HP Media Center m1000 HP Media Center Desktop PCs - Software Guide - Page 70

Searching the Computer for Music Files You may have already copied and organized your music files on your hard disk 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 disk 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. The music files can now be found and played in the 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. n For more information about music file formats, use Windows Media Player Help and Media Center Help. Only supported audio file types are displayed in the My Music window. Unsupported files won't play. Using supported music file types You can play the following types of digital audio files in Media Center. You can also select Media Center as the default player for any of the listed file types. Refer to Windows Media Player Help for more information about supported file types. File extension .cda .wav .mp3, .m3u .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmv, .wvx, .wmp, .wmx File type CD audio Windows audio file Audio files Windows Media audio files 66 HP Media Center PC Software Guide