I am generally satisfied with Media Player. Perhaps you could wait a bit, if they fix those errors.
In parallel, I am waiting to see the new and shiny Winamp!
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Hello!
I used Groove Music.
Today, I received the new Media Player which replaced Groove Music.
It correctly found my music and videos as I have included them in the Libraries.
Unfortunately, it is buggy.
For instance, when I click on Artists, it says that it could not find any content.
Also, it stucks when I click on an artist or album
Do you have similar issues?
Should I just wait a little bit, maybe they are going to provide updates and fixes?
I have tried resetting the app 2 times, but still the same problems.
EDIT [19.5.2022]: There was some improvements in my experience with Media Player.
Some day ago, the Media Player started anew. FIrst, it scanned again from scratch my Music library.
For 5-10 minutes, it used a lot of CPU and RAM. Then when it was done, I could see the Artists and it did not say that it couldnt find any music.
But still it is not completely stable. Very often, when I click on an Album or Artist, it freezes or crashes.
So, still I am anxiously waiting if it will get stable in the future.
But for now, I am happy that I can listen to music again.
DId this update also happen to you?
EDIT [11.9.2022]: Overall, my experience with Media Player has improved a lot.
Now, I can play all my music.
There are now 3 issues remaining as I can see them at least:
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I am generally satisfied with Media Player. Perhaps you could wait a bit, if they fix those errors.
In parallel, I am waiting to see the new and shiny Winamp!
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Interesting. I kept rebuilding and rebuilding the database but it always failed. Eventually a Microsoft tech support person talked me through a couple of steps which I had never heard of. It involved changing something in the app database which COMPLETELY cleared traves of the older installs.
Eventually it just started working, but that might have been because they fixed the install files.
What problem do you think mp3tag might have fixed? I use that myself to fix tags that are wrong or missing
I have a possible solution to this problem. I tried deleting the database and letting Media Player rebuild it,. Now it's fine. I have been using David Kang's Windows Thumbnail Generator 3.0.1, which brings back folder thumbnails for Windows 11. It works OK, but I'm wondering if it's doing something to the EXIF data in .mp3 files. Florian Heidenreich's MP3tab seems to fix whatever the issue is.