Microsoft has quietly removed the online CD metadata lookup that generations of Windows users have taken for granted, leaving both the classic Windows Media Player (Legacy) and the modern Media Player app in Windows 11 unable to auto-populate album titles, track names, artwork, composer credits...
Microsoft's quiet retreat from one of the small conveniences that made desktop Windows feel like a living jukebox has landed with a thud for anyone still ripping CDs: Windows Media Player's online album-lookup service has stopped returning metadata, leaving freshly inserted discs labelled...