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Windows Media Player 10 Visualizations

Display Visualization Animations

SUMMARY: Display animations whenever you play multimedia files with Windows Media Player 10.

Windows Media Player 10 can display visualizations, or animations, whenever certain types of audio files are played such as WMA or MP3 files. To enable visualizations and choose the type of animation to display, do the following:

1. From Windows Media Player 10, press CONTROL-1 to access the full controls.

2. Press CONTROL-M to show the menu bar.

3. Select "View" then "Visualizations".

4. From here, select the visualization you would like to see when playing media files. You can expand the menus to see more options.

Once you have chosen a visualization, open and play a media file. Press CONTROL-2 to access the skin mode, or click the "Now Playing" tab, and enjoy!