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Chapter 13 Sound! Movies! Media Player! In This Chapter B Figuring out Media Player B Finding music, radio, and movie trailers on the Internet B Finding and cataloging the music on your computer B Playing CDs and DVDs B Playing MP3s, WMAs, and video B Creating WMAs B Making Media Player create MP3s and play DVDs B Moving music to and from MP3 players B Creating CDs B Adding skins to Media Player B Using the My Pictures and My Music folders B Fixing sound and video problems or years, computers could only cut loose with a rude beep, which they issued to harass confused users who pressed the wrong key. The Windows XP Media Player 8 changes all that, handling fancy vid- eos, Internet radio stations, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, and more. But only if you press the right keys. In fact, the program does so much that figuring out exactly what it’s supposed to be doing (and when) is overwhelming. This chapter shows how to do it all, and because there’s so much to cover, I’ll stop blabbing and start explaining. Understanding Media Player Media Player’s performance depends entirely upon how much money you paid for your computer — or how much money your computer has absorbed since you first plopped it on your desk. F
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