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You can view information about your CD in the Now Playing, Library, or Rip features. When you play a CD, Windows Media Player gathers as much information about the CD as is available from databases hosted by your default online store, including the name of the artist, composer, and track titles. You can also use the Guide feature to search the database hosted by WindowsMedia.com for additional information about the CD that you are playing and the artist, such as the artist's biography and discography, reviews, and related artists.
If you are connected to the Internet and play a CD for which there is information, a subset of the information is stored on your computer so that it is available to you when you play the CD again without requiring an Internet connection.
Note that the Player must be configured to retrieve information about CDs automatically.
If information about the CD is not available (you have a rare CD, for example), or your computer is not connected to the Internet, Windows Media Player displays the track number as the title.
If the correct artist or track titles do not appear in Now Playing or Rip, you can use the Find Album Info button to update the information. You must be connected to the Internet to use this feature. Newer CDs often contain information that makes it easier for the Player to obtain the track titles and other media information from the database hosted by your default online store. If the information in the database is incorrect or is missing, you can also add or edit the information about a CD in the database.
You can also manually edit the media information in Now Playing, Library, and Rip.
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