Windows Media player not listing flac files in library

Hello,

I'm running Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000 on my XP machine it lists my
flac files in the library. On this machine even though it plays the files
in Windows Media player just fine - I can't get them to list in the library.
Can you please tell me how to add file types to the library list?

Thanks

Vincent
Sun Apr 27 03:32:03 PDT 2008

Try this: in Windows explorer go to a flac and check if "open with" is
coupled to WMP

"boe" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm running Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000 on my XP machine it lists my
> flac files in the library. On this machine even though it plays the files
> in Windows Media player just fine - I can't get them to list in the library.
> Can you please tell me how to add file types to the library list?
>
> Thanks
>
>

boe
Sun Apr 27 22:41:37 PDT 2008

Thanks - they do open with WMP and they do play fine - I just can't get them
to add to the WMP library.

"Vincent" <Vincent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00BDCDD6-E907-44E4-A63B-2E2E91DBC587@microsoft.com...
> Try this: in Windows explorer go to a flac and check if "open with" is
> coupled to WMP
>
> "boe" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm running Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000 on my XP machine it lists
>> my
>> flac files in the library. On this machine even though it plays the
>> files
>> in Windows Media player just fine - I can't get them to list in the
>> library.
>> Can you please tell me how to add file types to the library list?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>

Swifty
Mon Apr 28 00:41:58 PDT 2008

boe wrote:
> Thanks - they do open with WMP and they do play fine - I just can't get
> them to add to the WMP library.

I went through a similar process with Ogg Vorbis files - they play, but
won't add. When I went into settings and added the .oga filetype, it
instantly forgot it, with no error message. In the end, I gave up,
trusting that some future version of WMP will probably support the newer
audio filetypes that are becoming popular.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Neil
Tue Apr 29 14:44:01 PDT 2008

John Lockwood recommends that prorgam and adds some info from a MS
suport article about how to get WMP to recognise them so they appear
in the media library :

See http://tinyurl.com/5j9ewy and http://tinyurl.com/6ou5pm

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:59:03 -0500, "mae" <agrannie@notemail.msn.com>
wrote:

>Try this:
>http://www.softpointer.com/WMPTagSupport.htm
>
>mae
>
>"boe" <boe_d@nospamhottymail.com> wrote in message
>news:eopgGKPqIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>| Thanks - they do open with WMP and they do play fine - I just can't get them
>| to add to the WMP library.
>|
>| "Vincent" <Vincent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>| news:00BDCDD6-E907-44E4-A63B-2E2E91DBC587@microsoft.com...
>| > Try this: in Windows explorer go to a flac and check if "open with" is
>| > coupled to WMP
>| >
>| > "boe" wrote:
>| >
>| >> Hello,
>| >>
>| >> I'm running Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000 on my XP machine it lists
>| >> my
>| >> flac files in the library. On this machine even though it plays the
>| >> files
>| >> in Windows Media player just fine - I can't get them to list in the
>| >> library.
>| >> Can you please tell me how to add file types to the library list?
>| >>
>| >> Thanks
>| >>
>| >>
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zachd
Thu May 01 01:32:53 PDT 2008

This is a bug or limitation of whatever plug-in you added to add in FLAC
support. The information on how to get your file type added to the library
properly is published on MSDN -- it looks like your plug-in provider either
didn't read or doesn't support that functionality.

So: ask your FLAC plug-in provider. =)

--
Speaking for myself only.
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.
--
"boe" <boe_d@nospamhottymail.com> wrote in message
news:eNHERFqpIHA.3456@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Windows Media Player 11.0.6001.7000 on my XP machine it lists
> my flac files in the library. On this machine even though it plays the
> files in Windows Media player just fine - I can't get them to list in the
> library. Can you please tell me how to add file types to the library list?
>
> Thanks

zachd
Thu May 01 01:34:15 PDT 2008

It's easy for any vendor to set this up right in their plug-in's
registration. How they do this is documented on MSDN.

This is a bug or limitation of your plug-in. It is NOT a bug in the player
given the player generally can not effectively guess what any added plug-in
wants to have happen. =\

--
Speaking for myself only.
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.
--
"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uotiZNQqIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> boe wrote:
>> Thanks - they do open with WMP and they do play fine - I just can't get
>> them to add to the WMP library.
>
> I went through a similar process with Ogg Vorbis files - they play, but
> won't add. When I went into settings and added the .oga filetype, it
> instantly forgot it, with no error message. In the end, I gave up,
> trusting that some future version of WMP will probably support the newer
> audio filetypes that are becoming popular.
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk

Windows Media player not listing flac files in library

RE: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by Vincent

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by boe

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by Swifty

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by mae

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by Neil

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by zachd

Re: Windows Media player not listing flac files in library by zachd