Gateway 901 Series - Manual (Page 60)

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Tip:
Getting started with My Music
My Music lets you enjoy a complete music experience
from the Windows XP Media Center. You can listen to
CDs, view artist information, create your own music
playlists, categorize and listen to music by genres,
search for music selections, and more.
The Windows XP Media Center lets you play these
digital audio file types:
With the mouse, click Start, then click Windows
Media Player. Windows Media Player opens.
To add music files on your Family Media Center
to the Media Player’s Media Library
On the left side of the Media Player, click Media
Library. The first time you click Media Library, a
message tells you that the Media Player needs to
search your Family Media Center for music files.
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File type
(format)
File extension
CD audio .cda
Windows Media
audio files .asx, .wm, .wma, .wmp, .wmx
Windows audio
files .wav
MP3 .mp3 and .m3u
Additional audio formats may be supported if you install new
codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and
decompress digital media files) to play the audio file.
Adding music files to the
Media Library
The Windows XP Media Center My Music works with the
Windows Media Player. Use the Windows Media Player
to add, delete, categorize, and organize music. Then use
My Music to view, sort, play, and search for music.