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To scan for content

1 Click the Scan for Content button to scan for media files in the directory you specify.

2Select the content to scan for — All, Movie, Picture, Document, or TV-On-Demand — and follow the on-screen directions.

Media Library adds any of the following types of files that it finds in the directory you specified.

The Music category scans for .wav, .mp3, .mid, and .wma audio files.

The Movie category scans for .vcr, .avi, .asf, .mpg, .mpeg,

.mp2, .mov, and .wmv video files.

Filtering files

You can filter the media files in the Library to display only the file types and time periods you want.

To filter by Type

Click the Type button in the upper left corner of the

Library to filter by media type:

All, Movie, Music, Picture, Document, or TV-On-Demand (see TV-On-Demand™on page 36).

To filter by date

Click the Date button in the upper left corner of the Library to filter by date, protection status, and unviewed:

All, Today, Yesterday, This week, Last week, Protected from deletion, or Unviewed. (To protect files from deletion, select one or more entries in the main view, right-click, and then click Protect from deletion.)

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ATI Technologies ATI Multimedia Center 8.1 Filtering files, To scan for content, To filter by Type, To filter by date