Project 7

Mastering Digital Media:Audio and Video Files

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Chapter Objectives

Launch Windows Media Player in full mode

Search for and play audio and video files from the Internet

Change views in Media Player

Play tracks on an audio CD

Choose a visualization and apply a skin

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Chapter Objectives

Switch between full mode and skin mode

Understand licensing and content protection

Copy tracks from an audio CD to Media Library

Display album information and artist profile

Create and view a playlist

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Chapter Objectives

Copy tracks to a playlist

Burn a CD using the tracks in a playlist

Listen to an Internet radio station

Launch Windows Movie Maker

Import a video file into Movie Maker

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Chapter Objectives

Play and rename video clips

Add and edit video clips in the workspace

Preview and save a project

Save a movie

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Project Overview

This project is an introduction to Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker.

Using Media Player and Movie Maker, you play music files located on the Internet, copy music from an audio CD to Media Library, burn a CD, listen to Internet radio stations, import video files into Movie Maker, play and edit video clips, preview and save a project, and save a movie.

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Music to Go: The Digital Media Revolution

Timeline of the various music delivery media. the earliest -- car radio eight-track tape compact cassettes CDs Windows Media Player.

What is your experience with any of these older media?

What exposure have you had with to the latest media technologies (e.g., Internet radio, MP3 players, etc.)?

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Digital Media

Digital media includes audio, video, and images

Digital media is stored in audio files, video files and picture files

A single song on an audio CD is referred to as a track.

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Windows Media Player 9

Seven Main Features of Windows Media Player view digital media that is currently playing download and play audio and video files from the

internet copy music from an audio CD to the computer organize and play audio and video files listen to Internet radio stations copy audio files to a CD or portable music device change the visual appearance of Windows Media

Player

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Launching: Windows Media Player 9

Click the Start button, point to All Programs on the Start menu, and then click Windows Media Player.

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Windows Media Player 9

Full Mode allows access to the Media Player features allows you to display or not display the outer frame

Status pane displays messages

Video – copyright, playing message, video clip name, author name

Audio – copyright, transfer speed, track title, artist name

displays elapsed playing time

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Windows Media Player 9

Hide/Show Taskbar button along the right side of the taskbar display or not display the features taskbar

Features taskbar contains seven (7) buttons along the left side

Media Guide is selected by default and the Media Guide view is displayed

Media Guide Pane WindowsMedia.com home page

Search for and play audio and video files Retrieve current news and entertainment stories Listen to radio stations Display other digital media site

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Windows Media Player 9:Features Taskbar

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Windows Media Player 9:Outer Frame

Outer Frame includes: Windows Media Player window Title bar Menu bar

Click the Show menu bar button to display the Windows Media Player outer frame.

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Playlist Selection Area

Playlist Selection Area allows you to perform basic operations that you would perform if the menu bar in the outer frame were visible

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Playback Controls Area

Playback Control Area displays along the bottom of Media player and contain the playback controls

Common CD and VCR symbols are used

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Playback Controls Area

Playback Controls

Play and Pause

Stop

Play next or previous

Sound on/off

Fast forward

Increase/decrease volume

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Windows Media Player 9:Skin Mode

Switch to Skin Mode button

to the right of the playback controls

used to change form full mode to skin mode

Skin Mode

customize the appearance and functionality

apply visual design

odd shapes

bright colors

unusual designs

Full mode features are not available in Skin mode

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Windows Media Player 9:Media Guide View

WindowsMedia.com icons

speaker icon identifies audio links

filmstrip icon identifies video links

Streaming – file is copied (streamed) from its location on the Internet to the computer

Streaming is a method of delivering a continuous flow of data from a Web site (server) on the Internet to another computer without interruption

Streaming allows the audio to begin playing immediately without waiting on the entire file to be received

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Windows Media Player 9:Media Guide View

Buffer – is an area of computer memory reserved for holding data being transferred between two locations

