The My Videos window in Media Center makes it
easy to play home video files you created or video
files you downloaded from the Internet.
In My Videos you can:
Play videos that are stored anywhere on your
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hard disk drive.
Create a CD or DVD of your video files.
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Playing Digital Videos in Media Center
After you organize your videos in the My Videos or
Shared Video folder in Windows Explorer, open
Media Center to watch your videos.
1
Press the Media Center Start
button
on the remote control.
2
Select My Videos.
3
Select the video folder you want,
and then press OK. The video
folder opens, displaying a list of
video files. You may need to use
the scroll arrows at the bottom of
the window to display all videos.
4
Select the video file, and press
OK again. The video plays in
full-screen mode. Use the mouse
to resize the window if you want
to watch your video while doing
something else on your desktop.
5
To exit full-screen mode and return to the
previous window, press Back on the remote
control. Your video continues to play in the
inset window.
View your videos in full-screen mode or from
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an inset window in Media Center.
View small image (thumbnail) and title of
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video file.
6
When the video is finished, select Restart,
and then press OK to replay the video, or
select Done to close the file and return to the
My Videos window.
Playing Videos
Each user has a
separate My Videos
folder that can be
opened only by that
person. You can
share videos with
others by storing
them in the Shared
Video folder.
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Playing Videos