Toshiba G35 Listening to Music, Start, My Music, Windows Media Player, Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media® Player

Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005	193
Listening to Music

Listening to Music

The My Music window in the Media Center works with Windows Media® Player to find and play your music files and CDs. You can use Windows Media Player to create your music library and then use Media Center to find and play your music using your remote control.

You can store your music files in the My Music folder or in other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them.

In My Music, you can:

❖Play music CDs — you can skip, shuffle, or repeat songs or albums

❖Play digital music files from a music library you create and organize using Windows Media Player

❖Search for music files by the following categories: album, artist, playlist, song, or genre

❖View music CD details such as artist name, song title, length of song, and album cover art

❖Play a music playlist with a slide show

Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media® Player

Each time you add music files outside of Windows Media Player, you must use the Tools menu to add music files to your Windows Media Player Library. This will ensure that Media Center can find them.

To add music files:

1Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player.