CD Player (Windows)
CD Player A component of Microsoft Windows |
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| Type | Media Player |
| Included with | Windows 98 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 (as Deluxe CD Player) |
| Also available for | Windows 95 Windows Me Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 |
| Replaced by | Windows Media Player |
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| Discontinued | |
| Related components | |
| DVD Player Media Player |
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CD Player is a computer program that plays audio CDs using the computer's sound card. It was included in Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. CD Player can be downloaded separately for other versions of Microsoft Windows as well. It has been removed from modern versions of Windows, starting with Windows Me.
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[edit] Features
When the CD Player is launched, it searches the optical drive looking for CD Audio Tracks, looks up disc metadata with an internet service, and plays the disc. CD recognition, track and artist data can be manually entered and are redisplayed on next load. If no disc is inserted, the message "Data or no disc loaded, Please insert an audio compact disc." is displayed.
[edit] Deluxe CD Player
Deluxe CD Player, a modified version of CD Player with a different skin, was also included in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me until beta 3 stage and Windows XP (Whistler) until beta 2 stage.
[edit] Compatibility
- The version downloaded from the Microsoft website works on any Windows 9x operating system such as Windows 95/98/Me.
- To get it working on any Windows NT operating system such as Windows XP, users can copy these files from a computer running either Windows NT 3.51 or Windows 4.0 for the regular edition, or Windows 2000 for the deluxe edition:
- cdplayer.exe
- cdplayer.cnt
- cdplayer.hlp
- In Windows Vista/7, the time display in CD Player is frozen, resulting in the Time Elapsed/Remaining information and Track number not shown correctly.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade
- Microsoft's CD Players
- GUIdebook - Screenshots of CD Player
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