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161 Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music Creating a Playlist A playlist is a customized list of digital music files. Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play. You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show. Use Windows Media Player to create playlists and then play them back using Media Center. To create a playlist: 1 Click Start on the taskbar and select Windows Media Player. 2 Click the Library tab. 3 Left click the Now Playing list menu on the right side of the screen. 4 Select New List, then Playlist. 5 Drag the music files to the right side of the Media Player window. You can also select the music file and click the Add selection to the current list icon. 6 Left click the Now Playing list menu and select Save Playlist As. Enter the name of the Playlist in the Save as window, and click Save. 7 Select your playlist to view the music files that you have added. 8 Close Media Center, if open, then click Start, then Media Center. Your playlist will not appear in My Music unless you close and open Media Center. You can now play your playlist in Media Center.

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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Listening to Music
Creating a Playlist
A playlist is a customized list of digital music files. Using
playlists, you can group various digital music files together
and determine the order in which you want the files to play.
You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from
various CDs or even a playlist that contains background
music for a slide show.
Use Windows Media Player to create playlists and then play
them back using Media Center.
To create a playlist:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar and select
Windows Media
Player
.
2
Click the
Library
tab.
3
Left click the
Now Playing list
menu on the right side of
the screen.
4
Select
New List
, then
Playlist
.
5
Drag the music files to the right side of the Media Player
window. You can also select the music file and click the
Add selection to the current list
icon.
6
Left click the
Now Playing list
menu and select
Save
Playlist As
. Enter the name of the Playlist in the Save as
window, and click
Save
.
7
Select your playlist to view the music files that you have
added.
8
Close Media Center, if open, then click
Start
, then
Media
Center
. Your playlist will not appear in My
Music unless you close and open Media Center.
You can now play your playlist in Media Center.