162 Experiencing Multimedia
8.2 Using Pictures & Videos
The Pictures & Videos program collects, organizes, and sorts images and
video clips in the following formats on your device.
File Type File Extensions
Picture *.bmp, *.jpg
GIF image and animation *.gif
Video *.avi, *.wmv, *.mp4, *.3gp
You can view the pictures as a slide show, beam them, send them via e-mail,
edit them, or set them as the background on the Today screen.
To copy pictures, GIF files, and video clips to your device
You can copy pictures, GIF images, GIF animation files, and video files from
your PC and view them on your device.
• Copy the pictures, GIF images, GIF animation files, and video files from
your PC or a storage card to the My Pictures folder on your device.
(You can also copy video files to the My Videos folder.)
For more information about copying files from your PC to your device, see
ActiveSync Help on your PC.
Note You can also copy pictures, GIF images, GIF animation files, and video files
from your PC to your device using a memory card. Insert the memory card
into the memory card slot on your device, then copy the files from your PC to
the folder you created on the memory card.
To view pictures
1. Tap Start > Programs > Pictures & Videos. The images in the My
Pictures folder appear as thumbnails by default.
2. Select a picture and tap View. To view a GIF image, simply select its
thumbnail and tap View.
If you cannot find a picture in the default My Pictures folder, go to
another folder by tapping the Down arrow (
).
To play GIF animation files
1. Tap Start > Programs > Pictures & Videos.
2. Select a GIF animation file and tap View. The GIF Animation program
then opens and plays the animation.