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Chapter 24: DVD, Video, and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Watching DVD, VCD, and Such ................................................................................................573
First things first ..............................................................................................................573
Setting defaults for DVDs................................................................................................574
Playing a DVD or VCD....................................................................................................575
Choosing the screen size ................................................................................................576
Preventing screen savers during playback ......................................................................577
Setting parental controls and language defaults ..............................................................577
Playing Video Files....................................................................................................................577
Using your Videos folder ................................................................................................578
Recorded TV ..................................................................................................................579
Making Media Player the default video player ................................................................579
Adding videos to your media library ..............................................................................579
Playing videos from your library ....................................................................................580
Internet Video ..........................................................................................................................581
Downloading video files..................................................................................................581
Playing downloaded video files ......................................................................................582
Ripping DVDs ..........................................................................................................................582
Converting Video Files..............................................................................................................583
Managing Pictures with Media Player ........................................................................................583
More on Playlists ......................................................................................................................584
Limiting playlist size ......................................................................................................585
Limiting playlists to favorite items ..................................................................................586
Skipping playlist items....................................................................................................587
Prompt me to Remove upon Save ........................................................................587
Skip During Playback ..........................................................................................588
Saving playlists in M3U format ......................................................................................588
Media Player Help and Troubleshooting....................................................................................589
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................589
Chapter 25: Making Movies with Movie Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Getting Started with Movie Maker ............................................................................................591
Choosing program options..............................................................................................593
Things you can use in movies ........................................................................................594
Using collection folders ..................................................................................................595
Importing Content to Movie Maker ..........................................................................................595
Import pictures and video from Photo Gallery ................................................................595
Import pictures, video, and music from folders ..............................................................597
Import video from tape and DVD....................................................................................597
Working with Clips ..................................................................................................................597
Thumbnails and Details views ........................................................................................598
Watching video clips ......................................................................................................598
Break a long video into smaller clips ..............................................................................599
Organizing clips..............................................................................................................600
Splitting clips..................................................................................................................600
Combining clips..............................................................................................................600
Making an AutoMovie ..............................................................................................................601
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