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Windows Forum / Windows Media / General Topics / April 2007wm11 problem with album views in libary not staying still
Hi all, got a problem with wm11 and it's buging me now, what it is. I've lost the default view in the album section of the library instead of it showing up with all my album art images of the albums that i've got installed i.e 400 albums all neat & tidy, it's started showing them in like the show as groups what win xp uses for the hadrives & cd-roms i.e others, a,b,c,d,e,f and so on, every now & then it will go back to the neat & tidy album view then when i click on now playing or move to a differnt section of wm11 it goes back to the show as groups view, it even does that if i click on x to shut it down or goto file, exit, is there any way i can get media player to keep the nice & tidy album view staying all the time like it was when i first installed the program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx > Hi all, got a problem with wm11 and it's buging me now, what it is. I've lost > the default view in the album section of the library instead of it showing up [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all > my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx just read another post in the windows media player forum about that same thing, and i belive the grouping of the albums,artists & so on cant be changed, but why will it change back on it's own and then lose focus of what i've set? i cant re-install xp as it would take me days to re-install all the updates and my tracks :-( If you uninstall Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Player 11 Format from Add/Remove Programs, you will revert to whatever version you had before WMP 11. Many users do lose their libraries in the process but not the actual tracks. Just rebuild your library following the instructions at http://www.dalepreston.com/Blog/2007/03/windows-media-player-metadata-backup.htm l#rebuilding. Dale  SignatureDale Preston MCAD C# MCSE, MCDBA > > Hi all, got a problem with wm11 and it's buging me now, what it is. I've lost > > the default view in the album section of the library instead of it showing up [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > i've set? i cant re-install xp as it would take me days to re-install all the > updates and my tracks :-( The library isn't touched during the rollback process (the rollback process used is a generic Microsoft rollback process that wouldn't know "Windows Media Player" from a rock). The v10 library engine just uses the v10 library (WMDB file). The v11 library engine uses the v11 library file. If you're fearful that rolling back is going to cause corruption to your v10 library, you could back up that file previous to rollback and restore it afterwards if needed. But it's not touched. SignatureSpeaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- > If you uninstall Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Player 11 > Format [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> the >> updates and my tracks :-( That makes perfect sense to me; I just offered the tip because there have been several posters complain of lost libraries when migrating from 10 to 11 or from rolling back from 11 to 10. I just didn't want to leave the OP without a music library. Dale SignatureDale Preston MCAD C# MCSE, MCDBA > The library isn't touched during the rollback process (the rollback process > used is a generic Microsoft rollback process that wouldn't know "Windows [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > >> the > >> updates and my tracks :-( Actually, the headers that you're seeing are a required part of Windows Media Player 11 and cannot be turned off. When you see the list without the headers, you're actually seeing a bug. A couple of posters have found that just the right sequence of events, you can make the headers go away until you do anything else, after which they come back again to fly in the face of the Windows Media Player product team's customers. I am sure the bug will be fixed in the next version of Windows Media Player so that the headers will always be there. Dale SignatureDale Preston MCAD C# MCSE, MCDBA > Hi all, got a problem with wm11 and it's buging me now, what it is. I've lost > the default view in the album section of the library instead of it showing up [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all > my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx Thx Dale for that reply :-), when i'm in album view or either song,gene i click on say faith of our feathers by dustin, but it doesnt play that, it plays party hits by black lace :-( it even does it when i've got the view tiled or extended view (some of the albums are not showing up) they are there but cant see them, i can get to them if i go into songs, but as i've got some dance albums with about 22 artists on them the song listing puts them for example grooverider - walk in the park, LFX - sky walker, that's why i like the album view so it plays all the album, but some albums dont show up in that mode :-( in that case how do i remove wm11 and install wm10 as wm11 for me aint working proper :-( , dont get me wrong i like the layout of the program and design, but it's not upto scratch proper thx again > Actually, the headers that you're seeing are a required part of Windows Media > Player 11 and cannot be turned off. When you see the list without the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all > > my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx That's a totally different problem. If that is all of the problem, then don't roll back. Just rebuild your library following the instructions on the link I gave you before. Dale SignatureDale Preston MCAD C# MCSE, MCDBA > Thx Dale for that reply :-), when i'm in album view or either song,gene i > click on say faith of our feathers by dustin, but it doesnt play that, it [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all > > > my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx Thx dale for all your help, got it sorted :-), i cudnt roll back as everytime i click on uninstall it said it had but hadent :-( and i tryied the link but coudnt seem to figure it out as all the tracks i had were drm tracks part of napster Uk, so i had to re-install xp, got me hscda conection switched on so i managed to use that, going to stick with wm10 for the time being, thx again > That's a totally different problem. If that is all of the problem, then > don't roll back. Just rebuild your library following the instructions on the [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > program? or do i have to go back to wm10? if i do how do i do that & keep all > > > > my drm tracks that i've got aswell thx |
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