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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Listening to Music
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Click
Yes
. Windows Media Player searches for all
available audio media and places them in the Media
Library.
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To add files from a CD to your Media Library, insert the
CD, select
Copy from CD
, and then select
Copy Music
in the toolbar. You can select to copy your music files as
MPEG Audio Layer 3 (.mp3) or Windows Media Audio
(.wma) files.
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Click the
Library
tab to see where your new audio files
have been placed. You can rename files by selecting the
file and typing a new name or genre over the old one. The
way you label your music files determines the category in
which they are placed.
Your added music files can now be found and played back
using My Music in Media Center.You may need to close and
open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My
Music.
For more information about adding music files to the Media
Library, use the Windows Media Player Help menu.
Deleting Music Files
To delete a file from the Windows Media Player Library,
select the music file, right-click the mouse, and then select
Delete
.
Adding Music from Your Hard Drive to Windows Media
Player Library
You can place all your music files into the My Music folder
or into 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.
You may have already copied and organized your music files
on your hard drive. If so, you need to add them to the
Windows Media Player Library to access them with the
Media Center.
