Windows XP [Electronic resources] : Visual Quickstart Guide, Second Edition

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Shopping Online

If you're connected to the internet, you can use Media Player's Guide and online stores to find digital media on the web.

The guide is a live, frequently updated internet "magazine" hosted by WindowsMedia.com, containing links to the latest movie trailers, music, and video. The content will play in Media Player or open a web page in your browser.

The online stores are web sites that offer digital media content for purchase or by subscription.

To use the guide:

1. Click Guide on the Features taskbar.

2. To view or listen to an item, click a link (Figure 10.14 ).

or

To find an item, use the search feature on the web page.

Figure 10.14. The guide is mostly pandering celebrity-driven gossip, but click the Site Index link on the toolbar to find news, business, sports, and other subjects. The search box searches only the WindowsMedia.com site, not the entire web.

Figure 10.1). Music, video, and radio online stores from MSN Entertainment are the default online stores unless you specify that a different online store be the default. You can use Media Player to look for and register with online stores any time you're online.

To browse an online store:

1. Choose View > Online Stores, and choose a store from the submenu.

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Click the Online Stores button on the Features taskbar, and choose a store (Figure 10.15 ).

Figure 10.15. Choose Browse All Online Stores in the Online Stores menu to see a Media Player page with links to all the online stores.

2. If necessary, click one of the Music, Radio, Video, or other content buttons in the Online Store area on the Features taskbar.

The content buttons change depending on which online store you've picked.

Table 10.3 lists the content available at the various stores.

Table 10.3. Online Stores Content

C

ONTENT

S

TORES

Music

MSN Music, Napster, MusicNow, Musicmatch, Wal-Mart, fye, Puretracks, PassAlong

Radio

MSN Music, Napster, MusicNow, Musicmatch, Wal-Mart, XM Radio Online, fye, Puretracks, Live365

Video

Court TV, fye, MSN Music, MLB

Audio

Audible, MLB

Movies

MSN Music, CinemaNow

3. Use the store's search function or help links to navigate the store.