HP Media Center m7000 - Desktop PC Reference Manual page 61

Adding music files from the Internet
For more information about downloading music
from the iTunes Music store, refer to the Help menu
in the iTunes program.
1
Connect to the Internet.
2
Follow the online instructions to download
your songs. If songs are downloaded from the
iTunes Music Store, they appear in your iTunes
music Library.
3
If songs are downloaded to your desktop,
drag them into the iTunes music Library. If the
files are in an unprotected .wma format, they
are encoded into .aac files by default (or into
the importing format you select from the
Preferences menu) and placed into the library.
Adding music files from your hard disk drive
If the music file is in another format, iTunes will
automatically convert the file to the .aac format
before it adds it to your iTunes music Library.
1
Click Start
choose All Programs, iTunes, and then
click iTunes.
Using supported music file types
You can play the following types of digital audio
files in iTunes. By default, iTunes converts several file
types to .aac files when you import them into the
iTunes music Library.
Some file types, such as protected .wma files and
other proprietary file types, are not able to be
played in iTunes.
Media Center cannot play .aac files from My Music.
With iTunes, you can share .mp3, .aiff, .wav, and
.aac files between other computers on a local
network.
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5
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on the taskbar,
File extension
.aac
.aiff
.wav
.mp3
To change your import format:
a
Click the Edit menu, and then select
Preferences.
b
Select the Importing tab.
c
Select the Import Using drop-down
menu, and then select an import format.
Select Library. Songs are listed
alphabetically or by the sort order of the
library column heading you select.
Click the File menu, and then select Add File
to Library. Click the drop-down arrow to
browse for your music files. Select your file,
and then click Open.
File type
Apple Lossless
Encoder
Apple Compressed
Encoded
Windows audio file
Audio files
n
If your songs are
listed as track
numbers instead of
names, make sure
the PC is connected to
the Internet so iTunes
can look up the song
and album names.
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MP3 files are the
most compatible
music file format for
playing back on most
PCs and other audio
playback devices.
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You can select
Media Center as the
default player for any
of the listed file types.
Refer to iTunes Help
for information about
supported file types.
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Playing Music Files