User guide

Managing your media files
Getting to know the Media Manager window
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Media Manager offers the following views to help you easily access and
organize the media files on your computer and connected devices:
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My Media
This view shows your Smart Views, playlists, and albums.
Smart Views are media file groupings automatically created and
maintained by Media Manager, based on characteristics such as media
type, keyword, and date, so you can find your media files more easily.
Playlists are groups of audio files that you create and manage yourself.
You can use playlists to group files you want to listen to, burn to a CD,
or sync to an audio device.
Albums are media file groupings that you create and manage yourself.
You can use albums to group media files from vacations, events, or
special occasions. If you’ve already organized your photos and videos
into folders, Media Manager automatically creates an album for each
folder. When you add a photo or video to one of these folders, Media
Manager automatically adds it to your album.
For more information on using the My Media view, see Working with
My Media on page 46.
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Folders
Your files are organized into folders for easy access. The Folders view
shows you the media files stored in Windows folders on your
computer storage devices, including the hard disk and removable
storage devices such as CD or DVD discs.
The Folders view is very similar to Windows Explorer, both in how it
looks and in how you use it, except that you only see media files
supported by Roxio products.
For more information, see Working with folders on page 54.
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My MediaSpace
Media Manager enables you to view and share your digital media with
other computers on your home network, provided that the computers
on your home network support the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
networking technology. For more information, see Using MediaSpace
to share media on page 148.