They already add more restrictions to DVD playback than any other software or consumer DVD player does.
I'm not pulling that speculation out of my butt, either. : w ww./windows/windowsmedia/player/11/r e adme.aspx No known workaround to resolve this issue exists at this time."Īt time of posting, this could still be found at: "Recorded TV shows that are protected with media usage rights, such as some TV content recorded on premium channels, will not play back after 3 days when Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 for Windows XP is installed on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The following issue from the Beta release isn't mentioned in the official release notes, but the fact that it appeared in the beta indicates that MS was preparing their DRM platform for a new time-limit "feature" that can be applied to recorded TV on their Media Center products (at the request of broadcasters, of course): "Content that is protected with media usage rights cannot be played in Windows Media Player 10 if a computer already has the Windows Media Format 11 Runtime installed." "Digital media files must be in stored in monitored folders for media sharing to work properly in Windows Media Player 11." "Windows Media Player 11 does not permit you to back up your media usage rights (previously known as licenses)." At least make sure you have a disk-image backup before installing it, or you'll probably be kicking yourself down the road.įrom y er/11/readme.aspx :
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 BITTORRENT UPDATE
Not only should you not get WMP11 intentionally, the fact that there's a RTM for it should make you think about turning off Windows Update (if you haven't already).