With Windows Media Player, you can play sound and video files on your computer. You can find and download sound and video files from the Internet or copy media files from a CD or DVD. Instead of opening each media file separately, you can have the Media Library in Windows Media Player search your computer or monitor a specific folder for media files and organize them by category. You can browse the Media Library and select the media file that you want to play. When you play a sound or video file, a graphical visualization of the sound or the movie appears on the Now Playing tab in the Windows Media Player window. You can play, pause, and stop the media file. Search for Media Files -
| Click the Start button, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player. | -
| Click the Tools menu, and then click Search For Media Files. | -
| Click the Search On list arrow, and then select a drive. | -
| If you want, click Browse to select a specific location. | -
| Click Advanced Options. | -
| Specify options for adding new media files. | -
| Click Search. | -
| Click Close. | Did You Know? You can monitor folders to automatically add media files to the Media Library . Click the File menu, point to Add To Media Library, click By Monitoring Folders, click Add, select a folder, and then click OK twice. You can automatically add media files to the Media Library . Click the Tools menu, click Options, click the Player tab, select the Add Music Items To Media Library When Played check box, and then click OK. | Add Media Files to the Media Library -
| Click the Media Library tab. | -
| To add a currently playing track or playlist to the Media Library, play it now. | -
| Click the Add button, and then click the option you want: | Play Media Files from the Media Library -
| Click the Media Library tab. | -
| Click a plus sign (+) next to the category you want to view. | -
| Click a category. | -
| Double-click the media file to play it. | Did You Know? You can change the sound visualization . Click Now Playing, right-click the screen, point to a visualization category, and then click one. Click the Next or Previous Visualization button to view other ones. | |