Windows Media Player, the historical player of Windows, acquires a new functionality which is addressed to the most audiophiles among you. In the latest build of the OS, it is indeed possible to extract songs stored on a CD in AAC, FLAC, MP3 and other formats.
It’s a real leap in the past that we offer you today. Do you remember Windows Media Player? But if, remember, this application that most Windows users used in the 2000s to listen to poor quality MP3 files after 4 hours of downloading. Fallen into oblivion with the advent of music streaming, the application was resurrected – against all odds – by Microsoft with the arrival of Windows 11.
But the Redmond firm was not satisfied with a simple nod to the most nostalgic. Indeed, it intends to regularly update its player, as evidenced by the arrival of new features in the latest build of Windows 11. You thought you were getting old when you heard about Windows Media Player? Wait until you know what the software is now capable of. With its latest update, the player can indeed extract songs from a CD.
Windows Media Media gets a feature from another time
We won’t insult you by reminding you what a CD is (although the youngest might ask themselves the question today), but it is clear that this functionality is only intended for a certain part of the population. If it is still miraculously alive, the CD has almost disappeared from homes and only a handful of audiophiles and collectors still use this format, which is now neglected.
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Anyway, this feature will therefore prove to be particularly practical for all those who were looking for a quick and easy way to listen to their old albums without having to take the CD player out of the closet. By default, files will be converted to AAC format with a bitrate between 96 and 320 kbps. It is possible to configure the application to obtain FLAC, ALAC and WMA files.