How to add media files to your Media Library
The first time you start Windows Media Center, it looks for digital media files in the Music, Pictures, and Videos libraries on your computer and in the Recorded TV library (usually located at C:\Users\Public). If you add or delete a file in any of those folders, the content that appears in Windows Media Center is automatically updated.
Through these libraries, you can control which songs, movies, and other media appear in Media Center.
From within Windows Media Center:
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Add or remove folders that you want Media Center to monitor.
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When you add or remove a folder, the change is reflected in your Windows library.
From outside Windows Media Center:
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Add or remove folders in Windows libraries.
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When you add or remove a folder, the change is reflected in Windows Media Center.
To add a folder to a library in Windows Media Center:
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On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Tasks, and then click Settings.
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Click Manage Libraries.
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Click the type of media that you want to add (such as Music), and then click Next.
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Click Add folders to the monitor, and then click Next.
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Depending on where your digital media files are stored, click one of the options under Which folders do you want to add?, and then click Next.
To add a folder from a network: if you select On another computer and Windows Media Center does not detect the folder, try mapping the folder as a network drive. Then, you might be able to access the folder in Media Center by clicking On this computer (includes mapped network drives) in Media Library.
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Navigate to the folders that you want to add by clicking the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons, and then select the check box next to each folder. (Files in subfolders will be included in your selection.)
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When you've selected all the folders that you want Media Center to monitor, click Next, click Yes, set up my library, and then click Finish.
After you've finished adding files, it might take several minutes for the files to appear in the libraries.