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If you're using the Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs go to the Help TAB and choose to associate filetypes to WMP.
Last edited by Shark007; 13 Feb 2010 at 08:45.
If you're using the Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs go to the Help TAB and choose to associate filetypes to WMP.
Last edited by Shark007; 13 Feb 2010 at 08:45.
Thanks for the reply. Well Window Media Player plays flac files now, but the files still do not show up in my Windows 7 music library. It's really no different than if I wanted files with a .txt extension to show in the music library. Somewhere there are settings that tell Windows which file extensions to include in the library called "Music". But where, and how to change them to include the .flac extension? Arrrg!
They should now be listed under unknown artist as depicted in the attached screenshot
Last edited by Shark007; 13 Feb 2010 at 08:45.
I did this, but WMP 12 still can't play .flac files. When I double click on the .flac files, the WMP 12 window opens, but all it does is give you 3 choices:
Play all music
Go to Library
Play previous list
Am I doing something wrong? WMP 12 won't even add these files to the library, but I did everything you said.
EDIT: Never mind, I fixed it, but I was forced to use the XIPH codecs, which ended up doing this:
Still, I got the files to play and I don't really care about this issue too much, although if anyone knows how to get the files to play without XIPH, please let me know.
Last edited by Klaw117; 11 Nov 2009 at 16:20.
I took these steps and now my FLACs show up and they do play, I can hear it.
But there are a couple problems:
- Length does not show on FLAC music
- Cannot seek FLAC music
I'd really like to be able to skip ahead in tracks and stuff and see the length of my albums. Here is a screen shot:
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!
Specs:
Win 7
AMD 3700 64 bit
2GB RAM
Pretty sure WMP is 32bit (shortcut points to x86 folder)
This site has a nice search feature....it's available to all...this info has been posted repeatedly.
WMP Tag Plus is a new tag support plug-in that will fix these problems:
http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus
To prevent conflicts, it is recommended to uninstall or disable all other WMP tag support plug-ins before installing WMP Tag Plus.
Thanks for this Tim! .. just what I've been looking for!
One thing though .. I found the seek bar and time display wouldn't work right away .. I had to delete my library , shut down WMP , then start it again to re-populate .. then everything was fine!
It might be worth pointing that out to folks if anyone's having problems.
In case anyone is wondering .. navigate to C:\Users\*yourname*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player .. and delete the file currentdatabase_xxx is what I did.
Gaps between tracks are still a problem though .. any ideas??
Yes, it's true that after installing WMP Tag Plus, existing FLAC files need to be re-added to the library for the length and other tags to be filled in. However, this can be done much easier than having to delete the database file: select the FLAC files, right-click, select Delete, Delete from library only, and click OK. Re-add the files through Tools - Advanced - Restore deleted library items.
I'm not sure what you mean with gaps between tracks. Do you mean that crossfade doesn't work for FLAC files? This is a known limitation in WMP; crossfading only works for the default supported formats such as MP3 and WMA.