Chapter 11

Enjoying Music and Videos

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Listening to music and burning it to CDs

check Playing music on the Groove Music app

check Enjoying videos

check Recording a voice narration

The term media on computers refers to something other than text. Audio and video are examples of media. Audio is a catchall term for music and other sound files, such as books on CD. Video includes files that you can shoot with your digital camera as well as Hollywood blockbusters.

The delivery of music has come a long way from Edison's wax cylinder or even vinyl LPs. Nowadays, music is entirely digital. The Groove Music app lets you play your music collection and makes it easy to explore new music. Use Windows Media Player to play audio CDs, to copy audio files to your computer, and to burn songs onto a CD.

The Movies & TV app is similar to the Groove Music app, but it's for video instead of music. You can use it to play your homemade videos.

In this chapter, you play a music CD, copy CDs to your computer for easier access, and burn a CD. You also explore the Groove Music and Movies & TV apps. Finally, you ...

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