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Chapter 7: Using Multimedia

Playing a DVD

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums of music, or several gigabytes of data can fit on a single disc. If your computer has a DVD drive, you can play DVDs with the InterVideo DVD Player program or Windows Media Player. For more information about playing DVDs, click Help in the DVD player program.

To play a DVD:

1 Make sure that the speakers are turned on or headphones are plugged in and that the volume is turned up.

2 Turn off your screen saver and standby timers.

3 To play a DVD using InterVideo DVD, click Start, All Programs, DVD, then click DVD Player. The InterVideo DVD Player video screen and control panel open.

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To play a DVD using Windows Media Player in Windows XP, click Start, All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player opens.

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To play a DVD using Windows Media Player in Windows 2000, click Start, Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, then click Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player opens.

Important

If the InterVideo DVD player is not on your Start menu, or if Windows Media Player cannot play a DVD, you will need to install the InterVideo DVD program. To install the InterVideo program, insert the InterVideo DVD Software disc into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen instructions.

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