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183 Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition Watching Your Digital Movies If not, move your videos into the My Videos or Shared Videos folder in Windows Explorer for Media Center to be able to find and play them. Once you have placed all your videos into the My Videos or Shared Videos folder, you can rename, add, delete, and organize them into folders. To organize and store your videos, click Start on the taskbar, click My Documents, and then double-click the My Videos folder. If you want to share your videos with others, place them in the Shared Video folder. To do this, click Start on the taskbar, click My Documents, click the Shared Documents folder under Other Places, and then double-click the Shared Video folder. You can add, delete, edit, rename, and organize your video files into folders you create in the Shared Video folder. Your videos can now be played in Media Center. Playing Digital Videos After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared Videos folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to watch your videos. 1 Press the Start button on the remote control to open the Media Center Start menu. 2 Select My Videos. The right side of the window shows small images of your video files and folder icons, if you've organized your videos into folders. 3 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to move through and select your video or video folder. 4 Press the OK button on the remote control. The selected video plays in full screen mode, or the folder opens displaying a list of video files. Use the mouse to resize the window if you want to watch your video while doing something else on your desktop.

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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition
Watching Your Digital Movies
If not, move your videos into the My Videos or Shared
Videos folder in Windows Explorer for Media Center to be
able to find and play them.
Once you have placed all your videos into the My Videos or
Shared Videos folder, you can rename, add, delete, and
organize them into folders.
To organize and store your videos, click Start on the taskbar,
click My Documents, and then double-click the My Videos
folder.
If you want to share your videos with others, place them in
the Shared Video folder. To do this, click Start on the taskbar,
click My Documents, click the Shared Documents folder
under Other Places, and then double-click the Shared Video
folder.
You can add, delete, edit, rename, and organize your video
files into folders you create in the Shared Video folder.
Your videos can now be played in Media Center.
Playing Digital Videos
After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared
Videos folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to
watch your videos.
1
Press the Start button on the remote control to open the
Media Center Start menu.
2
Select My Videos. The right side of the window shows
small images of your video files and folder icons, if
you’ve organized your videos into folders.
3
Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to move
through and select your video or video folder.
4
Press the OK button on the remote control.
The selected video plays in full screen mode, or the
folder opens displaying a list of video files. Use the
mouse to resize the window if you want to watch your
video while doing something else on your desktop.