Access and Organize Media

1 hour

With Media Center, you’ll first want to make sure your files are organized and easy to access. Depending upon the number of files you have, this process could take you less or more than an hour, but the basic process is really pretty simple: Figure out where the media is that you will want to access (music, videos, pictures, recorded TV programs, games, and so on), and be sure to tell Media Center where that media is located. Media Center will do the rest for you by organizing those files into one of its libraries for easy access. For example, Figure 11-2 shows a music library.

Figure 11-2. Media Center libraries ...

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