Why am I getting a “restricted content” blue screen on my Media Center PC when I try to watch recorded tv?
January 18th, 2009 | 
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grrrrgrrrrr asked:
I have recorded some tv shows on my media center pc and all of them work except one which gives me a blue screen and a message about the provider restricting the content or something after about 10 seconds in. The movie is The Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe, and I recorded it on AMC. I can watch that channel fine and record other things on that channel ok.
I have recorded some tv shows on my media center pc and all of them work except one which gives me a blue screen and a message about the provider restricting the content or something after about 10 seconds in. The movie is The Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe, and I recorded it on AMC. I can watch that channel fine and record other things on that channel ok.
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I have this same problem. I have researched it a bit and read that some stations have recently implemented a type of recording protection which will allow you to record and watch tv but you can’t watch it on other pcs. I have also read that this new technology is buggy and unreliable. In my case, I was trying to watch the show on the same pc it was recorded on, and I had not done any new changes to my pc or anything weird. I search a long time to figure it out and finally gave up without an answer. The only thing I could suggest will not help you recover existing recordings but may help you in future. Get the latest updates and patches from Microsoft and then reset your DRM (digital rights media). I have included reference links below.