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Getting started with My Music

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Getting started with My Music My Music lets you enjoy a complete music experience from the Windows XP Media Center. You can listen to CDs, view artists information, create your own music playlists, categorize and listen to music by genres, search for music selections, and more. The Windows XP Media Center lets you play these digital audio file types: File type (format) CD audio File extension .cda Windows Media .asx, .wm, .wma, .wmp, .wmx audio files Windows audio .wav files MP3 .mp3 and .m3u Adding music files to the Media Library The Windows XP Media Center My Music works with the Windows Media Player. Use the Windows Media Player to add, delete, categorize, and organize music. Then use the Windows XP Media Center My Music to view, sort, play, and search for music. To add music files on your Media Center PC to the Media Player's Media Library 1 With the mouse, click Start, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens. Tip: Additional audio formats may be supported if you install new codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and decompress digital media files) to play the audio file. 2 On the left side of the Media Player, click Media Library. The first time you click Media Library, a message tells you that the Media Player needs to 42 search your Media Center PC for music files.

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Adding music files to the
Media Library
The Windows XP Media Center My Music works with the
Windows Media Player. Use the Windows Media Player to
add, delete, categorize, and organize music. Then use the
Windows XP Media Center My Music to view, sort, play,
and search for music.
To add music files on your Media Center PC to
the Media Player’s Media Library
1
With the mouse, click
Start
, then click
Windows
Media Player
. Windows Media Player opens.
2
On the left side of the Media Player, click
Media
Library.
The first time you click Media Library, a
message tells you that the Media Player needs to
search your Media Center PC for music files.
Getting started with My Music
My Music lets you enjoy a complete music experience
from the Windows XP Media Center. You can listen to
CDs, view artists information, create your own music
playlists, categorize and listen to music by genres, search
for music selections, and more.
The Windows XP Media Center lets you play these digital
audio file types:
File type
(format)
File extension
CD audio
.cda
Windows Media
audio files
.asx
,
.wm, .wma
,
.wmp
,
.wmx
Windows audio
files
.wav
MP3
.mp3 and .m3u
Tip:
Additional audio formats may be supported if you install new
codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and
decompress digital media files) to play the audio file.