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Windows Media Player Tutorials

Microsoft's Windows Media Player is a software application that can handle most media types. Various audio, photo, and video formats can be organized, synchronized with your portable media player, or even burned to CD.
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Windows Media Player 12 Volume Leveling: Cure Volume Differences Between Songs

Volume leveling or normalizing in Windows Media Player is useful for ensuring that the loudness of all the music in your library remains constant. If you find that there is a lot of variation in the volume levels between songs in your digital music collection, then WMP's volume leveling feature can help. To find out how to use this option in WMP...

Windows Media Player Crossfading: How to Automatically Crossfade Music in WMP 11

Crossfading songs in Windows Media Player is a great feature that allows you to listen to your digital music library without the annoyance of silence. Smooth transitions between songs not only enhances your listening experience, but also adds an excellent professional touch -- this effect is often used by DJs for non-stop music. If you want to...

Windows Media Player 12 Crossfading: How to Eliminate Gaps Between Songs

Do you want to use Windows Media Player to listen to your MP3 music without any gaps? You can do this by using a technique called Crossfading. It is an audio enhancement feature that is built into Windows Media Player 12 which enables smooth transitions between songs to be done automatically. This audio effect is extensively used in DJ software...

Troubleshooting Tips for Common Windows Media Player Problems

Having problems with Windows Media Player? If so, then this troubleshooting guide lists tutorials on common problems that can be fixed with ease. Whether your WMP problems are: a corrupt library, missing album art, CD ripping errors, or program freezes, you'll find this list of solutions an invaluable resource.

How To Vary WMP 12 Playback Speed: Change Speed Without Affecting Pitch

Do you want to change the playback speed of music, a song, or video? If you are using Windows Media Player then you can do this without changing the pitch. This can be useful for example if you are learning to play a musical instrument such as the guitar. You can also change the playback speed of videos which can be a great aid when you need to play in slow motion to better understand a concept.

Windows Media Player Problems: How to Stop WMP Freezing in Full Screen Mode

Do you find Windows Media Player crashes when in full screen mode? If WMP freezes when you switch to full screen view, then be sure to read this windows media player troubleshooting tip. By following this short tutorial you will be able to stop this happening using a simple registry hack.

Troubleshooting Windows Media Player Problems: How to Fix a Corrupt WMP Database

Are you having problems trying to play your music library in Windows Media Player? If you can’t view, add, or delete the songs in your WMP library, then you could be suffering from a corrupt WMP database. The good news is that this can be easily fixed by following our WMP tutorial. Follow the steps in this quick tips article to see how you can...

How to Uninstall or Reinstall Windows Media Player 12: Fixing WMP 12 Problems

Do you want to know how to uninstall or reinstall Windows Media Player 12? If you're stuck and need to find out how to remove WMP 12, then follow this quick tips article. Whether you are having problems with WMP 12 or just want to remove it from Windows 7, this tutorial will show you the steps in order to quickly deinstall it.

How To Optimize Windows Media Player For Streaming Video: Improve Video Playback

Are you having problems playing video in windows media player? Do you have video stutter or constant buffering problems when streaming video in WMP? In this tutorial, we'll show you how to easily tweak WMP to improve streaming video playback.

How to Manually Add Album Art in Windows Media Player 11

Windows Media Player (WMP) makes it easy to automatically download missing album art for your digital music, but what if you need to add it manually, or want to add custom artwork? This WMP tutorial will show you how to add album artwork manually using image files.

How to View Song Lyrics in Windows Media Player

Are you trying to find free lyrics for your favorite songs? This tutorial shows you how to use a free windows media player plugin to automatically view song lyrics as they play.

Download Missing Album Art Using Windows Media Player 11: Download Album Covers

Have you got missing album art in your music library? Are you looking for a tutorial on how to automatically add album covers to your MP3 music files? If some of the music in your music library is missing album art, then this Windows Media Player 11 tutorial will show you how to quickly download free album art from the Internet.

Windows Media Player Tutorial: How to Sync Media Files to Your Portable

Do you need to know the best way to sync your media files to your portable player? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to transfer your music, videos, and photos with ease using Windows Media Player 11.

Top 6 Windows Media Player Tutorials – Get the Best Out of WMP 11

Microsoft’s popular Windows Media Player is a software media player that comes with a range of built-in tools. As well as being a full-featured jukebox, it can also be used for ripping CDs, listening to thousands of Internet radio stations, burning MP3 CDs, organizing your media files, and many other tasks. This article showcases some of the most popular tutorials.

Listen to Free Internet Radio Stations Using Windows Media Player 11

If you use Microsoft Windows Media Player, then you can access hundreds of music stations for free. Listening to streaming music gives you the freedom to discover new genres, and listen without limits.

Organizing Your Digital Media Using Windows Media Player 10

A quick tutorial on how to organize your digital media collection using Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.

Building a Music Library Using Windows Media Player 11

A tutorial on adding music files to the Windows Media Player 11 library.

How To Store The Same Songs at Different Bitrates

Are you looking for a way to rip a CD and store the same songs in your Windows Media Player library, but at different bitrates? If you've got a range of different portable music devices that you want to listen to the same songs on, then you'll need to use an optimized set of audio files to get the best out of each device.

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