Microsoft in the middle of the week another preview published From the next version of Windows 11 on its developer channel. The new improvement comes with a couple of significant improvements, which primarily audiophiles and those who like to take pictures with their laptop or desktop webcam will love.
The media player rips CDs
In the new trailer, Microsoft describes the CDs as it has upgraded its new media player app with the ability to “rip” — that is, the ability to save tracks to audio discs on your computer. The functionality, which the latter lacks so far, makes it easier for music lovers to manage their music.
During the ripping job, you can choose from four target formats (AAC, WMA, FLAC and ALAC) in which file type you want to store the audio files extracted from the rainbow disc on the device – but the wording says that the range may be expanded later , in another iteration.
The camera app reads the QR code
Another development of the new version inside is that it gives it a new look in the style of Windows 11 Mica, and expands the built-in camera app with the ability to read QR and barcodes. In this way, the software is practically at the same level as its smartphone counterparts, which nowadays all also support decoding codes often used to share links in the real world, but are actually able to store other data as well.
The camera app now appears in the new style of Windows 11 – it can also read barcodesThe new features are currently only available to Windows 11 Insider users, but they are called will reach all users in the feature pack update or possibly in version 23H2 of the system released next year.
