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imwalkin

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Transfer Tivo To Av500 Problems
« on: May 14, 2006, 08:22:24 am »
ok...finally got my tivo to go working properly and now I receive an error message while trying to sync programs to my AV500....this is what i get....
.."Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available." what is this?????

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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 12:17:05 pm »
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ok...finally got my tivo to go working properly and now I receive an error message while trying to sync programs to my AV500....this is what i get....
.."Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available." what is this?????
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Unless you hacked your tivo, Tivo2go puts a DRM on your media files, so that they can only be played directly on a PC where you installed the Tivo desktop.

Fortunately there are ways to remove the DRM so they can be played on any device that can play mpegs.  Google "tivotogo unleashed".   It's a pain that you need to download the video to a windows PC first.    

It's a perfect example of how DRM does little to stop piracy, but makes life miserable for its users.