HP m1299a, m1297c, m1297a Playing Digital Videos in Media Center, Using Supported Video File Types

Playing Digital Videos in Media Center

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■Use the mouse to select the up and down arrows at the bottom of the window to scroll to other pages of video files and folders.

■You can maximize the media playing in the inset window by using the arrow buttons to select the inset window and then pressing OK on the remote control.

After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared Video folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to watch your videos.

1	Press the Media Center Start button	on
	the remote control.
2	Select My Videos.
3	Select the video folder you want, and
	then press OK. The video folder opens,
	displaying a list of video files. You may need
	to use the scroll arrows at the bottom of the
	window to display all videos.
4	Select the video file, and press OK again.
	The video plays in full-screen mode. Use the
	mouse to resize the window if you want to
	watch your video while doing something
	else on your desktop.
5	To exit full-screen mode and return to the
	previous window, press Back on the remote

control. Your video continues to play in the inset window.

6 When the video is finished, select Restart, and then press OK to replay the video, or select Done to close the file and return to the My Videos window.

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For more information about supported video file types, refer to Media Center Help menu.

Using Supported Video File Types

You can view the following types of video files in Media Center. Other file types are supported if your PC has the correct software installed.

File extension	File type
.avi	Video file
.mpeg, .mpg,	Movie file
.mpe, .m1v,
.mp2, .mpv2
.wm, .asf	Windows Media file
.wmv	Windows Media A/V file

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