Windows Media Player Tour
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Welcome

Welcome to the Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player tour.

This tour showcases the features that make Windows Media Player the center for playing and organizing digital media files on your computer and on the Internet.

To start the tour, you can either click a button on the taskbar to learn more about a specific Player feature or sit back and let the tour guide you through each feature. When you see the Play Movie button, click it to watch an informative demonstration.

To learn more about using Windows Media Player, see Windows Media Player Help or visit the following Web sites:

- . Locate digital media on the Web and learn more about Windows Media-based events.
- . Get the latest news and information about Windows Media Player along with interesting links to other hot products.

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Now
Playing

Use the Now Playing feature to watch videos, DVDs, or a visualization of an audio track you are playing.

When you are listening to a CD, the name of the artist and the title of the audio track are displayed. When you are watching a DVD, Now Playing displays each chapter in the movie. If you have created a playlist, Now Playing will display it for you. You can also adjust the equalizer settings, view lyrics for a file, or view the album art for your CD.

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Visualizations are splashes of color and geometric shapes that change with the beat of your music. Select a visualization from the View menu. If you want to change the visualization that is already displayed, use the visualization button on your screen.

Media
Guide

Media Guide is like an entertainment magazine. It is updated frequently with links to the latest movies, music, radio stations, and video available on the Internet. Using Media Guide, you can listen and watch digital media files directly from the Internet or download them to your computer.

Copy
from CD

Copy from CD is where you choose the CD tracks that you want to store on your computer. You can choose to copy just a few of your favorite tracks or copy an entire CD. After the tracks are copied to your computer, you can play them again and again without the CD. The tracks that you copy are licensed by default.

If you want more information about each track before you decide whether to copy it, you can use the album information search wizard to download details such as the artist, composer, genre, and length of each track.

Play Movie

Copying tracks from your CD is easy. Simply select the tracks that you want to copy, and then click Copy Music. The Copy Status column keeps you informed of the progress. If you change your mind before the copying is complete, click Stop Copy.

Media
Library

You can use Media Library to store and organize your digital media files. For example, you can:

- Save links to digital media files on your computer or the Internet.
- Create a playlist of your favorite audio tracks, which you can then copy to a CD or portable device.
- Locate your audio and video files by category, such as album title, artist name, genre, or author.

Play Movie

After you have copied your favorite tracks to your computer, create a playlist from them and arrange the tracks in the order you want them to play. You can also use this playlist to copy your music to a portable device.

Radio
Tuner

Use the Radio Tuner feature to find Internet radio stations from around the world and in nearly every genre. To find a particular radio station, you can search by location, by the station's call letters, or by several other parameters.

If you have several radio stations that you like to listen to, you can create presets for them just as you would for your car radio.

Copy to CD
or Device

Want to take some of your digital media collection with you? Windows Media Player makes it easy for you to transfer your digital media files from Media Library to portable devices, such as Pocket and Handheld PCs, digital audio players, and CD recorders.

Play Movie

Select a playlist, select the tracks that you want to copy to your portable device, and then click Copy Music. The Player checks for available space on your device and displays the titles of your newly copied tracks after copying is complete.

Skin
Chooser

Do you like to change display settings on your computer to match your mood? You can personalize the appearance of Windows Media Player by using the Skin Chooser feature to apply skins. Preview and select from more than 15 different skins or download additional skins from the Internet.

Play Movie

Browse the list of available skins to find the one that matches your mood. Then click Apply Skin to make your choice. The Player will switch to skin mode. Click Play to start your audio or video file.

Play DVD

Watch DVD-based movies and download information about your DVDs on your computer by using Windows Media Player. This feature is available if you have a DVD-ROM drive and a software or hardware DVD decoder installed on your computer.

Note DVD-related commands, options, and controls are available only if you have a compatible DVD decoder installed.