Getting Started Guide

Working with Pictures and Videos 151
Playing digital videos
After you organize the videos in the Videos folder or Shared Video folder in Windows
Explorer, open Windows Media Center to watch them:
1 Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Windows
Media Center.
2 Click Pictures + Videos.
3 Click video library.
4 Select the video folder that you want. The video folder opens, displaying a list of
video files. You may need to use the scroll arrows at the bottom of the window to
display all videos.
5 Click the video file. The video plays in full-screen mode. Use the mouse to resize the
window if you want to watch the video while doing something else on the desktop.
6 To exit full-screen mode and return to the previous window, press the Back button on
the remote control or the Backspace key on the keyboard. The video continues to play
in the inset window.
7 When the video is finished, click Restart to replay the video, or click Done to close
the file and return to the Videos area.
Using supported video file types
You can view the following types of video files in Windows Media Center. Other file types
are supported if the computer has the correct software installed:
NOTE: Use the mouse to select the up arrows and down arrows at the bottom of the
window, to scroll to other pages of video files and folders.
NOTE: You can maximize the media that is playing in the inset window by using the
arrow buttons to select the inset window and then pressing OK on the remote control or
Enter on the keyboard, or you can just click the inset window.
File extension File type
.avi Windows Video file (Audio Video Interleaved)
.dvr-ms Digital Video Recording—Microsoft (TV file format)
.mpeg, .mpg, .mpe,
.m1v, .mp2, .mpv2
Movie file
.wm, .asf Windows Media file
.wmv Windows Media Video file
NOTE: For more information about supported video file types, refer to Help and Support.
Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Help and
Support.