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How to Burn/Rip a CD in Windows using Windows Media Player

Matthew Carver
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The following is edited from a Microsoft help article; head to the original for even more information.

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How to Burn a CD  (Write) using Windows Media Player:

 

  1. Open Windows Media Player. 
  2. In the Player Library, select the Burn tab, select the Burn options button , and then select Audio CD or Data CD or DVD.
  3. Insert a blank disc into your CD or DVD burner.
    If your PC has more than one CD or DVD drive, select the drive you want to use.
  4. Search for the items in your Player Library that you want to burn to the disc, and then drag them to the list pane (on the right side of the Player Library) to create a burn list.
  5. When you're finished with the list, select Start burn.

 

How to Rip a CD (Copy from) using Windows Media Player*:

Note:  There is a way to "Quick Rip" a CD which is useful if you need the whole CD.  Find these instructions below.

  1. Open Windows Media Player.
  2. Insert an audio CD into the PC's CD drive.
  3. Select the Rip CD button .
  4. Notice the choices next to the button to change formatting (see below.)
  5. You can select individual songs to rip by checking or unchecking tracks. 
  6. FORMATTING:  If you want to select a different format, select the Rip settings menu, and then choose Format or Audio Quality in the Player Library. [You are encouraged to choose MP3 file formatting-- it is more universal an d is guaranteed to work on school iPads!.]  Windows Media Player will rip your tunes in WMA format** if you did not change them to MP3.
  7. You should find the tracks you have ripped, by default, moved   and saved in your "Music" folder.
  8. If you want more ready access to your ripped music content, consider moving the files (in folders easy to find) to your OneDrive! 

 

If you want to "Quick Rip":

Do not open Windows Media Player. Instead, just insert your CD into your computer and make the following selection:

 

  1.  You should find the tracks you have ripped, by default, moved   and saved in your "Music" folder; again be sure to change your defaults or they will be WMA file formats.** 

 

 
 *Important reminder:  Teacher's have different permissions to copy and use media and materials that are managed by copyrights since the "Digital Millennium Act."  If you have any questions about what you are copying/ripping be sure to ask your IT Department.
 
**There is nothing wrong with WMA format.  It plays great on most Windows Machines and for many this will be all that is needed, if your player is going to be a Microsoft player (a Microsoft App, for instance like OneDrive, etc.) you will be fine with this. 
 
Here is the list of files OneDrive can play from online, taken from this Microsoft article; be sure to check back there for updates.:
 
The following audio/video files can be played directly from your OneDrive in most browsers: .3g2, .3gp, .3gp2, .3gpp, .aac, .adts, .asf, .avi, .mp3, .m4a, .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .sami, .smi, .wav, .wma, .wmv

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