Windows Media Player cannot rip one or more tracks from the CD

Updated: 06/30/2020 by Computer Hope

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While attempting to rip a CD sound runway every bit an MP3 file on your computer, you may receive the error, "Windows Media Player cannot rip one or more tracks from the CD." This issue often arises for one or more of the following reasons. To proceed, follow the instructions in each section.

Bank check CD for scratches or smudges

Scratches and smudges may cause Windows Media Role player to take trouble reading the CD, which can effect in issues ripping sure songs or an unabridged album. Carefully clean the CD and try ripping the audio tracks again.

  • How to clean an audio CD.

Ripping to MP3 at also depression of quality

Switching from WMA format to MP3 when ripping songs, but non increasing the quality, can cause this error. To avoid this problem, make certain the sound compression bitrate is set to at least 256 Kbps in your Media Player options.

  • How to change rip format and quality in Windows Media Actor.

Ripping to a valid folder

In the Rip Music carte du jour, make sure the Rip music to this location option is set to a valid binder. If it is non, Windows Media Player tin't rip audio tracks.

How to open the Rip Music menu in Windows Media Actor

  1. Open Windows Media Histrion.
  • How practise I open Windows Media Role player?
  1. Press the Alt to show the file menu.
  2. Select Tools from the drop-down menu that appears.

Tools selector in Windows Media Player

  1. In the Tools menu, click Options...

Options selector in Windows Media Player

  1. In the Options window, click the Rip Music tab (A).
  2. Ensure that the location where the songs are ripped is correct (B).
  3. If the location is wrong, click the Alter push (C) and find the correct path.

Note

The right path is the Music folder. It is located in C:\Users\your windows user name\Music, similar to the example below.

  1. If you had to make any changes, click Use (D), and and so OK (East).

Menu that allows users to change the location where their songs will be ripped in Windows Media Player.

Music library may be corrupted

By default, the Windows Media Player is set to rip songs to the Music folder in your library. If that folder becomes corrupted, Windows Media Thespian won't be able to add songs to information technology. To prepare this effect, you can delete and restore the Music binder by following the steps below.

Alarm

The following steps delete all of the songs in your Music library.

  1. Open Windows Media Histrion.
  • How do I open Windows Media Player?
  1. Press the Alt to show the file menu.
  2. Select Tools from the drop-downward menu that appears.

Tools selector in Windows Media Player

  1. Select Advanced.

Advanced selector in Windows Media Player.

  1. Select Restore media library...

Selector that allows users to restore their music library folder in Windows Media Player.

  1. Click the Aye button.

Confirmation screen in Windows Media Player.

Proper MP3 codec non installed on the calculator

If you lot've tried all of the suggestions to a higher place and are still having problems, yous may non have the correct codec, or it is corrupted. You tin download an MP3 codec for Windows Media Player on CNET.