Playing Video CD
Slideshows
Slideshows that are recorded onto video CDs (VCDs) cannot be played in Windows Media Center. You can play them in the InterVideo WinDVD program.
Windows Media Center can play your recorded DVDs and VCDs that don’t have slideshows.
Playing Recorded TV
Programs
Most television broadcasters do not encrypt programs, so a recording can be played on any Media Center PC. A recording of a broadcaster- encrypted TV program, though, can be played only on the PC that recorded it. To protect your ability to play recorded TV programs, follow the instructions in “Safeguarding Your Recorded TV Programs” in this document.
Note: To copy a recorded TV show to DVD to view on a home DVD player, see “Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD.”
For information on playing recorded TV programs on other devices, go to the Web site: http://www.hp.com/go/mediacenterpc
Safeguarding Your Recorded TV Programs
When you record TV programs using Media Center, the TV program broadcaster may have an encryption code that Microsoft includes as a special code in the recorded files. This code is keyed to your PC and is required to play
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