Watch Xbox Video on your computer or Windows Phone 7

Here’s how to watch Xbox Video content on your computer:

1. Start the Zune Music + Video software on your computer. If you don’t have the Zune software, download it (for free) from Xbox.com.
2. Sign in to your Zune account using the same Microsoft account and password that you use to sign in on your Xbox.
3. Click or tap Settings, then Account and then Purchase History.
4. Click or tap Movies or TV Programmes to see the movies or TV programmes you’ve purchased or downloaded from Xbox Video. A list of what you’ve purchased or downloaded appears.
5. Find the movie or TV programme that you’ve purchased, and then click or tap Download. The CONFIRM dialogue box appears.
6. In the CONFIRM dialogue box, click Watch now to stream and watch your movie or TV show now, or click Download now to store it on your computer and watch it later.

Note If you are running Windows 8, also see Move music, photos and videos between my computer and my phone.

After you’ve downloaded video content to your computer, you can sync it to your Windows phone 7. Here’s how:

1. Start the Zune Music + Video software on your computer. If you don’t have the Zune software, download it (for free) from Xbox.com.
2. Sign in to your Zune account using the same Microsoft account and password that you use to sign in on your Xbox.
3. Click or tap Settings, then Account and then Purchase History.
4. Click or tap Movies or TV Programmes to see the movies or TV programmes you’ve purchased or downloaded from Xbox Video. A list of what you’ve purchased or downloaded appears.
5. Find the movie or TV programme that you’ve purchased, and then click or tap Download. The CONFIRM dialogue box appears.
6. Use the USB cable that was included with your phone to connect your Windows Phone 7 to a USB port on your computer.
7. In the Zune software, go to Collection, and then to Videos.
8. Click or tap the phone icon at the bottom left of the Zune software.
9. On your Windows phone 7, tap Music+Videos.
10. Flick to Zune, and then tap Videos. A list of the videos that you’ve purchased appears.
11. Find the video that you’ve purchased, and then tap to watch it.