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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Listening to Music
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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.