How to Rip Music CDs with the New Windows 11 Media Player

The new Media Player in Windows 11 now has the ability to rip music CDs which it didn't have when it first came out. Now you can use the built software to rip your CDs but you only have the option to create AAC, FAC, FLAC, ALAC now MP3 files with a recent update. You can also still use the original legacy Windows Media Player in Windows to RIP CDs if needed for now.

You can read the writeup of the process on our website.

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[michaelzoran]

NOTICE: The mp3 format has now been added, as of September of 2023. I'm still disappointed the format of WAV is still not available, though. Microsoft clearly wants people to use FLAC, because FLAC is both "Lossless" and "Compressed, " whereas WAV is just "Lossless." But, WAV is used in far more players, so there may be a need for some people to use WAV. I really think Microsoft should add the WAV format.

[IslandDustin]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've searched for over an hour, why the most simple solution doesn't show up first, I don't know why. 1000 Thumbs Up, brother!!

[Fastandsteady]

Short, sweet, to the point...thanks for the help and not dragging it out for like 10 minutes!

[harleyrdr]

I'm doing my CD collection right now (3.19.24) on Windows11 and Version 11.2401.2.0 has an MP3 selection! WOOT! 😁

[Sharrie-pottery]

Thank you! I've been looking for days to try and find the "rip" option. Perfect.

[urbannpa]

The "Rip CD" does not show in my version of Media Player.

[CageyLeigh]

No mp3 and does not access the internet for the music description. I’ll stick with the legacy version.

[musicshari]

yours is the best instruction on this, thanks

[stephenhall]

Thank you very much for this.
I hardly even use W11 unless I service a machine running it -- mainly because, despite a couple of years to refine it, W10 remains superior in every way. Some people ask me to change their W11 machines to W10.
Recently the W11 Media Player turned up on one of my W10 machines and deleted WMP 12.
The W11 Media program seems less untidy than WMP but does less and gives an air of indifference on the part of Microsoft. Gone are the days of laptop and desktop 'media centers' using earlier iterations of WMP as M'soft became ever more business orientated and swerved away from both enjoyment and education.
This disdain will cause the steep decline of Windows use to worsen, while Apple improves its sonics even on very small devices. Some Linux distros also serve music and video well and they are mostly free.
Lately I serviced a 2 year old Surface Pro and happened to have a new one for a customer to hand. The disdain for sound is worsening despite the ludicrous prices now being demanded just to open a hatch and replace the SSD. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing your other work.

[agarvan]

I have version 11.2211.36.0 of media player. Mine does not look the same as yours

[ViktorL]

0:43 - They already have MP3 along with WAV

[wcjyqpo]

A bit harder to do on a laptop that doesn’t have a disc drive.

[richward]

I am unable to find a way to rip a CD in Windows 11 using the new Media Player, that used to be Groove. I don't see any tabs for Rip CD. However, I was able to load the CD in my drive, go to File Explorer and right-click the CD then select Play. This opened up the old Windows Media Player (Legacy). I didn't find a menu but I pressed CTL-M and the old interface opened up. Unlike the one that is in Windows 7 (which cannot connect to the music DB) this version resolves the album information.

[shuckins]

Unfortunately, there is no Audio section anymore and this video is out of date.

[ImeldaFagin]

I wish you had included more information for idiots (like me) . Like what is the implication of using a different format. And how you copy to a flash drive or other “thing” to share. As if you were speaking to someone’s mother. My old sister has my father’s voice on tape and we would love to share it with all our siblings.
PS: And that new info about Flac and Wav is even more confusing!

[michaeldodds]

I don't have the three bars on the left so can't access the Rip features at all

[paulpells]

MY VERSION (11?) Doesn't show these options, I updated all apps but wont show the facilities needed. Scared to uninstall/reinstall in case all music album covers go too. Got my music backed up in a separate folder.

[geoffreymurphy]

I put a cd in and it ripped it. When finished, I searched for one of the songs that was on it but in "Search Results " it said nothing matched the search. Consequently I cannot play the song so what has happened to it or where has it gone? I wish I'd never bought a Windows 11 computer.

[jeffhagen]

Great! Except that I can't actually set where the file rips to. You can add a location of media files but it won't rip to that location! What??? I had to do a search of the main drive to find out where it ripped to. It's like they assigned some college intern to design this. Mine does allow MP3. It is obvious there are many iterations to this "app", none of which is an improvement from what I had on previous versions of windows.

[Lotchik_Fishing]

good video and as already stated MP3 is an option but when I add the location of music vs audio book vs whatever I can't tell it which folder to put it in and it doesn't know the difference between audio cd and ripped audio book or different locations based on my library set up. I also no longer have the legacy version of media player which I would love to go back to.