How to Rip CDs With Windows 11’s Updated Media Player App For most readers, this section will only be of interest once Microsoft adds CD ripping to the released version of the OS.

In Windows 11, this program has been removed, but its successor, Media Player (search Windows to find it), actually has a tool for ripping CDs.

But apparently someone at Microsoft is still rocking a CD player, because a forthcoming update to Windows 11’s Media Player app will bring CD ripping back from the dead.

The music video is the "Enhanced" part, but the way they structure the CD's makes them a royal PITA to play on a computer. IIRC, one way to get around it is to use a CD-ripping program like CDex ...

When I insert a music CD into the drive, windows media player even pops up automatically.