Creating Your Music Library - HP Media Center PC User Manual

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Creating Your Music Library

When you add music files to your music library, they
are placed into your My Music folder in Windows
Explorer and in the Media Library in Windows
Media Player. You can also find them in Media
Center.
Adding music files
1
Click Start
taskbar, choose All Programs, and
then click Windows Media
Player.
2
Click the Media Library tab on the side of
the window. The first time you select Media
Library, a message tells you that Windows
Media Player needs to search your computer
for your music files.
3
Click Yes. Windows Media Player searches
for all available audio media and places them
in the Media Library. If you choose No, you
can go to the Tools menu and search for
media to add later. Select drives, and then
click Search.
4
To add files from a CD to your Media Library:
a
Insert the CD.
b
Select Copy from CD from the tabs on
the left.
Deleting Music files
1
Click Start
choose All Programs, and then click
Windows Media Player.
2
Select the Media Library tab.
3
Select the file you want to delete.
4
Click the delete icon
and then select Delete from Library.
on the
5
Your added music files can immediately be found
and played back by using My Music in Media
Center.
For more information about adding music files to
the Media Library, use the Windows Media Player
Help menu.
5
on the taskbar,
on the menu bar,
c
Select the tracks you want to copy by
placing a check in the box next to the
track.
d
Select Copy Music in the menu bar.
You can select to copy your music files as
MP3 files or as Windows Media Audio
files (.wma).
Click the Media Library tab to see where
your new audio files have been placed. You
can rename files by right-clicking the file,
selecting Edit, and then typing a new name
or genre over the old one. The way you label
your music files determines the category in
which they are placed.
Select the option to Delete from Media
Library only or Delete from Media
Library and my computer, and then
click OK.