Part V. Pictures, Music, and Movies

Part V gets into the fun and creative things you can do with pictures, music, and video. Chapter 23 starts off with pictures and all the cool new things you can do with Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Chapter 24 covers Windows Media Player, a great tool for creating and organizing a music collection and creating your own custom music CDs.

Chapter 25 moves on to video files and DVD movies, mostly centering on using Windows Media Player.

If you have the Premium or Ultimate edition of Windows 7, you also have Windows Media Center. Media Center lets you access your entire media collection through a computer or TV screen. If you have the right equipment, you can work it all with a remote control like the one you use to operate your TV.

Despite all the potential fun, multimedia can pose some real technical challenges. Chapter 27 provides solutions to the most common problems faced when working with digital media.

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