Windows 10: M/soft app for playing CDs

I am not interested in playing DVDs.

I do have a sizeable collection of CDs which I have loaded into windows media player on my laptop,

I cant get my music to play....red crosses come up on my playlists.

These have played in the past.....

Do I need an additional m/soft app to allow me to play CDs or do I have a potential problem with a 'codec' ?

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M/soft app for playing CDs

I am not interested in playing DVDs.

I do have a sizeable collection of CDs which I have loaded into windows media player on my laptop,

I cant get my music to play....red crosses come up on my playlists.

These have played in the past.....

Do I need an additional m/soft app to allow me to play CDs or do I have a potential problem with a 'codec' ?

 

CD plays one disc incorrectly

For us to isolate the issue, we would like to clarify if you were referring to another computer when you said
"The CD plays fine elsewhere so it is OK." on your first post. If so, is it both running Windows 10 version?

To identify the exact reason why the issue is happening, we suggest playing the disc manually using the steps below:

• Type File Explorer on Cortana/Search bar, then click it.
  
• On the File Explorer window, click This PC.
• Right-click on the CD drive then, click Open.
  
  
• The music files will show up, choose a certain music to play.

Let us know if the music will respond accordingly.

 

Audio CD's not playing

You seem to have a missing entry in the features list, there should be a + with Windows Media Player tick box. Unless you have some corporate version of Windows 10 with restrictions of some sort.

It is your Media player that does not play Audio CDs, these are Data discs not files.

Mine shows correctly as in post #9 that is how File Explorer represents those CD Audio data Tracks with WMP as default.

On my Laptop, with 5 listed Music players.
Windows Media Player, IrfanView(with plugins) plays the Audio CDs, but not VLC Player(apps version), Toshiba Media Player, Groove Music.

I don't have iTunes. That you will have to check.

Groove Music is in the MS Store(free as you would expect), should be showing as Installed, but of no use in this case.