WMP12 shows 0 bytes file size

[r5r4y]

Hello,
I've got a problem with WMP12, all the files I'm playing with the player are in my Music library.

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How can I solve this? The songs plays fine, but why is it showing 0 bytes?

 

[r5r4y]

Solved!
Click Organize>Layout>Show Menu Bar
Than in the menu bar click Tools>Advanced>Restore media library, Click Yes and close WMP, Than it will read again all the contest in the Music library.

This solved my problem, hope it's helps someone.

 

[Jacee]

Good job!

 

[Seventh Son]

Solved my problem with youe post. Thanks

 

[CreepinJesus]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I noticed when performing the action suggested, WMP says it will "empty the library". I'm assuming this will wipe all my play counts - is this right?

 

[Seventh Son]

I followed the steps stated above and fixed my problem. Maybe you should try it too.

 

[r5r4y]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I noticed when performing the action suggested, WMP says it will "empty the library". I'm assuming this will wipe all my play counts - is this right?

It will not delete the music files from your computer, It will only empty the library inside WMP and when you re-open it, it will fill the data again once more [Rating, album art, year, etc].

I've noticed this problem occurs when WMP 12 is restarted by force [like when you restart the computer, it will end the WMP process] Or did not close correctly.

 

[CreepinJesus]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I noticed when performing the action suggested, WMP says it will "empty the library". I'm assuming this will wipe all my play counts - is this right?

It will not delete the music files from your computer, It will only empty the library inside WMP and when you re-open it, it will fill the data again once more [Rating, album art, year, etc].

I've noticed this problem occurs when WMP 12 is restarted by force [like when you restart the computer, it will end the WMP process] Or did not close correctly.

It does lost the play counts, though, as they are stored in the library file and not the music file. If you remove a song from the library and add it again, the play count resets to 0.

 

[hkessels]

Hi,

i seem to have this problem since yesterday.
I do not recall any W7 problems (restart etc)
i currently have files with 0 bytes and dupplicate names which i can not delete using wmp. The music folder only shows one file name. I already tried restoring the library but alas.

??

 

[CreepinJesus]

Hi,

i seem to have this problem since yesterday.
I do not recall any W7 problems (restart etc)
i currently have files with 0 bytes and dupplicate names which i can not delete using wmp. The music folder only shows one file name. I already tried restoring the library but alas.

??

If you're not bothered about losing all your play counts, there is a solution. Deleting your library file will force WMP to rebuild it.

[First off, backup! Copy the library file somewhere safe.]

The file should be in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player. Delete (after backup ^^) the file called "CurrentDatabase_372.wmdb" (it will probably be the largest file).

Restart WMP and it should recreate this file and build your library up from scratch.

 

[hkessels]

thx, already did so as i am impatient

btw having a lot of experience with Windows i keep several copies of my precious files (at home and online backup with my provider) - one never knows ...

meanwhile ..... after i rebuild my library and everything was okay again i still get duplicate files for example one i do the following:

1) download a zip from internet to d:\temp
2) next unzip directly to my d:\music folder
3) a voila again duplicate files eventhough there is only one file present physically

when i unzip to temp and next copy paste to music folder all is fine

strange .......

 

[jasimracer]

Thanks for the tip!! This problem really bugged me, even though it wasn't a big issue!

 

[junglejacko]

Brilliant answer and it did help me. I had been trying every thing i could try, and this is the only thing that worked, thank you.