Playing Back Sound, Video And Animation Files - Toshiba Satellite 200 Series User Manual

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The Wide World of Multimedia

Playing Back Sound, Video and Animation Files

The CD Player window
To adjust the volume, turn the volume control dial on the front of
the computer.
To stop the CD, click the stop button.
To eject a CD, click the eject button in the CD Player window, or
press the CD-ROM eject button on the right side of the computer.
If Windows 95 didn't start CD Player automatically when you
inserted the audio CD, follow these steps to start it now:
1 Double-click the My Computer icon.
Windows 95 opens the My Computer window.
2 Click the Audio CD icon with the secondary button.
3 Click Play.
Windows 95 opens the CD Player and starts playing your
audio compact disc.
Playing Back Sound, Video and Animation Files
Multimedia files are stored in a variety of formats depending on
the type of file.
Sound Files
Traditionally, sound is recorded in an analog form. For example, a
magnetic tape recorder uses electrical signals to create a single
model of a given sound or waveform.
Most multimedia computers support two types of sound files,
wave files and MIDI files.