Media Player Music Management

Creating Playlists

If you have Windows 8 installed now, you can easily handle most media files even without installing any third-party media players. Because the latest version of Windows Media Player is installed by default in Win8. This issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" first said on the one hand, how to create a playlist for the song.

Creating a Playlist

First we need to open Windows Media Player, right click on the blank space at the start screen and go to “All Apps", then find Windows Media under <;Windows Attachments” Player, this is automatically installed when we installed the system. We need to make some settings for the first time, but you can also use the recommended settings directly.

Suggestions for initial setup

After entering Windows Media Player, we will see that the software has automatically synced the media files on our computer, including music, videos and pictures. Today we focus on It’s music. If the recommended configuration was chosen at the time, we'll see that the software is getting music from the Internet, including singers, genres, and even album art.

Music is automatically imported into the media library

After the music is synced, we will start to create a new playlist. First we point the mouse to the "Playlist" on the left sidebar, then click on the "Click here" in the middle of the click. At this time we will see that a new list has been generated below the left side of the "Playlist", and now we have to rename the list to be truly built.

Creating a playlist and renaming

How do you add songs to the playlist? It’s very simple, this is how we return to the music catalog and then drag the songs we want to listen to. Just go to the name of the playlist built on the left sidebar. Such a new playlist with content is completely built.

Drag songs to playlists

In addition, Windows Media Player also supports the burning function, which allows you to burn your favorite music directly to the disc for permanent storage, provided that the prerequisite is You have to have a professional burner.

Synchronizing to mobile devices

Synchronizing to mobile devices

Of course, if you want to port files from your computer to your mobile device, such as Windows Phone, then Windows Media Player also provides synchronization, let's see how to do it.

First connect the device to your computer, then click on “sync” in the upper right corner, so that the function window on the right side will open, and we can see the devices that are currently connected. The device name will also appear in the left column.

Connecting your own mobile device

Once the device is connected, you can start syncing. For very simple operation, drag the music files in the main window directly to the sync window on the right. Just fine, even the playlist can be dragged directly to synchronize.

Moving a file or playlist to a sync list

Wait until the file has been selected. At this point, click on “Start sync" on the right window, Windows Media Player will automatically sync the file to the mobile In the device. After the sync is complete, we can also view the sync status or delete the synced content.

Start Synchronization

Synchronization Status

Now let's take a look at our mobile devices. Is the music and the list synchronized?

Synchronization completed

The above is the full content of this issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia". In this issue, we mainly talk about the music function of Windows Media Player. Through it, we can update the latest online. Music information, create playlists only listen to the songs you want to listen to, and more importantly, we can sync the music we like to mobile devices or burn them to discs. This is a "universal" software, as long as you have Win8 can be used, it is too convenient.