Chapter 8. Playing Music and Movies

Your personal computer can do more than just compute. It can also serve as a fully functional audio/video playback center!

That's right, you can use your PC to listen to your favorite audio CDs and to watch the latest movies on DVD. And you do all of this with a software program called Windows Media Player included free with your new PC!

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player

Playing a CD

You play audio CDs using your PC's CD-ROM drive and Windows Media Player (WMP). You can also use WMP to play songs you've downloaded to your PC from the Internet and (if your PC has a DVD drive) to play DVD movies.

  1. Insert a CD into your PC's CD-ROM ...

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