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Figure 13-1
Once you??™ve set Windows
Media Player to
look for shared media
libraries, you can easily
play shared music and
video files.
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Step 3: Share Music and Video Files via iTunes
If you have an iPod or an iPhone rather than a player that??™s compatible with Windows
Media Player, you??™ll probably want to manage the iPod or iPhone using iTunes,
the program that Apple provides??”for free??”for managing iPods and iPhones. (There
are several alternative programs that you can use to manage iPods from Windows,
but most of them involve paying money.)
Like Windows Media Player (discussed in Step 2), iTunes makes it easy to share
your music and video files with other iTunes users on your network and to play the
files they??™re sharing. You may also want to share files with other users of your computer
??”which, interestingly, requires a little more effort.
Get and Install iTunes
If you??™re already using an iPod or an iPhone, chances are that you??™ve already downloaded
and installed iTunes. If not, open your web browser, go to the Apple web site
(www.apple.com/itunes/download/), and download the latest version of iTunes for
Windows.
iTunes has a straightforward installation procedure except for one minor issue on
Windows Vista: the User Account Control dialog boxes that make sure you??™re intending
to install the software (rather than having accidentally triggered some malware
Start Sharing Your Media Library the Easy Way
This section shows you how to set up sharing of your media library manually,
but there??™s an even easier way to get started.
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