172 Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Watching Your Digital Movies
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If you want to share your videos with others, place them in
the Shared Video folder. To do this, click Start on the
taskbar, click My Documents, click the Shared Documents
folder under Other Places, and then double-click the Shared
Video folder.
You can add, delete, edit, rename, and organize your video
files into folders you create in the Shared Video folder.
Your videos can now be played in Media Center.
Playing Digital Videos
After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared
Videos folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to
watch your videos.
1Press the Start button on the remote control to open the
Media Center Start menu.
2Select My Videos. The right side of the window shows
small images of your video files and folder icons, if you
have organized your videos into folders.
3Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to move
through and select your video or video folder.
4Press the OK button on the remote control.
The selected video plays in full screen mode, or the
folder opens displaying a list of video files. Use the
mouse to resize the window if you want to watch your
video while doing something else on your desktop.
5When the video is finished, select Restart and then press
OK to replay the video. You can also select Done and
press OK to close the file and return to the My Videos
window.