Missing music files from Windows Media Player 11 AND doubled

Hi ~ I 'm using WMP11 on XP Media Edition 2005. After not using it
for a few days....( was playing with iTunes) I noticed that big chunks
of individual tracks are missing from my about 25% of my
albums....never the whole album. They are also gone from "My music",
and a search for the files failed to find any, including the recycle
bin. This has happened before, but usually was only a few items, and
I'm wondering why WMP "disappears" music files so thoroughly. I use a
Philips Juke box mp3 player, and my sons use ipod, so we have both WMP
and itunes. I noticed that if a file goes missing from itunes, it
always is listed in the recycle bin and can be recovered. Not so with
WMP 11! Could this be related to the quantity of files in the
player? I have between 20 and 25GB.
Also, WMP copies new files at least twice to the library! I'm
guessing it's taking them from itunes as well as "my Music", but I
don't know how to stop this! Help!! And thanks!!

zachd
Thu Aug 07 02:58:00 PDT 2008


A: WMP doesn't have auto-convert of files. iTunes does. Maybe iTunes is
converting file types here? What file types and location are two of the
"duplicate" files?

B: Do you have Rename files checked under WMP's Tools:Options:Library
options?

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"sharan555" <sharan555@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi ~ I 'm using WMP11 on XP Media Edition 2005. After not using it
> for a few days....( was playing with iTunes) I noticed that big chunks
> of individual tracks are missing from my about 25% of my
> albums....never the whole album. They are also gone from "My music",
> and a search for the files failed to find any, including the recycle
> bin. This has happened before, but usually was only a few items, and
> I'm wondering why WMP "disappears" music files so thoroughly. I use a
> Philips Juke box mp3 player, and my sons use ipod, so we have both WMP
> and itunes. I noticed that if a file goes missing from itunes, it
> always is listed in the recycle bin and can be recovered. Not so with
> WMP 11! Could this be related to the quantity of files in the
> player? I have between 20 and 25GB.
> Also, WMP copies new files at least twice to the library! I'm
> guessing it's taking them from itunes as well as "my Music", but I
> don't know how to stop this! Help!! And thanks!!

sharan555
Fri Aug 08 11:53:11 PDT 2008

Hi Zachd-- in response to your questions--
A: I checked the file locations of a track froman album WMP is
downloading 3X:

1. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\Beatles\1967-1970(Blue album)\Volume 1
2. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\iTunes\iTunes Music\Beatles\Magical Mystery Tour
3. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\iTunes\iTunes Music\Beatles\Magical Mystery Tour

The next track shows the info from line # 1 above twice, and once from
itunes....weird..and repeated 100's of times in the library. I go thru
it often to delete duplicates, but they reappear soon after. Also, in
ALL file locations for the album above, it's in MP3 format, and not
converting them.

B. Yes.
Thanx!
Sharan555

On Aug 7, 2:58=A0am, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> A: WMP doesn't have auto-convert of files. =A0iTunes does. =A0Maybe iTune=
s is
> converting file types here? =A0What file types and location are two of th=
e
> "duplicate" files?
Well,

> Speaking for myself only.
> Seehttp://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlfor some helpful WMP info.

zachd
Sat Aug 09 18:39:34 PDT 2008


What are the full file names including extension of those files?

Your iTunes folder is a subfolder of the My Music folder. iTunes is
"importing"/copying the tunes to its own library hierarchy in whatever
structure it wants.

Options:
* Turn off iTunes "importing" these files which already should be accessible
to it.
* Move your iTunes folder to some location WMP doesn't scan
* Move your WMP folder to some location iTunes doesn't scan

I would bet that customer satisfaction would be highest here through option
1 above. You do NOT want two different players importing / converting /
moving / renaming your files. It's just a bad plan and makes people
unhappy. Sorry.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"sharan555" <sharan555@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Zachd-- in response to your questions--
A: I checked the file locations of a track froman album WMP is
downloading 3X:

1. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\Beatles\1967-1970(Blue album)\Volume 1
2. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\iTunes\iTunes Music\Beatles\Magical Mystery Tour
3. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music
\iTunes\iTunes Music\Beatles\Magical Mystery Tour

The next track shows the info from line # 1 above twice, and once from
itunes....weird..and repeated 100's of times in the library. I go thru
it often to delete duplicates, but they reappear soon after. Also, in
ALL file locations for the album above, it's in MP3 format, and not
converting them.

B. Yes.
Thanx!
Sharan555

On Aug 7, 2:58 am, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> A: WMP doesn't have auto-convert of files. iTunes does. Maybe iTunes is
> converting file types here? What file types and location are two of the
> "duplicate" files?
Well,

> Speaking for myself only.
> Seehttp://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlfor some helpful WMP info.