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:
File type
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.
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File extension
To add music files on your Family Media Center to the Media Player’s Media Library
CD audio | .cda |
Windows Media .asx, .wm, .wma, .wmp, .wmx audio files
Windows audio .wav files
MP3 | .mp3 and .m3u |
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Tip:
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.
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1 With the mouse, click Start, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens.
2 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.