Play TP/TS files on another computer

[extendedram]

I breifly tried to play a TS file in windows media player 10, but said it could not play it. Is there a codec i need to download?

[bnflaherty]

As long as you have SP2 installed -- on XP -- then it should work

[extendedram]

I just reloaded my main systerm last night, and tried playing the beyond tv recording over the network. It said it didnt recognize the extension and asked if I still wanted to play it. I said yes, but then it said (i cant remember the exact message) it couldnt play it.

[shawnph]

This is easy to resolve. Download the Cole2K codec pack, which has just about every codec out there, including TP.

http://www.cole2k.net/

Click "advanced" in the upper left column under the "codec packs" heading. Install it. Play your file. You should be good to go. Media Player may still say it's trying to download the codec and it can't find it, but the file will play normally anyway.

[extendedram]

thanks

[nanook105]

I would be careful about installing codec packs. I've seen a lot of issues/posts from people with problems that ended up being related to something that the codec pack installed

[extendedram]

well i installed the codec pack, and tried to play the file. It is very choppy. I think it might be because i have a mx 4000 video card.

[Eric3a]

Danger Will Robinson.

Some of these codec packs can give you absolute nightmare behavior.
From poor video playback of certain codecs, to completeling crashing your system.

You really should stay well clear of them, and ONLY install codecs you absolutely need, one by one.

My preferred way of installing all you need to read about everything out there:
http://www.inmatrix.com/articles/mediasetup.shtml

Zoom Player not needed, but it is one of the best out there.
The last page includes a way to do a clean start without full windows reinstall if things got messed up.
Eric

[extendedram]

thanks eric, which one do I download for ts/tp files?

[clayfree]

Never install codec packs!

[extendedram]

I removed the codec pack. But know I cannot play tp/ts files on a non-beyondtv computer.

[bjohnson1102]

You could simply install VLC...it plays these files natively...I use it all the time to play files that I've captured with MyHD card....

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[RiDdLeR]

I was having the same problem with windows media player not playing the file...I tried the VLC and it worked fine...thanks for the info

[tscales]

No way an MX 4000 will do HD smoothly.