Windows 10: My WMP has not played my old CDs . It doe not recognize the CD.?? It plays the new CDs..???

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  1. STEPHENWRAY2
    StephenWray2 Win User

    My WMP has not played my old CDs . It doe not recognize the CD.?? It plays the new CDs..???


    My WMP has not played my old CDs . It doe not recognize the CD.?? It plays the new CDs..???

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    StephenWray2, Apr 6, 2023
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  2. JEFF198366
    Jeff198366 Win User

    Windows 10 won't play, rip, or recognize any audio cd's

    I just upgraded to Windows 10 and now when I put a cd in the drive it won't play them or even recognize that there's a cd in the drive. Windows Media Player would always play the cd and I would use that program to rip music. Even File Explorer doesn't
    even list or recognize that there is a cd in the drive. I have new cd's that I want to rip into my computer and I cannot and it's really starting to frustrate me. Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone have a solution or have a suggestion on how to
    fix this issue?
     
    Jeff198366, Apr 6, 2023
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  3. JOAN-JJBLUE
    Joan-jjblue Win User
    CD/DVD drive won't play CDs & does not appear in This PC list in File Explorer

    Hello --

    The CD/DVD drive on my older PC with Windows 10 has stopped playing CDs, and the drive does not appear under This PC in File Explorer.

    - Yet Device Manager lists the drive and under Properties>General states "This device is working properly."

    Any suggestions on how to fix this?

    Further details:

    - This is a reconditioned Lenovo ThinkPad T430s, running Windows 10 Pro

    - The drive is Matsushita DVD-RAM UJ8C2 with up-to-date Microsoft driver

    - Before it stopped playing and showing up in Explorer, some CDs were intermittently recognized within WMP. I thought this might be b/c of disc condition (borrowed from public library).
     
    Joan-jjblue, Apr 6, 2023
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  4. HELMUT
    Helmut Win User

    My WMP has not played my old CDs . It doe not recognize the CD.?? It plays the new CDs..???

    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.
     
    Helmut, Apr 6, 2023
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