Microsoft KB Archive/268504

= Description of the CD Audio Feature in Windows Media Player =

Article ID: 268504

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1

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This article was previously published under Q268504



SUMMARY
You can use the CD Audio feature of Windows Media Player to play and copy music from CDs. When you insert a music CD, Windows Media Player automatically starts to play the content unless Windows Media Player is already in use or you have installed another program to play audio CDs.

You can also copy tracks from your music CDs to your hard disk. You can copy these tracks in a compressed format so that less hard disk space is used. After you copy CD tracks to your hard disk, you can play the content in your preferred order, without manually changing the CD to access the various tracks or CDs. You can also create a customized list of songs called a playlist that you can arrange to your liking.



MORE INFORMATION
The information that is displayed when you use the CD Audio feature includes:
 * Name: The name of the track
 * Length: The length of the track
 * Copy Status: Not copied = empty; Copying = progress of the copy; Copied = copied to library
 * Artist: Name of the artist (you can sort by this field)
 * Genre: Type of music (you can sort by this field)
 * Style: Subcategory of genre; information is taken from the Internet database provider
 * Data Provider: The company that provided the Internet database information
 * Modified by: The name of person who edits information for the data provider

Information for the CD content is gathered from information databases on the Internet.

For additional information about the CD Audio feature, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260132 How to Copy CD-ROM Music in Windows Media Player 7

268502 How to Edit CD Information in Windows Media Player

259911 How to Create a Custom Music CD Track List in Media Player 7

268503 How to Adjust the Compression When Copying CD Music Tracks to a Hard Disk

Keywords: kbinfo KB268504

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