Microsoft® Windows® XP Unleashed

Chapter 29. Windows Media Player 8

In This Chapter

• Overview of Windows Media Player 8

• A Quick Overview of the Interface

• Now Playing

• The Media Guide: A Guide to Media!

• Copying from CDs

• The Media Library

• Tuning into the Internet

• Music on the Go

• Working with Skins

• Options, Tab by Tab

Microsoft has been quite busy since the release of Windows Media Player 7.1, because Windows Media Player, version 8, has gone through a bevy of changes, improvements, bug fixes, and a few new additions here and there. For the most part, Media Player 8 is an evolutionary step from 7.1.

Media Player had a rather meager and modest upbringing. Formerly named CD Player and capable of precious little, it was a poor competitor to the already powerful QuickTime from Apple and RealPlayer ...