Microsoft rolled out app updates to Insiders on Windows 11, including adding the ability to rip CDs through Media Player.

New Windows Media Player app travels back in time, gains the ability to rip CDs Welcome news for anyone who's ready to retire their Sony Discman.

In Windows 11, this program has been removed, but its successor, Media Player (search Windows to find it), actually has a tool for ripping CDs.

Having received CD playback support earlier this year, the new feature in Media Player lets users rip CDs to WMA, FLAC, ALAC, or AAC format, with the latter being the default setting.

Since I put together this new rig and installed Win7 on it, I've been using Windows Media Player to play backups of old mp3's and to rip CD's. In the past I've always used 3rd party software for ...