If you have multiple Windows 7 computers in the same Homegroup, you can easily copy and share Recorded TV files between computers in Windows Media Center.

Open Windows Media Center and Select the Recorded TV tile under TV.

Browse the categories across the top until you find Shared. This will display any shared Recorded TV folder from other computers in your Homegroup.

Now you'll see a list of displayed Recorded TV shows from the network PC. You can tell that you are access a shred network directory if the PC name is displayed the top right.

You can just play this TV shows in Windows Media Center across the network if you only want to watch it. But, if you want to actually copu it to your PC, there are a few ways to go about it. One is to right-click on the Recorded TV title (or press the i button on the remote) and select Make a Copy.

If you click on the Title (instead of right-click) you'll bring up the Program Details of the show. From the Program Details page, just select Make a copy.

You'll get a pop-up in the lower right corner that indicates that you are copying remote content.

You'll be notified when the file is completely copied. Click OK.

If you look in your local recorded TV folder you'll see your recently copied recorded TV file.

And, you'll see the copied TV program show up in the local Recorded TV section of Windows 7 Media Center.

Typically, it only takes a few minutes to copy the Recorded TV file from one PC to another.

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John Walshaw  - There's another egg you seem to have cracked here |2010-06-04 07:46:23 Andrew, Nice post. You obviously have your head screwed on all the way. I was very interested to read this, not becasue you have demonstrated how to copy files in the MCE GUI, but because you are one of the few who have content that displays under Recorded TV > Shared. I have two Windows 7 machines. Music, Recorded TV, etc. is shared via Media Player, which as you know is a DLNA server. From the remote machine, displaying the Media Player libraries works flawlessly but not in Media Center. I think that Recorded TV is a 'special folder' in that it is defaults to user Public and does not have a per user library. Many users reconfigure the location to another volume which I believe (and may attempt to test) breaks it in this scenario. Therefore, I am very interested to hear if you have Recorded TV configured to the default location under Public or if you have moved it. If you have moved it, can you desribe the method. For example, did you mount your DVR storage under Public, ... ReplyQuote 0 0 Andrew  - Shared Recorded TV |2010-06-05 10:06:01 Jim - The trick to accessing the shared recorded tv in WMC appears to be joining a homegroup. When I remove my computer from the homegroup, the shared recorded TV is no longer available in Media Center. I do have my recorded TV folder setup on a separate partition (E:) The directory shows up in C:\Users\Public\Libraries\RecordedTV.library-ms (Hidden), but not in C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV. Hope this helps... ReplyQuote 0 0 John Walshaw |2010-06-05 10:33:18 Thanks. I'll take a look at that. ReplyQuote 0 0 John Walshaw  - Nope.. |2010-06-05 14:10:48 Andrew, Well, I have tried every variation on this and am unable to get Recorded TV to display in Media Center on a remote machine under Shared libraries. Things worth noting: - Media Player Libraries are not the same as Homegroup Libraries - Media Player/Media Center streaming is allowed or blocked on a per device basis unless you configure it to Allow All. - Leaving a Homegroup most likely removes allowed Devices (right click Homegroup and select Share With Devices). - Media Streaming is based on DLNA and is HTTP. Media Streaming is not based on file shares. - Accessing remote Media Player libraries and streaming (Play To) is done via IPv6 not IPv4. - Remote Media Player libraries will show as empty if there are insufficient folder privileges at the file system level. Read permission is required but not sure which user. Adding Everyone with read permission works but obviously is not the right way to do it. - Media Center has a custom Library called Movies that does not ... ReplyQuote 0 0 John Walshaw  - re: Nope.. |2010-06-05 14:15:08 Not sure why the comments section truncates comments John Walshaw wrote: Andrew, Well, I have tried every variation on this and am unable to get Recorded TV to display in Media Center on a remote machine under Shared libraries. Things worth noting: - Media Player Libraries are not the same as Homegroup Libraries - Media Player/Media Center streaming is allowed or blocked on a per device basis unless you configure it to Allow All. - Leaving a Homegroup most likely removes allowed Devices (right click Homegroup and select Share With Devices). - Media Streaming is based on DLNA and is HTTP. Media Streaming is not based on file shares. - Accessing remote Media Player libraries and streaming (Play To) is done via IPv6 not IPv4. - Remote Media Player libraries will show as empty if there are insufficient folder privileges at the file system level. Read permission is required but not sure which user. Adding Everyone with read permission works but obviously is not ... ReplyQuote 0 0 Powered by !JoomlaComment 4.0 beta2

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