Rip CDs for Your Music Library

We’ll admit it: We’re music freaks as well as movie buffs. We’ve been collecting CDs since they first came out in the 1980s, so you can imagine the size of our collection. Truth be told, it’s a real pain to go find a CD in that collection these days.

You can imagine the pleasant surprise we had when we started using Windows Vista, Media Center, and Media Player. Integration between the three allows you to place media files onto your computer and then access them easily when you want. You can rip the music, for example, onto your computer using Media Player and then access it on your home entertainment system using Media Center. (You can also play music through Media Player, but Media Center is the program that allows ...

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