XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 22/02/2025 2:19 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Daniel70  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> This afternoon, I switched off my PVR (just to be sure!), inserted my   
   >> USB drive into the appropriate socket on the PVR's back panel, turned on   
   >> the PVR and went looking!!   
   >>   
   >> When I saw, in the PVR settings, the "Safely remove the USB drive."   
   >> setting was still greyed out, I figured I'd done something wrong ... So   
   >> PVR off, USB drive out, tried inserting it elsewhere (fail), re-inserted   
   >> the USB Drive in the same socket .... and Success!!   
   >>   
   >> So I copied a program ('QI', British half hour 'Comedy' program) from   
   >> the PVR's HD to the USB Drive,   
   >   
   >    Good on you! I didn't expect the PVR to allow to copy videos from its   
   > HDD to external media, but luckily I was wrong.   
   >   
   >> 				 ejected the USB Drive (i.e. 'Safely   
   >> remove ....'), booted this Win 11 Desktop, inserted the USB Drive, File   
   >> Explorer, double clicked on the big file titled '000' (116MB+) which   
   >> started up Media Player ..... only to find out my Win-11 has no MPEG2   
   >> codec/whatever ("Checking codec availability. We're checking if we have   
   >> a codec for this item."). ;-(   
   >   
   >    Others have advised VLC, which is probably you best bet, but Windows   
   > 11 also has 'Windows Media Player Legacy', so try that, if you haven't   
   > already done so. (Just right click the file and select 'Open with'.)   
   >   
   Installed WMPL, pointed to the video on the USB stick ....   
   interestingly, WMPL listed the file as "000 0 seconds Unrated"!   
      
   Zweo Seconds?? No wonder it doesn't play!   
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