windows media player 11 how to get album information

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To get album information for the CDs you rip in Windows Media Player 11, you can enable the option to retrieve media information from the Internet. This feature allows Windows Media Player to automatically obtain metadata such as album name, artist, and track details for the CDs you are ripping.

If you want to configure this setting, you can do so in the Privacy Options tab in the first use dialog box or on the Privacy tab in the Player. Make sure that the option for retrieving media information from the Internet is selected.

Additionally, if you want to prevent Windows Media Player from retrieving this information, you can enable the policy setting "Prevent CD and DVD Media Information Retrieval" which will stop the player from automatically obtaining media information for CDs and DVDs played by users.

For more detailed instructions on managing these settings, you may refer to the documentation on Windows Media Player policies.

Can someone please explain exactly how you do this without referring to other documentation which I am finding difficulty in finding?

Please, make it simple!

We're not all IT experts!

I've received an email with an answer offered by a Horace Wiggins but I can't seem to access it.

So I'm still at a loss.

Are you talking about the Media Player for OS11 or the Windows Media Player Legacy?

I have and use Windows Media Player Legacy, Version 12. See example image below.

It will search for and retrieve the information for a CD if it is still available. I recently bought a couple of very old CD albums and had to enter the information for them myself.