Adding Music To The Itunes Music Library; Adding Music Files From A Cd In Itunes; Adding Music Files From The Internet; Adding Music Files From Your Hard Disk Drive - HP Media Center m7200 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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If your songs are
listed as track
numbers, make sure
the PC is connected to
the Internet so iTunes
can find and display
the song, album, and
artist information.
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If your songs don't
appear in HP Tunes,
make sure your
songs are added to
the iTunes music
library. You may
need to close and
open Media Center to
update your display.
For more information
about adding songs
and creating playlists
in iTunes, see the Help
menu in iTunes.
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide

Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library

To create your iTunes music library, you can import
music files from a CD, download iTunes music files
from the iTunes Music Store or the Internet, or import
them from your hard disk drive.

Adding music files from a CD in iTunes

1
With your mouse, click Start
on the Windows taskbar, choose All
Programs, iTunes, and then click iTunes.
2
Insert an audio CD.
3
Select your CD under the Source menu.

Adding music files from the Internet

For more information about downloading music
from the iTunes Music store, refer to the Help menu
in the iTunes program.
1
Connect to the Internet.
2
Follow the online instructions to download
your songs. If songs are downloaded from the
iTunes Music Store, they appear in your iTunes
music library.
3
If songs are downloaded to your desktop,
drag them into the iTunes music library. If the
files are in an unprotected .wma format, they
are encoded into .aac files by default (or into
the importing format you select from the
Preferences menu) and placed into the library.

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

If the music files are in another format, iTunes will
automatically convert most files to the .aac format
before it adds them to your iTunes music library.
1
Click Start
choose All Programs, iTunes, and then
click iTunes.
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on the taskbar,
Make sure the songs you want to add to your
library are selected. A check mark appears
next to the song when it is selected.
Click the Import icon in the
toolbar to bring the songs into the
library.
To change your import format:
a
Click the Edit menu, and then select
Preferences.
b
Select the Importing tab.
c
Select the Import Using drop-down
menu, and then select an import format.
d
Select OK.
Select Library. Songs are listed
alphabetically or by the sort order of the
library column heading you select.
Click the File menu, and then select Add File
to Library. Click the drop-down arrow to
browse for your music files. Select your file,
and then click Open.