Chapter 14. Going Multimedia with Vista

In This Chapter:

  • Look, play, and listen to Vista’s multimedia offerings
  • Learn how Vista combines several multimedia tools into its programs
  • Access all your media from one program
  • Organize pictures, music, and videos
  • Make your own recordings
  • Edit movies and videos
  • Put a media center in your living room

Computers form the heart of most multimedia experiences and those experiences are no longer limited to amusement parks and movie theaters. In your own home you now can perform the following tasks that are considered ordinary whereas just a handful of years ago they would have been amazing:

  • Watch and record TV shows
  • Play DVD movies
  • Play CD music and save that music to your disk (called ripping the CDs) for ...

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