Microsoft® Windows® XP Unleashed

Options, Tab by Tab

The Options dialog is the heart and soul of Media Player. With this dialog you can modify the behavior of Media Player to suit your needs. We will go tab by tab here, starting with the Player tab.

Player

There are three sections to the Player tab (see Figure 29.10). Let's take a look at each of these options in more depth.

Figure 29.10. The Player tab of the Options dialog box.

Automatic Updates

This option group sets how often you want Media Player to check for updates to itself. The options are daily, weekly, and monthly. The Download Codecs Automatically option toggles whether Media Player should fetch plug-ins that allow ...