Windows Media Player Has My Music All Messed Up

[Space Cowboy]

Jello,

Can anyone tell me how to fix the error where Windows Media Player will not connect to the internet to pull up the albums info. Or is there a better alternative music only player that will not keep messing up my music folders?

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Thank You Very Much My Friends,

Space Cowboy

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Space Cowboy,

Or is there a better alternative music only player that will not keep messing up my music folders?

I have used VLC for years!

Here are just a few of the reasons why VLC is so good as a media player.

• It is open source [the actual code can be examined closely for any tracking etc, of which there is none].
• It has been in development for many years [1997] and is therefore stable.
• It is still actively being developed.
• It works with internal codecs, so there is no need to download any additional codecs/packages.
• It plays almost everything passed to it [both Audio and Video wise].
• It works on many platforms [you can use the same controls on your computer, smartphone, iPhone etc].
• It also allows you to stream video around your LAN [or even the Internet].
• Best of all, it is FREE.

VLC Player for Windows => VLC Player. It pretty much plays anything you throw at it.

I hope this helps!

 

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Paul,

I have tried VLC 64 bit Portable but still prefer Windows Media Player. I think I may have blocked a file or tw8 with my firewall software that I'm still learning about. It's Called "Windows Firewall Control" but even before trying to learn this Freeware program I ran into the same issue. To make matters worse I just got out of another month in the hospital and lost my glasses.

Maybe reinstalling windows ultimare is due. I am still having difficulty renembering my passwords. Thanks to this built in spell checker I can cottect most spelling errors,

Thanks Again,
iamtherealspacecowboy

 

[billmcct]

Windows firewall control is made for advanced users. If you don't know what your doing with it please uninstall it. I would suggest SM player for the music. Paul's suggestion is my backup.

 

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks billmcct,

I have tried both SM Player & VLC x64 Portable but I still like Windows Media Player & Center. I reset the firewall and want to teach myself exactly how it works, I am a advanced user but still get stuck once in awhile.

I appreciate your suggestions!

Thanks Again,
Spacey