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Creating a Playlist in Windows Media Center

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Creating a Playlist in Windows Media Center A playlist is a customized list of songs that you can keep to play later or record to a CD. Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play. You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show. You can create playlists in Windows Media Center or the Windows Media Player. To create a playlist: 1 Select Music, select music library, and then select either albums, artists, playlists, songs, or genres. 2 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control, or the arrow keys on the keyboard, or use the mouse to navigate to and select the music that you want to add to the playlist. 3 Press OK on the remote control, or press the Enter key on the keyboard, or click the selection to select a song. 4 Click Add to Queue to add the music to the list of music in the queue. Playing CDs, DVDs, or VCDs 143

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Creating a Playlist in Windows Media Center
A
playlist
is a customized list of songs that you can keep to play later or record to a CD.
Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order
in which you want the files to play.
You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist
that contains background music for a slide show.
You can create playlists in Windows Media Center or the Windows Media Player.
To create a playlist:
1
Select
Music
, select
music library
, and then select either
albums
,
artists
,
playlists
,
songs
, or
genres
.
2
Use the arrow buttons on the remote control, or the arrow keys on the keyboard, or
use the mouse to navigate to and select the music that you want to add to the playlist.
3
Press OK on the remote control, or press the Enter key on the keyboard, or click the
selection to select a song.
4
Click
Add to Queue
to add the music to the list of music in the queue.