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Tom’s Hardware: Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed — you’ll have to find other software for playing and ripping CDs with relevant track information . “Microsoft has quietly removed ‘find album information’ and ‘update album info online’ tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11. We checked both Windows Media Player […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/13/toms-hardware-windows-media-players-find-album-information-functionality-has-been-removed-youll-have-to-find-other-software-for-playing-and-ripping-cds/

Tom’s Hardware: Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed — you’ll have to find other software for playing and ripping CDs with relevant track information | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Jamie Dowling Jan 10

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info - https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/microsoft_windows_media_player_forgets/

Windows Media Player eh?

#Microsoft #WMP #WindowsMediaPlayer

AdventureTense Jan 9

Unlike the direction that Microsoft is heading, the KDE Dolphin file manager will instantly recognize music cds, and pull relevant track tags from the MusicBrainz database. Music can be encoded in a multitude of formats, simply by drag and drop.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/09/1742218/microsoft-windows-media-player-stops-serving-up-cd-album-info

#KDE #Music #CDs #MusicBrainz #WindowsMediaPlayer

Microsoft Windows Media Player Stops Serving Up CD Album Info - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft is celebrating the resurgence of interest in physical media in the only way it knows how... by halting the Windows Media Player metadata service. Readers of a certain vintage will remember inserting a CD into their PC and watching Windows Media Player p...

Lance (Thank you for 11 Views)Jan 6

Has anyone else found that Windows Media Player is no longer finding album information when loading CDs?

It looks like this change may be intentional. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has run into the same issue.

I mainly use it for ripping to FLAC. There are other options available but MP was one click. #WindowsMediaPlayer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5690345/all-new-cds-i-try-to-rip-show-up-as-unkown

All new cds I try to rip show up as unkown - Microsoft Q&A

Every new cd i put into media player displays all information as unknown. previously all information would be automatically added, im wondering if the systems are down or something. I read that they mightve ended the service but i havent seen anything…

kurtsh Dec 25

Huh. This is kinda cool.

"Windows Media Player Legacy" - the version that does CD rips and plays MIDI files - is hidden but available for Windows 11.

✅ Install or Uninstall Windows Media Player Legacy app in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/install-or-uninstall-windows-media-player-legacy-app-in-windows-11.30079/
#Windows11 #WindowsMediaPlayer

Install or Uninstall Windows Media Player Legacy app in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to install or uninstall the "Windows Media Player Legacy" app for all users in Windows 11. Windows 11 includes the new Windows Media Player app from the Microsoft Store by default. Windows 11 also includes the old Windows Media Player Legacy desktop app if you...

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