Getting started with MyVideos

The Windows XP Media Center’s My Videos makes it easy to enjoy your digital videos. My Videos lets you watch and share your videos. You can organize and sort videos by name or date. Use the keyboard, mouse, or remote to browse your videos.

The Windows XP Media Center lets you watch these digital video file types:

File type (format)

File extension

 

 

Windows Media file

.wm, .asf

 

 

Windows Media A/V

.wmv

 

 

Video file

.avi

 

 

Movie file

.mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v,

 

.mp2, .mpv2

 

 

Windows MetaFile

.wmf

 

 

While browsing or viewing videos, you can press the More Info button to view more information about video.

Tip:

Additional video formats may be supported if you install new codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and decompress digital media files) to play the video file.

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