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Chapter 6: Using Multimedia

To play a music CD in Windows 2000:

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Double-click the musicmatch JUKEBOX icon on your desktop. MusicMatch opens.

Insert the music CD into the CD or DVD drive on your computer.

Important

If the drive you want to use is not in the modular bay, you need to swap modules. For more information about swapping modules, see “Changing drives” on page 242.

3 Click the CD tab in the MusicMatch window. The names of the music tracks appear in the playlist area.

4 Click (play).

Creating MP3 music files

Using MusicMatch, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your computer’s hard drive as MP3 files. MP3 (MPEG Layer 3) is a standard for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. MP3 files end in the file extension .MP3.

Important

Some music CDs have copy protection software. You cannot copy tracks from these CDs.

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