When you say Media Player etc... What do you mean by the etc.. You will have to use some sort of ripping software ! Media Player is as good as any I have used, why don't you want to use that?
There are any number of freeware rippers also available but if you want the ultimate in quality you should use a specialist program like dbPowerAmp Music Converter which gives you the opportunity to oversample for higher accuracy. It's not expensive either.