www.gateway.com25Playing discsPlaying a CDA standard compact disc (CD) can hold an entire album ofdigital songs and can be played on a CD player or yourcomputer’s CD drive.Use a music program or Windows Media Player on yourcomputer to:• Play music CDs• Create MP3 music files from your music CDs• Edit music track information• Use your music files to build a music libraryFor more information about playing CDs, see your online UserGuide.Playing a DVDA Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but hasgreater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity,full-length movies, several albums of music, or severalgigabytes of data can fit on a single disc. DVDs can be playedon a DVD player or a DVD drive-equipped computer. For moreinformation about playing DVDs, see your online User Guide.Playing a Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is a high-capacity optical disc that can store muchmore data than a DVD. A dual-layer Blu-ray Disc can hold 50 GBof files, about 23 hours of standard-definition video, or aboutnine hours of high-definition video. Blu-ray Discs can be playedon a Blu-ray-compatible player or a Blu-ray drive-equippedcomputer. For more information about playing Blu-ray Discs,see your online User Guide.ImportantSome music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able toplay these CDs on your computer.
