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Chapter 6: Using Multimedia
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To play a music CD in Windows 2000:
1 To have MusicMatch automatically list the album, artist, and track names
of your CD, connect to the Internet before inserting your CD.
2 Double-click the musicmatch JUKEBOX icon on your desktop. MusicMatch
opens.
3 Insert the music CD into the CD or DVD drive on your computer, then
click the
CD tab in the MusicMatch window. The names of the music tracks
appear in the playlist area.
4 Click (play).
Creating MP3 music files
Using MusicMatch, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your computer’s
hard drive as MP3 files. MP3 (MPEG Layer 3) is a standard for digitally
compressing high-fidelity music into compact files without noticeably
sacrificing quality. MP3 files end in the file extension .MP3.
To create (rip) MP3 files:
1 To have MusicMatch automatically list the album, artist, and track names
of your CD, then use that information for naming and storing your MP3
files, connect to the Internet before inserting your CD.
2 Insert a music CD into your CD or DVD drive.
Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. You
cannot copy tracks from these CDs.