FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 9, 2013 FPCH Admin Posted April 9, 2013 Hello, After the recent Windows 8 update (week of April 1st), my music files' properties (or tags) of mapped folders that are managed by the "Libraries->Music" no longer the metadata. This worked before the latest Windows update MY FOLDER SETUP: ============= - Mapped a drive to Network drive (e.g. m:music) - Created soft link: "mklink /d C:music M:music" to a local local folder (c:music) Added C:music is managed by Libraries->Music (this works fine. I see all my files under the Library->Music) However, when Media Player starts (or Xbox Music), all music files (+5000 songs) are stored in the same UNKNOWN album. Here is a summary of my findings which seems to indicate a bug with Windows 8: SUMMARY OF MY RESEARCH (debugging): ============================ -When I click on a music file under the mapped directory (e.g. M:music<albumX><song>.wma), all the music file's properties (tags) are correctly displayed (e.g. Name of album, Genre, Artist, Year, etc. are all good) - When I click on the soft link that points to the mapped drive (c:music<albumX><song>.wma), all the music file's properties (tags) are correctly displayed (e.g. Name of album, Genre, Artist, Year, etc. are all good) -When I click on the "Libraries->Music<albumX><song>.wma", the music file's properties (tags) are empty. This would explain why Media Player or Xbox Music put all the 5000+ songs into one UNKNOWN album as they cannot find the tags to categorize the songs by albums/artist. Q: Why are the music files tags visible when selecting the mapped drive (m:music) or softlink (c:music) but not in the Library->Music? Again, this worked fine before the latest Windows update and before I upgraded Xbox Music from the app Store. Thank you in advance for your help! Cheers! Robert View this thread Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
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