Introducing Windows Media Player

These days, a personal computer does more than just browse the Web and help you organize your finances. Many people are using their PCs as digital media players—to store, play back, and even record music and movies. You can use your PC to listen to your favorite compact discs, tune in to radio broadcasts from around the world, watch movies on DVD, and record your own custom music collections.

You can perform all these digital media functions with a single program—Windows Media Player (WMP). Windows Media Player is an all-in-one playback and recording program that lets you play CDs and DVDs, rip CD tracks to your hard disk, burn CDs from music stored on your hard disk, play back music you've ripped or downloaded ...

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