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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Watching Your Digital Movies
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Organizing Your Videos
When you attach a digital video camera to your computer,
Windows asks you how you want to capture your video. You
can choose from various software programs to capture and
then edit your video file. Most programs automatically save
your file to the My Videos folder in Windows Explorer.
If not, move your videos into the My Videos or Shared
Videos folder in Windows Explorer for Media Center to be
able to find and play them.
Once you have placed all your videos into the My Videos or
Shared Videos folder, you can rename, add, delete, and
organize them into folders.
To organize and store your videos, click
Start
on the taskbar,
click
My Documents
, and then double-click the
My Videos
folder.
If you want to share your videos with others, place them in
the Shared Video folder. To do this, click
Start
on the taskbar,
click
My Documents
, click the
Shared Documents
folder
under Other Places, and then double-click the
Shared Video
folder.
You can add, delete, edit, rename, and organize your video
files into folders you create in the Shared Video folder.
Your videos can now be played in Media Center.
Playing Digital Videos
After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared
Videos folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to
watch your videos.
1
Click
Start
, then
Media
Center
to open the Media
Center main window.
2
Select
My Videos
. The right side of the window shows
small images of your video files and folder icons, if you
have organized your videos into folders.