Buffering

protects against the interruption of data flow from a Web site to the computer

is affected by the speed of the Internet connection

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Playing a Video File on the WindowsMedia.Com Home Page

Filmstrip icon identifies each video link on the Web site

Now Playing view allows you to view the video and listen to any audio associated with the file

Locate a video link on the WindowsMedia.com home page and then point to the video link

Clicking a video link may display one or more open windows on the desktop…Do not close them…they are used in the streaming process

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WindowsMedia.com:Now Playing View

Now playing view displays Visual pane

has three types of visual information that can display one at a time

Video Visualizations - is an animated design color of and

geometric shapes that change with the frequency and volume of the music

Album cover art

Playlist pane displays the current playlist

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WindowsMedia.com: Playlist

A playlist is a list of links to various digital media files on a computer, network, or Internet

Current item in playlist is highlighted

Total time (minutes and seconds) to play the entire playlist displays to the right of the current item and at the bottom of the Playlist pane.

A vertical bar separates the Visual pane from the Playlist pane Drag left to right to change the size of one of the panes

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Changing the Media Player View

Media Guide allows you can search for audio files on WindowsMedia.com page and play the audio file

Click the Media Guide button on the Features taskbar

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Playing an Audio File on the WindowsMedia.com Home Page

Speaker icons identifies each audio link

Audio links do not change the view of Now Playing, however you can change it

Audio links may open one or more windows on the desktop

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Playing an Audio File on the WindowsMedia.com Home Page

Visualizations are grouped into 8 collections Album art Ambience (default - Ambience: Random) Bars and Waves Battery Particle Plenoptic Spikes Musical color

Additional collections are available on the Internet

Presets are variations in the collections

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Playing an Audio File on the WindowsMedia.com Home Page

Click the audio link on the WindowsMedia.com home page and listen to the tracks

Visual pane includes Artist name, track title, and the album name at the top of the pane Visualization plays in the middle A toolbar displays at the bottom of the pane and has three buttons

Select visualization or album art Previous visualization Next visualization

Toolbar also includes the Visualization name

Playlist pane includes An entry for artist name and album name List of tracks on the album Play length is displayed

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Playing an Audio CD

If your computer is connected to the Internet when you play the CD your computer will connect to All Music Group through Windows Media Player to retrieve the metadata about the CD www.allmusicgroup.com

Metadata – is the information about the CD Album name, artist name, track title, track length

Insert an audio CD into the CD-ROM drive

View Full screen button expands the visualization to display across the entire desktop

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Select a Visualization

Make the changes while the CD is playing

Right-click the Select visualization or album art button, and then click on the desired visualization

Clicking the Album Art command at the top will display the picture of the album cover in the Visual pane

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Applying a Skin

Media Player has more than 20 skins to customize your Windows Media Player

Click the Skin Chooser button on the Features taskbar. Click the desired skin in the list of skins. Click apply.

There are three buttons at the top of the pane Apply Skin Button – apply skin and change to skin mode More Skins Button – download skins from

WindowsMedia.com Delete Button – delete a skin from the list

Switch to Full Mode – this button allows you to switch back to full mode

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Copy from CD View

Copy from CD view allows you to: copy a single track or an entire audio CD to the computer Edit the text and picture information Read information about the artist View a list of similar artist

Default setting is digital copying (best sound) Reproduces the original sound exactly

Analog copying coverts the audio to analog to use with sound card then coverts it back to digital to be copied to the hard drive. (sound not as good)

Default setting stores files as Windows Media Audio (WMA), however, this can be changed to more popular formats (MP3)

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Licensing and Content Protection

License is associated with a media file and protects the owner of the media against illegal distribution how media can be used time period for use

Content protection is the license that protects the use of media

Default setting is to protect content can only be played on that computer can be copied to a recordable CD

You can change the default setting, however, Windows Media Player will try to obtain the license and you may be ask to register or pay for the license.

