How to Transfer From Windows Media Player to a Disk

Transferring music from your Windows Media Player Library to a disk is important when you want to listen to music when you are away from your computer. Although Windows Media Player does not actually store your music, the program does allow you to access, organize and transfer your media files. By burning an audio CD in Windows Media Player, you can play your favorite songs on almost any CD player. In addition to burning audio CDs, you can burn data CDs and DVDs using Windows Media Player. Data CDs and DVDs can hold music, videos and pictures but DVDs hold significantly more data than a CD.

Instructions

Burn Audio CD

1. Open Windows Media Player. If the program is already open, click the "Switch to Library" button.

2. Click the "Burn" tab and click the "Burn Options" button. Click "Audio CD."

3. Insert a blank CD-R in the CD burner on your computer. Close the AutoPlay dialog box if it appears on your screen.

4. Click the "Clear List" button to remove items remaining from the previous burn list.

5. Drag songs from your Player Library and drop the songs in the List Pane. The List Pane is located to the right of the Player Library.

6. Change the order of the songs by dragging a song up or down the burn list.

7. Remove a song by right-clicking the song and click "Remove from List."

8. Click the "Start Burn" button to begin transferring the songs to a CD.

Burn Data CD Or DVD

1. Open Windows Media Player. If the program is already open, click the "Switch to Library" button.

2. Click the "Burn" tab and click the "Burn Options" button. Click "Data CD or DVD."

3. Insert a blank CD-R or DVD-R in the CD or DVD burner on your computer. Close the AutoPlay dialog box if it appears on your screen.

4. Click the "Clear List" button to remove items remaining from the previous burn list.

5. Drag files from your Player Library and drop the files in the List Pane. The List Pane is located to the right of the Player Library.

6. Change the order of the data by dragging a file up or down the burn list.

7. Remove a file by right clicking the file and click "Remove from List."

8. Click the "Start Burn" button to begin transferring the files to a CD or DVD.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to burn a DVD, you must have a DVD burner on your computer.

• A music CD can hold up to 80 minutes of music or 700 megabytes of data.

• A data DVD can hold up to 54 hours of music or 4.7 gigabytes of data.

References

• Microsoft: Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player