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Chapter 2:

PowerDVD Media Library

The PowerDVD media library is comprised of all the movies, TV shows, and other media files that you import from your computer's hard drive and connected network devices. It is also where you can play back your movie discs and access the latest movie information from the Internet.

To ensure the PowerDVD media library has all of your media, make sure that you tell CyberLink PowerDVD where it is so it can be imported. For information on importing movies, TV shows, and other media files in to the media library, see

Importing Media into the Media Library .

Once in the media library, you can organize, play, and share your movies, TV shows, and media, and much more. For a detailed overview of the media library itself, and what each tab contains, see

Media Library Overview

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Importing Media into the Media

Library

CyberLink PowerDVD imports the movies, TV shows, and other media files on your computer's hard drive and connected network devices into the PowerDVD media library. By default CyberLink PowerDVD imports the movies, TV shows, and other media files that are in the most commonly used media folders. However you can specify which folders CyberLink should be importing media from by clicking the

Set up Media Library link in the welcome dialog, or modifying the library folder lists in preferences. See

Media Library Preferences for detailed information on setting

which folders CyberLink PowerDVD imports movies and media from.

Once the movies, TV shows, and other media files are in the media library, you can easily play them back, share them with DLNA network and mobile devices, stream them to other devices, and much more. For more information on the PowerDVD media library and its available features, see

Media Library Overview .

Note: if you don't import media into the PowerDVD media library you can still access it on your computer's hard drive via the M y Computer tab of

PowerDVD.

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Media Library Overview

Click on the Media Library tab to access to all of the media you have imported into the media library and play back movie discs. The media library consists of four main sections:

Movies/TV ,

Videos , Photos , and Music .

See the relevant sections in

Playing Media in PowerDVD for detailed information on

playing back the media in the media library.

Movies/TV in the Media Library

Click on the Movies/TV tab to play back movie discs, movie files, TV shows, and access the latest movie information from CyberLink's movie information services.

The Movies/TV tab has four sections: Movie Info, Movie Discs, Movie Library, and TV

Library.

Movie Info

The Movie Info (iPower) section of the media library provides access to movie information from the internet. To view the latest movie releases and other information in the media window, click to collect or keep the movies watched list.

. In the pages, you can use iPower

Movie Discs

Click to access the Movie Discs section of the Movies/TV tab, which is where you play back video discs in CyberLink PowerDVD. See

Playing Movie Discs

for information on the playback of discs in CyberLink PowerDVD.

Movie Library

Click on to open the Movie Library section and access all the movie files in CyberLink PowerDVD. Movie files are DVD/Blu-ray Disc* folders and individual video files (movie files you recorded with a PVR) that are saved on your computer's hard drive. By importing them into the Movie Library section of the media library you can view movie cover art, rating information, and more. See

Browsing Through

Movies in the Movie Library for more information.

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Note: disc folders and video files you import into the movie library are also available for playback in PowerDVD Cinema mode. * this feature is not available in some versions of CyberLink PowerDVD.

See

Playing Movie Files for more information on playing movie files in CyberLink

PowerDVD.

TV Shows

The TV Shows section is where TV show video files you recorded with a PVR are found in the PowerDVD media library. Click to access, organize, and play them back. See

Browsing Through TV Shows for more information.

Videos in the Media Library

Click on the Videos tab to play back the video clips that are in your media library.

These videos are home movies and other short clips that you may not want to include in the Movie Library. See

Browsing Through Photo/Video Folders for more

information.

See

Playing Videos

for information on the playback of video files in CyberLink

PowerDVD.

Photos in the Media Library

Click on the Photos tab to view all of the photos that are in your media library. You can view these photos one at a time, in slideshows, and even share them or print them out. See

Browsing Through Photo/Video Folders for more information.

See

Viewing Photos

for information on the photo features that are available in

CyberLink PowerDVD.

Music in the Media Library

Click on the Music tab to play back the music that is in your media library. You can also view album art for your music collection and create music playlists for playback. The audio that is in the music library does not have to be just music. It can be any type of supported audio that you want to play back in CyberLink

PowerDVD. See

Browsing Through Music for more information.

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See

Playing Music for information on the music playback features that are available

in CyberLink PowerDVD.

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