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Take Your Music with You |
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February 2005
Windows Media Player 9 Series makes it easy to take your music with you wherever you go. Simply connect your portable device to your computer, and then download your favorite songs. You can even use the Player to copy music and video to a PDA!
Using the Player to Copy Music and Video to a Portable DeviceThe Player is compatible with a variety of portable music players and devices. For a list of devices that support Windows Media, see the Portable Media Players Web page.
For the Player to recognize your portable device, drivers or service providers (SPs) may need to be installed on your computer. If required, the drivers are usually provided with the installation media for the device. For the latest drivers, see your device manufacturer's Web site.
To use the Player to copy content to your portable device, the content must first be listed in Media Library and the portable device must be connected to your computer.
To add content to Media Library from your computerIn Windows Media Player 9 Series, click Media Library. On the Tools menu, click Search for Media Files to add content to Media Library from your computer.
Once you have all the content you want in Media Library, you're ready to copy files to your portable device. If you want to copy content from different categories in Media Library, it is best to first create a playlist of the content, and then copy the playlist to your portable device. For more information about creating playlists, see the article Create and Use Playlists or see Windows Media Player Help.
Note Content purchased from services such as Napster and Music Now might be listed in Media Library in the artist and album categories, as well as under the Premium Services category. For more information about adding content to Media Library and using Premium Services, see Windows Media Player Help.
To copy music and video from your computer to a portable deviceConnect your portable device to your computer. In Windows Media Player, click Media Library, select the content that you want to copy to your portable device by right-clicking the files, and then click Copy to CD or Device. In the Copy to CD or Device feature, in the left pane under Items to Copy, you should see the content you selected to copy. If more than one portable device or CD drive is connected to your computer, you might be required to select the name of your portable device; if so, select the name of your portable device in the right pane under Items on Device, as shown in the following screen shot. In the upper-right corner, click Copy. The Player copies the files to your portable device.
Note If the content is protected with a license, you might not be able to copy the content to your portable device or the content might not play on your portable device. For more information about licenses, see Windows Media Player Help.
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