Once upon a time Dave in Boston shaped the electrons to say... > However, I cannot get the program to 'play' on my computer. > > When I hit 'play' within the Tivo Desktop, the Windows Media Player (v. 9) > opens....and just sits there. (It says "Waiting"...then says > "Playing"...but nothing appears on the screen and no sound. The time on the > WMP doesn't move from 00:00.) > > Any guesses as to what I am doing wrong? > > Do I need to download some special codecs?
You do need an MPEG-2 codec to play TTG files. If you have DVD playback software on the PC, there should already be one installed. But, if not, you need to obtain one. If you buy the TiVo Desktop Plus it includes one. Or you can get one elsewhere. > SHould the Tivo Recordings files be played on WMP? (Or is there a better > alternative? That's what is used by default since TTG DRM uses a DirectShow filter, but any DirectShow compatible player should work. You can also strip the DRM using tools like DirectShow Dump, TiVo Decode, TVHarmony AutoPilot, etc, giving you a raw MPEG-2 file that works in any player that handles it. -MZ -- <URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, me. "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 <URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/> Eris
