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Playing music and movies

Playing audio and video files

Windows Media Player can play several types of audio and video files, including

WAV, MIDI, MP3, AU, AVI, and MPEG formats. For more information about using

Windows Media Player, click Help.

To play a file using Windows Media Player:

1Click Start, All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens.

Playing CDs or DVDs

Important

Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able to play these CDs on your notebook.

Important

To watch a DVD you must have a DVD drive in your notebook. If you do not have a DVD drive and would like to add an external drive, visit the Accessory Store at accessories.gateway.com.

Video screen

Play Stop

Video file information

2Click File, then click Open. The Open dialog box opens.

3Click the file you want to play, then click Open.

4Play the file by clicking(play), then stop playing the file by clicking (stop).

You can play CDs using Windows Media Player, and you can play DVDs using Windows Media Player and CyberLink PowerDVD.

A standard Compact Disc (CD) holds an entire album of digital songs, and can be played on a CD player or your notebook’s CD drive.

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies or several albums of music can fit on a single disc. DVDs can be played on a DVD player or a DVD drive-equipped notebook.

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