The WMP UI that comes with Win7 seems a lot different than the WMP that came with WinXP
My initial major problem is simply importing Albums stored on the local HSS of the new Win7 PC
I started putting new Albums on the new PC using similar folder deep heirarchy to what I used on the WinXP PC
Libraries/Music/My Music/EU/Beatles 1962-70/The Beatles 1962-1966/CD1
...... same path/CD2
The 2 pcs are connected by LAN.
When opening WMP it shows most if not all my albums on the old PC across the LAN, and INITIALLY shows all tracks from the CD1 & CD2 on the local HDD.
But on subsequent days, it only shows the music on the remote pc. (can play them only by clking on them in Explorer, they will play in WMP, but arent imported.)
I remember the old WinXP pc sometimes automatically showed new music in WMP without my having to do anything other than store it under a similar My Music subfolder structure, other times had to manually 'Import' it using File>Add to Library>Add Folder ... that always worked, importing all tracks in that folder.
I cannot find any simple dialog like that in the WMP that comes with Win7. Consulting its local Help 'Getting started..' has topic 'Build a media library'... it says WMP looks in Music, Video, Pictures, & Recorded TV by default. "To build your library you can include folders from other locations or external devices. For more info on adding files to Library see 'Add items to WMP Library' " In subtopic 'Monitoring folders' it says WMP automatically searches default folders and updates its media files. 'To add a folder to be monitored by WMP' In WMP Library 2. clk Organise 3. clk Manage libraries, clk Music to open dialog box, 4. clk Add, 5. Find the folder in the list, clk Include folder, clk ok
I follow this and see my current default Library Locations are My Music (C:\Users\i\Music) (Default save location) & My Music (\\MY-WinXP-PC\My Music)
Thinking the problem may be the new WMP doesnt monitor subfolders, I did add the path to CD1 - but no joy - and that would be extrmely unwieldy if users had to Add each new album using the 'Add' monitored folder dialog.
Grateful if someone can tell me why it is not automatically importing new local music.
A second question, the way music collections are shown in WMP12 is a lot different to WMP10 in the initial default view. Does anyone know if I can customise WMP12 to have same music views as in WMP10 ?
ps: currently dont have 24 hr net access, so maybe a day before I can respond
Fuller title: How to make WMP manage multiple 'music collections' with their own unique attribute/tag-sets, completely independant from each other ?
I have large collections of music from different countries, often with no common Attributes between the different collections.
How can I view each of those Collections in WMP uniquely on a per session basis, without any interference from another collection ? Can store each Collection on a different external USB HDD if need be. I just want each Collection to to be uncluttered with the many different Genre & SubGenre types of different Countries. It appears WMP keeps a rich underlying database of 'tags' of all imported music, containing things like Composer, Genre, Year, Artist, Rating etc- all which I FULLY use to categorise music, seems not directly accessible to Users, and keeps a history of user-defined tags not easily deleted so new tag-sets from other Countries are uncluttered by old tag-sets.
Ideally, I would like to access each independant 'music collection' stored in its own root folder, containing all WMP Attributes/tags held local to its location, using a 'clean' vanilla instance of WMP. How can this be done ?
ps: currently dont have 24 hr net access, so maybe a day before I can respond
My initial major problem is simply importing Albums stored on the local HSS of the new Win7 PC
I started putting new Albums on the new PC using similar folder deep heirarchy to what I used on the WinXP PC
Libraries/Music/My Music/EU/Beatles 1962-70/The Beatles 1962-1966/CD1
...... same path/CD2
The 2 pcs are connected by LAN.
When opening WMP it shows most if not all my albums on the old PC across the LAN, and INITIALLY shows all tracks from the CD1 & CD2 on the local HDD.
But on subsequent days, it only shows the music on the remote pc. (can play them only by clking on them in Explorer, they will play in WMP, but arent imported.)
I remember the old WinXP pc sometimes automatically showed new music in WMP without my having to do anything other than store it under a similar My Music subfolder structure, other times had to manually 'Import' it using File>Add to Library>Add Folder ... that always worked, importing all tracks in that folder.
I cannot find any simple dialog like that in the WMP that comes with Win7. Consulting its local Help 'Getting started..' has topic 'Build a media library'... it says WMP looks in Music, Video, Pictures, & Recorded TV by default. "To build your library you can include folders from other locations or external devices. For more info on adding files to Library see 'Add items to WMP Library' " In subtopic 'Monitoring folders' it says WMP automatically searches default folders and updates its media files. 'To add a folder to be monitored by WMP' In WMP Library 2. clk Organise 3. clk Manage libraries, clk Music to open dialog box, 4. clk Add, 5. Find the folder in the list, clk Include folder, clk ok
I follow this and see my current default Library Locations are My Music (C:\Users\i\Music) (Default save location) & My Music (\\MY-WinXP-PC\My Music)
Thinking the problem may be the new WMP doesnt monitor subfolders, I did add the path to CD1 - but no joy - and that would be extrmely unwieldy if users had to Add each new album using the 'Add' monitored folder dialog.
Grateful if someone can tell me why it is not automatically importing new local music.
A second question, the way music collections are shown in WMP12 is a lot different to WMP10 in the initial default view. Does anyone know if I can customise WMP12 to have same music views as in WMP10 ?
ps: currently dont have 24 hr net access, so maybe a day before I can respond
Fuller title: How to make WMP manage multiple 'music collections' with their own unique attribute/tag-sets, completely independant from each other ?
I have large collections of music from different countries, often with no common Attributes between the different collections.
How can I view each of those Collections in WMP uniquely on a per session basis, without any interference from another collection ? Can store each Collection on a different external USB HDD if need be. I just want each Collection to to be uncluttered with the many different Genre & SubGenre types of different Countries. It appears WMP keeps a rich underlying database of 'tags' of all imported music, containing things like Composer, Genre, Year, Artist, Rating etc- all which I FULLY use to categorise music, seems not directly accessible to Users, and keeps a history of user-defined tags not easily deleted so new tag-sets from other Countries are uncluttered by old tag-sets.
Ideally, I would like to access each independant 'music collection' stored in its own root folder, containing all WMP Attributes/tags held local to its location, using a 'clean' vanilla instance of WMP. How can this be done ?
ps: currently dont have 24 hr net access, so maybe a day before I can respond
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 32bitAtom R310 2-core 1.6GHz2GB
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Acer Revo R3610 NET-TOP
- OS
- Windows 7 32bit
- CPU
- Atom R310 2-core 1.6GHz
- Motherboard
- Acer ION
- Memory
- 2GB
- Screen Resolution
- HD
- Hard Drives
- 250GB
- Internet Speed
- 3G at best, often no signal
- Other Info
- An Acer manufacturer supplied system with no modifications
