The Register on MSN

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info

No naming that tune and no album covers Microsoft is celebrating the resurgence of interest in physical media in the only way ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Windows Media Player just lost one of its oldest features

Microsoft just quietly pulled the plug on one of Windows Media Player’s oldest and most loved features. If you still enjoy ...
Digital Trends

I gave the Windows Media Player another shot. Here’s what surprised me

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Is Replacing Windows Media Player With an App Called… Media Player for Windows

The current version of Windows Media Player has been around for more than a decade. So, after all these years, Microsoft is finally pushing out a new app designed to handle everyday media playback in ...
Ars Technica

CD ripping (and playing) problem with Windows Media Player

I haven't posted any technical help questions on Ars for ages, but here goes. This is probably 'old tech' for most of you. I have an enormous CD collection and I've been ripping some (more) to MP3 ...