HP Media Center m400 HP Media Center PC - User's Guide 5990-6456 - Page 135

Searching Computer for Music Files

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Searching Computer for Music Files You may have already copied and organized your music files on your hard drive. If so, you need to add them to the Windows Media Player Library to access them with the Media Center. To add music files that are stored in your My Music or Shared Music folder on your hard drive: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player. 2 Click the Media Library tab. 3 Select + Add on the menu bar and then select By Searching Computer. Click the arrow on the search or drop-down list to search a specific drive. 4 Click Search. Windows Media Player searches the selected drives for all supported audio files and adds them to the Media Library. If Windows Media Player does not recognize all of your audio files, try copying the files directly into Windows Media Player. Refer to Windows Media Player Help for more information. Your music files can now be found and played in My Music window in the Media Center. You may need to close and open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My Music. My Music 129

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My Music
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Searching Computer for Music Files
You may have already copied and organized your
music files on your hard drive. If so, you need to
add them to the Windows Media Player Library to
access them with the Media Center.
To add music files that are stored in your My Music
or Shared Music folder on your hard drive:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar, and
then click
Windows Media Player
.
2
Click the
Media Library
tab.
3
Select
+
Add
on the menu bar and then
select
By Searching Computer
. Click the
arrow on the search or drop-down list to
search a specific drive.
4
Click
Search
. Windows Media Player
searches the selected drives for all supported
audio files and adds them to the Media
Library.
If Windows Media Player does not recognize all of
your audio files, try copying the files directly into
Windows Media Player. Refer to Windows Media
Player Help for more information.
Your music files can now be found and played in
My Music window in the Media Center. You may
need to close and open Media Center for the added
music files to appear in My Music.