How do I play an entire album in WMP

[mborner]

I listen to MP3 files through WMP. I have over 200 CD's ripped to my HDD. How can I play more than just one song at a time on an album? I'd like to select the album and play the whole thing, non-stop, in order, without creating a play list. Is there anyway to do that?

do you use the library feature in explorer and do your tunes load into WMP as normal.

Everything about the library and the player is normal except for the issue described above.

 

[boohbah]

when you open wmp and on the left side select music thenclick album then your albums should show choose an album,
double click it it will open with track list select the 1st track by clicking it and it should play, the whole album ought to play through

 

[boohbah]

example!

 

[mborner]

Thanks, boohbah, but that's how I normally play music and it stops after the first song and then you have to select another to play. Also, the Forward Track button only works when it's playing a CD, it won't work when playing a file from the HDD.

 

[SledgeDG]

The easiest way would be to either use the "play all" button in explorer or simply create a playlist.

-DG

 

[Bill2]

Make sure you add all the songs you want to play in the lists pane. Most likely you are playing a file from the details pane because of which it stops after playing the file you selected. To add all of your files in the list pane, go to the music library and select the files you want to play. Now drag items from the details pane to the list pane.

This is a nice tut on wmp12.

How to Play Music in Windows Media Player 12 | Windows 7 Tutorials

It also links to many other tuts on wmp12.

 

[mborner]

Make sure you add all the songs you want to play in the lists pane. Most likely you are playing a file from the details pane because of which it stops after playing the file you selected. To add all of your files in the list pane, go to the music library and select the files you want to play. Now drag items from the details pane to the list pane.

This is a nice tut on wmp12.

How to Play Music in Windows Media Player 12 | Windows 7 Tutorials

It also links to many other tuts on wmp12.

Thanks, Bill2, great tutorial.

 

[boohbah]

Thanks, boohbah, but that's how I normally play music and it stops after the first song and then you have to select another to play. Also, the Forward Track button only works when it's playing a CD, it won't work when playing a file from the HDD.

Thats really odd all my music is on an external and is my default music library,
WMP loads and watches the music folder on my external, i have no problem with the library loading the music or playing in the way i described above,
i cant understand why it wont work with yours. do you use the library feature in explorer and do your tunes load into WMP as normal.

 

[mborner]

Usually, I just click Start/music to pull up my library, navigate to an album, and select the first song. It'll open WMP and the first song will play, but it ends there. I'll then navigate to an album within WMP, select a song, and the same thing happens. The album won't continue playing the next track. I'm wondering if this is a feature only available for playlists. Also, the "previous" and "next" buttons only work with a CD.

 

[mborner]

Thanks, boohbah, but that's how I normally play music and it stops after the first song and then you have to select another to play. Also, the Forward Track button only works when it's playing a CD, it won't work when playing a file from the HDD.

Thats really odd all my music is on an external and is my default music library,
WMP loads and watches the music folder on my external, i have no problem with the library loading the music or playing in the way i described above,
i cant understand why it wont work with yours. do you use the library feature in explorer and do your tunes load into WMP as normal.

do you use the library feature in explorer and do your tunes load into WMP as normal.

Everything about the library and the player is normal except for the issue described above.

 

[mborner]

The easiest way would be to either use the "play all" button in explorer or simply create a playlist.

-DG

Thanks, SledgeDG, I'll give this a try. I was hoping I could do it without creating a playlist.

 

[boohbah]

when you open WMP without going to my music. what do you see, could you post a screen shot.
and a screenshot after you select Music then album as i showed in pic in my previous post

this is what mine looks like,


i then click on an album and see the details

 

[SledgeDG]

Well, you don't have to make a playlist (and if you happen to make one, you sure don't have to save it)

I always play out of explorer...the media center/library I only open for movies/TV Shows:

To play the whole Album, just mark it, right click and pick Play with Windows Media Player.

gives me this:
It cues up the whole Album and plays it all through.

If you prefer a different player, I could tell you how to create such a context menu entry

-DG

 

[mborner]

When I open a music file from the library, it opens like this in WMP. When it opens like this it will not play the next song title automatically.

When I open the file from within WMP, it looks loke this:

I've discovered that when I open an album from within WMP it works perfectly. All songs play on the album.
Hmm.. Go figure.

Thanks to all for your help. I now know that I need to open files from within WMP.

 

[boohbah]

Well i did say in my 1st post when you OPEN wmp it would work i rarely play a file straight from the root folder my Windows Media Player is neatly set up and does everything i need it to (most of the time)
Glad you sussed it in the end.

 

[johnwillyums]

m are all your music files in the music folder in the start menu? If they are click on the icon up on the right and turn them into medium icons.
You can then just right click on the album icon and you will get a drop down menu with play in media player in it. If you have any other media players such as winamp or vlc they will also be there.

 

[boohbah]

ok soloution for playing from library and continuing playback



1- open library (music)

2- open folder and highlight all the tracks

3-click play selection
bobs yer uncle.
also in music library if you choose,select arrange by album not folder and you will see all albums with albumart. and resize the folder view to large icons.

 

[kodi]

I do the same as above except for step 2 instead I click Organize then select all

 

[boohbah]

thats right kodi , i would have put that but it would have messed up my screenshot ,

 

[mborner]

Great tips everybody, thank you.