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Special features

The following Windows Media Player features are available only on computers running the Windows« XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional operating systems.

Feature For more information
Info Center View To view information about content
DVD playback Using DVDs
Automatic VCD playback To play a VCD
Enhanced Copy to CD (data CDs and volume leveled audio CDs) Creating your own CDs
Enhanced Copy from CD (Windows Media Audio Professional 9 codec) Copying music from CDs
Play Speed Settings To play content at variable speeds
Mini Player Mini Player toolbar
Enhanced user interface (full color, and full-screen audio and video controls) Player areas and buttons
Color Chooser Changing the color of the Player
Create and edit auto playlists To create an auto playlist
Commands available when right-clicking a digital media item by using My Computer:
  • Add to Playlist
  • Copy to CD or Device
  • Queue-it-up
See the following topics respectively:
Advanced Tag Editor Editing media information
Monitor Folders To add audio and video files to Media Library
Add static lyrics to a file To add static lyrics to a file
Add synchronized lyrics to a file To add synchronized lyrics to a file
Enhanced audio playback (HDCD decoding and playback; multichannel audio playback) Playing music from CDs

Using multichannel audio


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