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Listening to Music, Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media® Player, Player

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154 Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music Listening to Music The My Music window in the Media Center works with Windows Media® Player to find and play your music files and CDs. You can use Windows Media Player to create your music library and then use Media Center to find and play your music. You can store your music files in the My Music folder or in other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. In My Music, you can: ❖ Play music CDs - you can skip, shuffle, or repeat songs or albums ❖ Play digital music files from a music library you create and organize using Windows Media Player ❖ Search for music files by the following categories: album, artist, playlist, song, or genre ❖ View music CD details such as artist name, song title, length of song, and album cover art ❖ Play a music playlist with a slide show Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media® Player Each time you add music files outside of Windows Media Player, you must use the Tools menu to add music files to your Windows Media Player Library. This will ensure that Media Center can find them. To add music files: 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player. 2 Click the Library tab at the top of the window. The first time you select the media Library, a message tells you that Windows Media Player needs to search your computer for your music files.

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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Listening to Music
Listening to Music
The My Music window in the Media Center works with
Windows Media
®
Player to find and play your music files and
CDs. You can use Windows Media Player to create your music
library and then use Media Center to find and play your music.
You can store your music files in the My Music folder or in
other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add
those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media
Center to be able to find and play them.
In
My Music
, you can:
Play music CDs — you can skip, shuffle, or repeat songs
or albums
Play digital music files from a music library you create
and organize using Windows Media Player
Search for music files by the following categories:
album, artist, playlist, song, or genre
View music CD details such as artist name, song title,
length of song, and album cover art
Play a music playlist with a slide show
Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media
®
Player
Each time you add music files outside of Windows Media
Player, you must use the Tools menu to add music files to
your Windows Media Player Library. This will ensure that
Media Center can find them.
To add music files:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar, and then click
Windows
Media Player
.
2
Click the
Library
tab at the top of the window. The first
time you select the media Library, a message tells you
that Windows Media Player needs to search your
computer for your music files.