WMP11 Not recognising MP3's

I've just rebuilt my desktop and prior to this had painstakingly
ripped over 200 CD's to MP3 format.

However, when I try to browse those files now (they are stored on an
external HD) they are unreadable under DOS or by the library within
WMP11. I can see the files within Windows Explorer and if I copy the
files to My Documents\My Music they can be seen there.

Anyone got any sugestions on why this happening or what I can do to
get it working??

Thanks in advance!

iPC
Tue May 06 08:49:15 PDT 2008

Click Tools>Options
Library Tab>Monitor Folders
Advanced Options>Add
Then select your External Drive Music Folder


"Llawnroc" <llawnroc@llawnroc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:675a9a3f-6cf0-4fce-bb98-e5b87e48c924@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> I've just rebuilt my desktop and prior to this had painstakingly
> ripped over 200 CD's to MP3 format.
>
> However, when I try to browse those files now (they are stored on an
> external HD) they are unreadable under DOS or by the library within
> WMP11. I can see the files within Windows Explorer and if I copy the
> files to My Documents\My Music they can be seen there.
>
> Anyone got any sugestions on why this happening or what I can do to
> get it working??
>
> Thanks in advance!

Llawnroc
Tue May 06 10:39:32 PDT 2008

Thanks for the response!

I've already done that several times and WMP11 can see all my music
videos and films I have stored on the external drive but not the
music! :-(

Anyone got any other thoughts?? it's rather dull playing on the XBox
with out any music!!!

On May 6, 4:49 pm, "iPC" <nos...@nospamfbi.org> wrote:
> Click Tools>Options
> Library Tab>Monitor Folders
> Advanced Options>Add
> Then select your External Drive Music Folder
>

zachd
Fri May 09 09:51:10 PDT 2008


Could you define "rebuilt your desktop"?

How exactly are you trying to "browse" them? The player's file:open dialog
or ... ?

Had these files been deleted from your library at some point?

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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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"Llawnroc" <llawnroc@llawnroc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:675a9a3f-6cf0-4fce-bb98-e5b87e48c924@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> I've just rebuilt my desktop and prior to this had painstakingly
> ripped over 200 CD's to MP3 format.
>
> However, when I try to browse those files now (they are stored on an
> external HD) they are unreadable under DOS or by the library within
> WMP11. I can see the files within Windows Explorer and if I copy the
> files to My Documents\My Music they can be seen there.
>
> Anyone got any sugestions on why this happening or what I can do to
> get it working??
>
> Thanks in advance!

Llawnroc
Fri May 09 23:53:02 PDT 2008

By saying I rebuilt my desktop, I actually mean reinstalled Windows XP
and related software.

I ripped a CD yesterday and that actually showed in the library and
within DOS, however the other files are still not showing within
either the WMP library or DOS.

All files are playable and are viewable from Windows Explorer, I'm at
a complete loss as to why this could be happening!!

On 9 May, 17:51, "zachd [MSFT]" <za...@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Could you define "rebuilt your desktop"?
>
> How exactly are you trying to "browse" them? The player's file:open dialog
> or ... ?
>
> Had these files been deleted from your library at some point?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> Seehttp://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlfor some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Llawnroc
Tue May 13 08:24:51 PDT 2008

Sorry to bump this but has anyone got any ideas??

I really don't fancy having to rip all my CD's again!!

Llawnroc
Tue May 13 10:24:21 PDT 2008

Well after some playing with ownership and the like I have finally
found out what the cause of the issue is. All the folders have been
given a SYSTEM attribute, which means they cannot be seen. Once I
changed the attribute to non system it all worked.

Now I have to find a way of doign a mass convert on the files!!!

On 13 May, 16:24, Llawnroc <llawn...@llawnroc.co.uk> wrote:
> Sorry to bump this but has anyone got any ideas??
>
> I really don't fancy having to rip all my CD's again!!

Neil
Thu May 15 14:21:05 PDT 2008

On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:24:21 -0700 (PDT), Llawnroc
<llawnroc@llawnroc.co.uk> wrote:

>Well after some playing with ownership and the like I have finally
>found out what the cause of the issue is. All the folders have been
>given a SYSTEM attribute, which means they cannot be seen. Once I
>changed the attribute to non system it all worked.
>
>Now I have to find a way of doign a mass convert on the files!!!


Glad you got that fixed. You said the existing files were ripped to
MP3 - what do you need to mass convert them to (and why ?)

Cheers - Neil
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