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Copying an Entire CD

You can copy a single track, a group of tracks, or an entire CD to the hard drive

Stored in the My Music folder and referenced to the Media Library (artist folder, album folder, tracks)

Click the Copy from CD button. Point to the Copy Music button. If the Windows Media Player dialog box appears, click the Do not protect content check box and then click the OK button. Click the Copy Music button

CD-ROM drive, Computer, and CD being used affect the speed and quality of the coping process

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Copying an Entire CD

Toolbar contains the artist name, album name, and three buttons Copy Music – copies selected tracks from CD Get Names – searches the internet for the album name and

track titles and stores the information in Media Player Album Details – displays the album and artists information in

Media Player

Check marks indicate that a track is selected and will be copied

Status pane shows the number of tracks to be copied and the location where they will be copied.

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Display Album Information And Artist Profile

While the tracks are being copied, point to the Album Details button

Album information includes a picture of the album cover, a list of tracks on the CD, and a review of the album

Artist Profile includes a biography of the artists, a discography (chronological listing of albums, singles, and boxed sets), and a list of related artists

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Displaying the Folders in the My Music Folder

Click the Start button, click My Documents on the Start menu, and then double-click the My Music icon in the My Documents window

You can play any track in the folder by double-clicking its music icon. Media Player will launch and play the track

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Media Library

Media Library organizes the audio and video files on your computer and the links to audio and video files on the Internet in a hierarchical structure

Media Library is divided into five categories Audio Video My Playlists Radio Tuner Presets Deleted Items

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Media Library

Audio category is a database of links to audio files on the computer and the Internet and is organized into four categories All Audio Album Artists Genre – a particular style (Rock, Jazz, Classical, Country, etc.)

Video Category is a database of links to video files and is organized into two categories All Clips Author

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Media Library

My Playlists Category contains playlists of audio and video content. create add rename delete

Radio Tuner Presets Category contains radio presets to stations on the Internet. listen to a station add and remove stations search for new stations visit web page for a station

Deleted Items Category contains deleted playlist and items deleted from a playlist and is permanently removed

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Viewing the Media Library

Click the Media Library button on the Features taskbar. If necessary, scroll the Library Explorer pane to the left to display the contents of the pane. There are eight buttons on the toolbar

Plus sign – indicates additional folders are available

Minus sign – indicates additional folders are displayed below the icon

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Search For and Adding Media Files to Media Library from the Hard Drive

Point to an area above the Media Player to display the Windows Media Player outer frames (window, title bar, and menu bar). Click Tools on the menu bar and then click the Search For Media Files command

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Searching for a Track Title using the Media Library

Search button on the Media Library toolbar allows you to search the Media Library for a word or phrase in the track title, artist name, album name, genre, or file name

Click the Search button. Type the track title in the Search for items matching the wordstext box. Click the Search button in the Search Media Library dialog box. Click the View Results button

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Expanding a Folder

Media Library displays a hierarchy of items in the Library Explorer pane and the contents of the highlighted folder in the Library Detail pane

To expand a folder click the plus sign in the small box to the left of the folder in the Library Explorer pane

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Viewing the Contents of a Folder

To display the contents click the desired icon in the Library Explorer pane

To close the expanded folder click the minus sign to the left of the icon

Navigating the Library Explorer is an important skill to know because as your collection grows it will be easier to organize and play your files

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Creating a Playlist

Media Library stores the tracks you select in a playlist so that they can be copied to a CD

Click the New playlist button on the toolbar. Type the desired name for the playlist in the Enter the new playlist name text box. Click the OK button

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Copying Tracks to a Playlist

Click the album name in the Library Explorer pane that contains the tracks you want to copy to the playlist. Click the Add to playlist button on the toolbar. Click the playlist in the Add to playlist menu

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Displaying the Tracks in a Playlist

