If you want a "Universal Solution" you can always try the "Playing Recordings on Windows from MythWeb" (<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Play_Recordings_On_Windows_From_MythWeb">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Play_Recordings_On_Windows_From_MythWeb
</a>)<br><br>I don't really recommend that though. I'd just download the MythPlayer. It's much more featureful and is really small. There's pretty much zero install time. You just unzip it, edit the "config.xml" file with your backend's IP address and start watching recordings. It doesn't work in Linux, but you're going to have a hard time finding many "Universal" solutions.
<br><br>If you switch to Linux at a later time, I'd have to again recommend just installing the frontend. It is still the best solution for watching MythTV recordings on a networked Linux box.<br><br>Hope that helps.<br>
<br>Cole