Can't play HD-PVR or dvr-ms files on client

[wayner]

I am trying out the SageClient and while I can play mpeg files, divx files, TV captured from firewire and files recorded with an analog tuner card (PVR-150) I cannot play TV recorded on my HD-PVR nor can I play dvr-ms files recorded by MCE (not that this is even though this client PC can play this same file in WMP).

Do I have to install any additional codecs to play these files? Currently I have tried the Cyberlink audio and video decoders and the Sage decoders.

FOr dvr-ms files the error I get is sage.PlaybackException: ERROR (-4,0X80004005): There was a problem redering the video portion of the content for playback.

For the HD-PVR files I get the error is that it can't render the audio portion.

Any ideas?

[wayner]

It appears that you need to install some codecs to play H.264 content (from an HD-PVR) on SageClient. Is it posible to just install the Arcsoft codecs, and not the entire app? If so how? Or is there some other codec that I am better off using? The default codec doesn't seem to work at all.

[ghostlobster]

Just install Total Media extreme from the Hauppauge install CD. It's in the TME directory on the CD. That'll resolve your video HD-PVR issues on the client. The h.264 decoders need to be on each client that will be used for HD-PVR content.

What OS are you running? If i's XP, I remember there being some issue with viewing drv-ms files on non-MCE machines. There a MS KB on it as well as a fix. Search around on the MS website for play dvr-ms in WMP and things like that and you'll find it.

[wayner]

Thanks ghostlobster - is this the same for Placeshifter - you have to install TME on any and all clients? Is this technically legal?

The OS is XP Pro - I will look for what you mention but I just tried and I definitely can play dvr-ms files on the client in WMP by just double clicking on the dvr-ms file in a shared folder from my MCE box. With Arcsoft I can play the files recorded on my HD-PVR but the PC is not fast enough to play back the HD files although it is okay with the SD files. This PC is something like a 1.8GHz running XP Pro.