Click the playlist in the Library Explorer pane

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Copy to CD or Device View

Burning a CD is a three step process of copying tracks to a CD1. Media Player inspects each track to be copied for errors2. Media Player converts each track and then stores the

tracks in a temporary location on the computer (quality level and compression rating)

3. Media Player copies each track to the CD-R or CD-RW CD-R (recordable compact disk) – cannot change the

content - you must copy all tracks at the same time CD-RW (rewritable compact disk) – copy and delete

tracks – cannot add to used CD-RW without deleting its content first

Click the Copy to CD or Device button on the Features taskbar

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Copy to CD or Device View

Track List pane includes Status messages

Ready Converting Converted Copying to CD Complete Closing disc

Insert a blank CD into the drive

Copy Music button

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Burning a CD using a Playlist

Insert a blank CD in the CD-ROM drive. Click the Copy Music button

The time it takes to copy depends on how many files are being copied and the speed of the CD drive

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Portable Devices

There are several portable devices you can use to store and play audio tracks Packet and Handheld PC’s Digital Audio Players CD Recorders

The device has to be connected to the computer in order to copy tracks to them

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Radio Tuner View

Radio Tuner view allows you to search for and play radio stations from around the world

Click the Radio Tuner button on the Features taskbar

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Listening to a Radio Station

The default number of Radio stations is 10 in the Featured Stations area

Click the green right arrow to the left of the radio station name in the Featured Stations area to listen to that station

Click the radio station name or the double down arrow to view details about the radio station

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Deleting a Playlist

Click the Media Library button on the Features taskbar

Select the album name in the Library Explorer pane

Select all the tracks in the Library Details pane

Click the Delete media from the playlist or library button on the toolbar

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Deleting a Playlist

Click Delete from Library on the shortcut menu

Click the playlist in the My Playlists section in the Library Explorer pane

Click the Delete media from the playlist or library button on the toolbar

Click Delete Playlist on the shortcut menu

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Closing Media Player

Click the Close button in Media Player

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Windows Movie Maker

transfer recorded digital media from and analog or digital video camera to the computer

import existing audio and video files

combine audio and video clips to create a movie

edit the movie

e-mail a finished movie

post a finished movie to the World Wide Web

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Creating a Movie

The first step in creating a movie is to record the source material

Source material is the original audio and video content recorded into Movie Maker. Stored with a .wmv file name extension

Recording is the process of converting the audio and video to the digital Windows Media format

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Creating a Movie

Collection files is a database file that stores information about a collection and the clips in the collection. Stored with a .col file name extension

Capture device converts analog content to digital content

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Creating a Movie

Source file is the original file that is imported into Movie Maker the three types are Audio source file name extension include .mp3 .asf

and .wma Video source file name extension

include .wmv .asf .avi and .mpg Still image source file name extension include .jpg

and .gif

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Creating a Movie

The second step in creating a moving is to edit the project file

Project is the rough draft of a movie and is the file created when you save the results of adding various clips to the workspace

Workspace is an area in Movie Maker that contains the recorded source material

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Creating a Movie

Editing is the process of rearranging clips, trimming clips to hide unwanted areas, creating transitions between clips and adding narration and is done in the workspace

Projects have a file name extension of .mswmm

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Creating a Movie

The third step in creating a movie is to preview the project

You can preview a single clip or the entire project

The fourth step in creating a movie is to save the project as a movie on your hard drive and to distribute the movie by sending it in an e-mail. Movies are saved with a .wmv file name extension

Movie file is a file created by combining the audio, video, and still images contained in the project

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Launching:Windows Movie Maker

Click the Start button, point to All Programs on the Start menu, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Movie Maker on the Accessories submenu

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Windows Movie Maker

Standard toolbar contains buttons to start a new project, open an existing project, save a project, edit clips, delete a project and display clip properties

Project toolbar contains buttons to save a movie, send a movie, and record audio or video

Collection toolbar contains buttons to move up one level in the Collections area, add a new collection, display or remove the collections area and select a view

