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[drewho]

If i add a folder of mp3s to the music library they work fine in windows media player, but in the metro music app all i get is "unknown artist" "unknown album".
If i copy my music collection to user profiles folder "username/music" it works fine and the music app picks up all the tracks meta data.
Problem is i don't want to fill my c drive with my music collection (in fact its too big).

I've tried moving the default location of "username/music" to another drive....same problem,
Ive messed with permissions to the extent of giving everyone complete rights to my added music folder.....same problem.

is anybody else having these issues?

[~Johnny]

Nope, but keep in mind that the majority / all Moderm UI music applications use the Windows Search Indexer to get your music collection (actually, the same also applies for Video & Photo applications), so any missing metadata means that for some reason the Windows Search Indexer isn't properly picking up the metadata for that file in that location.

So, that's at least somewhere to start looking.

[drewho]

~Johnny, on 29 October 2012 - 11:41, said:

Nope, but keep in mind that the majority / all Moderm UI music applications use the Windows Search Indexer to get your music collection (actually, the same also applies for Video & Photo applications), so any missing metadata means that for some reason the Windows Search Indexer isn't properly picking up the metadata for that file in that location.

So, that's at least somewhere to start looking.

Yes i did consider that, i made sure the locations where included in the indexer and forced a re index, didn't seem to make a difference though.
Just think its strange that the tracks are fine in WMP but not in the metro app

[TheGreek]

do this:
1, open my computer
2, on the left, right click to music
3, add your music folder

It wont copy anything, but you will find all your music in the metro app.

[drewho]

TheGreek, on 29 October 2012 - 11:45, said:

do this:
1, open my computer
2, on the left, right click to music
3, add your music folder

It wont copy anything, but you will find all your music in the metro app.

Thanks for the help, i'm at work at the moment so cant test this out.
isn't this just the same as adding a folder to your music library though?

[jakem1]

drewho, on 29 October 2012 - 11:48, said:

Thanks for the help, i'm at work at the moment so cant test this out.
isn't this just the same as adding a folder to your music library though?

Yep.

[TheGreek]

drewho, on 29 October 2012 - 11:48, said:

Thanks for the help, i'm at work at the moment so cant test this out.
isn't this just the same as adding a folder to your music library though?

It only adds the shortcut so it wont copy anything. I use mine like this.

[drewho]

Nope....nothing works so far

[drewho]

Ahaaa, it kicked in at last....messed around with the indexing, well done johnny