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Navigating Windows Media Center

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If you decide not to purchase a remote control, you can still easily find, record, and

browse content via the keyboard or mouse. Select the Arrow menu in the bottom-

right corner to change the direction in which you want to scroll. Up and Down move

you in the corresponding directions, and Left and Right do the same. You can also

click the red button on the Play menu to record live TV.

The Movie Guide option allows you to search for movies only. You can view thumb-

nails of movie jackets, and filter the Movie Guide based on top-rated movies, what’s

on at the moment, what’s on next, or different predefined genres. Remember, these

are just movies, not general TV content. The movie list is based on the downloaded

TV guide.

The Movie Guide makes finding movies a breeze, because it lets you search by pre-

defined criteria. You can use the keyboard, mouse, or optional remote control to

access the Movie Guide as well as all aspects of Windows Media Center.

As noted earlier, once you have selected the Movie Guide option, you can view avail-

able movies based on the following criteria:

• Top Rated

• On Now

• On Next

• Genres

After you have selected a method to sort the content, you are presented with a pic-

ture representing the movie, based on the original movie poster or DVD cover. High-

lighting a movie brings up the title of the movie, the year it was released, and the

channel and time it is available to watch.

Working with Online Media

The Online Media menu allows you to access your computer’s program library so

that you can play games on your TV rather than on your computer. When you click

Online Media and then click Program Library, you will see a list of available games,

as shown in Figure 25-10. Click the game you want to play, such as Chess Titans or

Purble Place.

Burning Disks

Burning disks in Windows Media Center is similar to burning disks with Windows

Media Player and Windows DVD Maker, but with fewer options. To burn a DVD,

click Tasks and then click Burn CD/DVD. With CDs, Windows Media Center helps

you burn audio and data CDs. With DVDs, it helps you burn a data DVD, Video

DVD, or DVD slide show. Start by inserting the CD or DVD and then selecting the

disk format, such as Video DVD, when prompted (see Figure 25-11).

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Next, provide a title for the disk and select a media location to browse for media:

• If you selected Data DVD as the disk format, you will be able to select from

Recorded TV, Music Library, Picture Library, and Video Library options.

• If you selected Video DVD as the disk format, you will be able to select from

Recorded TV and Video Library options.

• If you selected DVD Slide Show as the disk format, you will be able to select

from Music Library and Picture Library options.

When creating your disk, you can mix and match different types of content from

available categories by selecting a category, adding items, clicking the Back button,

selecting a different category, and then adding items from that category. Only catego-

ries for the selected type of disk are available, however. If you decide to go back and

change the disk type, you will have to start all over again with the media item selection.

With Recorded TV, you can select the recorded TV shows to add to your disk. With

Music Library, you can select albums and songs to add. With Picture Library, you

can select pictures to add as a slide show, and with Video Library, you can select vid-

eos to add. The process of burning a disk is similar to that of burning a disk in Win-

dows Media Player.

Figure 25-10. Viewing your program library