Chapter 14. Playback Time: Sorting, Viewing, and Controlling Your Music

In This Chapter

The simplest way to play an audio CD with your Media Center machine
How to make Media Center's My Music interface your default audio player
How to sort your audio collection by album, artist, playlist, song, musical genre , or keyword search
Control music playback any way you like, using your remote control, mouse, or keyboard
How to use visualizations to enhance your audio enjoyment

Now that you've got a handle on the basic tools for building a music collection on your Media Center PC, we'll spend some time learning about the ways to listen to that music while getting the most enjoyment from it. You'll quickly find that Media Center allows you to do things with your music collection that you never dreamed of with your old 4stereo. Prepare to be spoiled!