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Windows Media Player for Windows 7 has built-in support for another
Windows 7 enhancement, the concept of libraries. A library in Windows 7 is a virtual folder that links to files in various physically separated user directories. Thus, all music files in the user’s file system will be aggregated under the virtual folder called the music library (a similar thing will happen for video files – video library). Moreover, the files in the music library (and video library) are automatically imported into WMP12, thus avoiding the painful process of individually adding files. Even if your media files are spread out all over your local disk, they will still all be part of the library. The same remains true if and when you move or rename media files (a severe problem with most media players, including iTunes). As long as the music library is up-to-date, the library view within WMP12 will be as well.
Finally, in the library interface, there is the option of viewing the files in a folder format, which is beneficial because now you have a better sense of where individual files are located – although this is not that necessary due to the library capabilities.
A similar thing happens for photos as well and for each media type (music, video, photos), files can be browsed on the basis of metadata.
