it and Intel Viiv Zones are the only way to transmit DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected multimedia files from a Windows XP PC to a device like LinkTheater. If you do not own or use any DRM protected multimedia files then setting up Windows Media Connect is not necessary. Windows Media Connect 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).
Determine whether or not Windows Media Connect is already installed on your Windows XP system. Please open the Control Panel and locate ‘Windows Media Connect’. Depending on your Windows XP visual settings, you may need to expand your Control Panel view to include all available control panel items. If the ‘Windows Media Connect’ icon is present, double click on it to launch it. If the icon is not present, please download it from Microsoft’s site by searching for Windows Media Connect or download it easily from Microsoft’s Window’s Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ). After the installation, search for the Windows Media Connect icon in Control Panel and double click on it.
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