Toshiba f25-av205 User Guide

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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Listening to Music
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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 StartWindows 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.
3
Click Yes. Windows Media Player searches for all 
available audio media and places them in the Media 
Library.
4
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.
5
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.