Location toolbar contain the Collection box

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Windows Movie Maker

Storyboard view displays the sequence of clips in a project, allows you to look at the sequence of the clips and rearrange the clips

Timeline view displays the timing of the clips and allows you to review or modify the timing of the clips

There are five buttons to the left of the workspace in the storyboard and timeline view. Change the view Zoom in Zoom out Record narration Adjust the audio levels

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Importing a Video into Movie Maker

Markers divides a Window Media file into manageable pieces, each of which describes a specific portion of the file or a separate event within a video

Click File on the menu bar and then click Import. Double-click the My Videos entry in the Select the File to Import dialog box. Select the Windows Movie Maker Sample File (or Sample if using the XP Home Edition) icon, and then Click the Open button

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Renaming a Video Clip

Right-click the clip identified by the number 1. Point to Rename on the shortcut menu

Click Rename, type the new name in the icon title text box, and then press the ENTER key

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Playing a Video Clip

Click the desired clip to select the clip and then click the Play button below the monitor

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Adding a Collection to the Workspace

Workspace is an area in which you can work with the recorded or imported source material (clips) before saving the project

Click the Windows Movie Maker Sample File (or Sample) entry in the Collections pane of the Collections area to select the entry, click Clip on the menu bar, and then point to Add To Storyboard/Timeline

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Editing the Project

You can add clips, remove clips, rearrange clips, trim clips to hide an unwanted segment of the clip, create the transition between two clips to move smoothly from one clip to another, and add narration that synchronizes with the clips.

You can preview the changes to the project in the monitor on the right side of the screen

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Deleting a Clip from the Workspace

Click the desired clip on the storyboard to select the clip and then click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar

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Rearranging and Coping a Clip in the Workspace

Right-drag the desired clip to the left along the storyboard until a black vertical bar appears to the left of the clip where you want to insert the clip on the storyboard.

Release the right mouse button.

Click copy

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Previewing a Project

Click Play on the menu bar

Click Play Entire Storyboard/Timeline

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Saving a Project

Click the Save Project button on the Standard toolbar.

Type the desired name of the project in the File name box.

Click the Save button

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Saving a Movie

Click the Save Movie button on the Project toolbar.

Type the desired name in the Title text box.

Click the Author text box and then type your name in the Author text box.

Click the OK button in the Save Movie dialog box

Click the Save button. Click the Yes button in the Windows

Movie Maker dialog box

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Deleting a Collection Folder, Project File, and Movie File

Click the desired File in the Collections pane

Click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar and then click the Yes button in the Windows Movie Maker dialog box

Click the Start button, point to My Documents, and then double-click the My Videos folder

Select the desired project icon and desired movie icon in the My Videos folder

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Deleting a Collection Folder, Project File, and Movie File

Click the Delete the selected items task in the File and Folder Tasks area

Click the Yes button in the Confirm Multiple File Delete box

Close the My Videos window

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Closing Movie Maker

Click the Close button in Movie Maker

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Chapter Summary

Launch Windows Media Player in full mode

Search for and play audio and video files from the Internet

Change views in Media Player

Play tracks on an audio CD

Choose a visualization and apply a skin

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Chapter Summary

Switch between full mode and skin mode

Understand licensing and content protection

Copy tracks from an audio CD to Media Library

Display album information and artist profile

Create and view a playlist

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Chapter Summary

Copy tracks to a playlist

Burn a CD using the tracks in a playlist

Listen to an Internet radio station

Launch Windows Movie Maker

Import a video file into Movie Maker

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Chapter Summary

Play and rename video clips

Add and edit video clips in the workspace

Preview and save a project

Save a movie

Windows XP - Project 7 - HOMEWORK

Read and complete steps for Project 7

Learn It Online # 3, page 7.69

In the Lab # 1, page 7.72 – 7.74

In the Lab # 2, page 7.74 – 7.76

In the Lab # 3, page 7.77

In the Lab # 4, page 7.78 – 7.80