How to play WTV on Vista?

My Media Center is Windows 7, and it records in .WTV format. I'd like to
play those files on a Vista laptop. There was originally a Vista add-on
from Microsoft called TV Pack, which can play those files. However, I
cannot find this add-on anywhere on Microsoft's web site, only updates
for it.

My video files are not locked, just standard analog cable. Is there any
way to play them on a 64-bit Vista Home Premium?

Thanks!
Dana Cline

The TV Pack isn't available as a download. However, you should be able to right
click the WTV file in Windows 7 in Windows Explorer and select convert to
DVR-MS.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:26:34 -0600, Dana Cline <> wrote:

>My Media Center is Windows 7, and it records in .WTV format. I'd like to
>play those files on a Vista laptop. There was originally a Vista add-on
>from Microsoft called TV Pack, which can play those files. However, I
>cannot find this add-on anywhere on Microsoft's web site, only updates
>for it.
>
>My video files are not locked, just standard analog cable. Is there any
>way to play them on a 64-bit Vista Home Premium?
>
>Thanks!
>Dana Cline
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Barb Bowman wrote:
> The TV Pack isn't available as a download. However, you should be able to right
> click the WTV file in Windows 7 in Windows Explorer and select convert to
> DVR-MS.

Barb, thanks, but that doesn't help. She doesn't want Win 7 because it
doesn't work right with World of Warcraft (yet). So Microsoft never made
the TV Pack available? I seem to remember beta testing it...

Dana Cline

The TV Pack was OEM only.

You said you had W7 and wanted to play on a Vista laptop. You need to convert
them as I described. Then she can play on Vista. Am I missing something here
other than there is no way to do this without converting?

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:12:11 -0600, Dana Cline <> wrote:

>Barb Bowman wrote:
>> The TV Pack isn't available as a download. However, you should be able to right
>> click the WTV file in Windows 7 in Windows Explorer and select convert to
>> DVR-MS.
>
>Barb, thanks, but that doesn't help. She doesn't want Win 7 because it
>doesn't work right with World of Warcraft (yet). So Microsoft never made
>the TV Pack available? I seem to remember beta testing it...
>
>Dana Cline
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

It is only for OEM installers, so it won't be on available on Microsoft
downloads.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]




"Dana Cline" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Barb Bowman wrote:
>> The TV Pack isn't available as a download. However, you should able to
>> right
>> click the WTV file in Windows 7 in Windows Explorer and select convert to
>> DVR-MS.
>
> Barb, thanks, but that doesn't help. She doesn't want Win 7 because it
> doesn't work right with World of Warcraft (yet). So Microsoft never made
> the TV Pack available? I seem to remember beta testing it...
>
> Dana Cline
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Take a look at this site -- http://www.hack7mc.com/ -- and see if something
like wtv watcher might help you.

"Dana Cline" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My Media Center is Windows 7, and it records in .WTV format. I'd like to
> play those files on a Vista laptop. There was originally a Vista add-on
> from Microsoft called TV Pack, which can play those files. However, I
> cannot find this add-on anywhere on Microsoft's web site, only updates for
> it.
>
> My video files are not locked, just standard analog cable. Is there any
> way to play them on a 64-bit Vista Home Premium?
>
> Thanks!
> Dana Cline

Barb Bowman wrote:
> You said you had W7 and wanted to play on a Vista laptop. You need to convert
> them as I described. Then she can play on Vista. Am I missing something here
> other than there is no way to do this without converting?

I guess I got hit with the stupid stick...it didn't register that I
should convert to dvr-ms on the Media Center box before copying to
Vista...I was not thinking correctly. Thanks!

And to think I went out and bought a WTV->MPG converter program an hour
ago. Sigh. Maybe I should just go upstairs and go back to bed...

Thanks!
Dana Cline

have you tried to convert wtv to other more compatible video format like avi, wmv, mp4 and more
i often convert my wtv to other video formats so as to play it anywhere
just google search "Easy Method to Convert HD WTV to Other Video Formats and Compress WTV to Smaller File Size"
you will find a nice way to do that


hope it also helps for you

growingemily had written this in response to
http://www.talkcomputer.com/mediacen...ta-108874-.htm
:
Windows Media Center does have the advantage for recording live
television, while the recorded video format is WTV which is only playable
on Media Center PC with Windows Media Center installed. Unfortunately, it
is impossible to play WTV files on Mac, Windows XP; let alone play WTV
files on portable devices like iPad, iPhone, iPod, PS3, Android phones,
BlackBerry...

The following will introduce a powerful WTV Converter and a step by step
guide on how to convert WTV so as to play WTV on Android, iPhone, iPad,
iPod, PS3, BlackBlerry or play WTV on XP, Mac, and more.

http://www.bigasoft.com/wtv-converter.html

http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/how...wtv-files.html

On 2011-06-03, growingemily <> wrote:
> growingemily had written this in response to
> http://www.talkcomputer.com/mediacen...ta-108874-.htm
> :
> Windows Media Center does have the advantage for recording live
> television, while the recorded video format is WTV which is only playable

....which really blows because there's no reason a lot of these devices
can't generate some sort of bog standard MPEG stream. Sure, the stuff
that forces encryption on the system needs to be locked down (CableCard)
but for everything else, the special file format is entirely gratuitous.

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