Vista - vista media player media library doesn't index my mp3 files

Then that appears to be a problem somewhere between Vista and XIMETA and
that generally means in the driver. I'm not an NDAS user but I know a guy
who is. I wonder, if you right click an NDAS attached drive and get
properties in Explorer, are there any new properties pages that appear there
that don't appear for local drives? That's generally where drivers expose
their options in these cases. If so see if there's anything in there you
can change that has any effect or email me a screen shot of that property
page and I'll look up the options on XIMETA.com and see if I can find a
solution for you.

"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using 3.2 and I am able to see the files and move them a few at a
>time.
> but when I try to move big directories it goes for a bit then locks up. I
> had the same problem when trying to move large directories of photos.
>
> "Mike Byrns" wrote:
>
>> So it looks like you have a bigger issue. Are you using this driver from
>> XIMETA:
>>
>> http://www.ximeta.com/web/support/do.../v3x/index.php
>>
>> It claims to be Vista certified unlike previous versions...
>>
>> "Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
>> news:ur4QN8UWHHA.1120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > No, I mean copy from the network drive to your local drive.
>> >
>> > Dale
>> >
>> > "Mike Byrns" <mike.byrns@technologist.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Oj7vt3UWHHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> When you say "copy" do you mean from the original audio CDs?
>> >> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:226D7857-891E-4657-AF0E-736BB13D4A2C@microsoft.com...
>> >>> Haven't tried that we have about 3000 songs (yes, we bought them all
>> >>> and
>> >>> still have the original CDs) I tried copying them to the hard drive
>> >>> but
>> >>> Vista
>> >>> kept freezing up when I tried to copy them.
>> >>>
>> >>> "Dale" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> If you copy the files to your local drive can you play them?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> An interesting test would be to copy the files to your local drive,
>> >>>> delete
>> >>>> them on the network drive, and then copy the local version back to
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> network drive - it is a simple way of tweaking the permissions so
>> >>>> that
>> >>>> you
>> >>>> own and have access to them on the network.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I like to keep a FAT partition on a hard drive so that I can strip
>> >>>> all
>> >>>> permissions and other hidden things like alternate data streams from
>> >>>> a
>> >>>> file.
>> >>>> If you have a portable drive with FAT partitioning, that would work.
>> >>>> Copy
>> >>>> them to the portable, delete them from the NDAS drive, copy back
>> >>>> from
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> portable to the NDAS drive.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There are other ways to work on the permissions but I find these are
>> >>>> easiest, especially when things start getting complex.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Dale
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:8E21B3D2-4A2D-4ED3-A1C2-E06B181C39AB@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> > We have a brand new ACER with Vista premium.
>> >>>> > I added my NDAS network drive to the list of files to search.
>> >>>> > The machine recognizes files on the NDAS drive after hours of
>> >>>> > trying
>> >>>> > to
>> >>>> > get
>> >>>> > that set up. When I used the add to library function it searched
>> >>>> > all
>> >>>> > of
>> >>>> > the
>> >>>> > folders and I could see them display in the status window. I also
>> >>>> > added
>> >>>> > the
>> >>>> > few WAV files on that drive to the library but it ignored all of
>> >>>> > the
>> >>>> > MP3s.
>> >>>> > When I ripped a couple of CDs to the local drive it allowed me to
>> >>>> > rip
>> >>>> > them
>> >>>> > as
>> >>>> > MP3s and added them to the library. I have no plans to rerip
>> >>>> > hundreds
>> >>>> > of
>> >>>> > CDs.
>> >>>> > In music match there is an option inthe search menu to id the
>> >>>> > types
>> >>>> > of
>> >>>> > files
>> >>>> > included in the search but I could not find an equivalent in
>> >>>> > windows
>> >>>> > media
>> >>>> > player.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > "Dale" wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >> It should find your MP3s just fine. It does mine.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Can you provide more information? How are you trying to add
>> >>>> >> them?
>> >>>> >> Monitored folders? Drag and drop?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Do the files play if you double click them in Explorer?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Was this an upgrade from XP or a new clean install of Vista?
>> >>>> >> Perhaps on
>> >>>> >> a
>> >>>> >> new machine? How did you get the files to where Vista can see
>> >>>> >> them?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Dale
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> >> news:BA8F2C47-EEA0-459C-B87A-3A9504FC6C24@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> >> >I have been using windows since the 1.X versions. and Vista s
>> >>>> >> >the
>> >>>> >> >first
>> >>>> >> >to
>> >>>> >> >be
>> >>>> >> > worse than the previous versions. Like wise I can not make it
>> >>>> >> > find
>> >>>> >> > my
>> >>>> >> > multi
>> >>>> >> > thousands of MP3s I have been Ripping over the last 6 years. It
>> >>>> >> > did
>> >>>> >> > find a
>> >>>> >> > few .wav files I have on my server. Is this another case of
>> >>>> >> > Vista
>> >>>> >> > trying
>> >>>> >> > to
>> >>>> >> > force you to use the Microsoft prefered formats? I had been
>> >>>> >> > using
>> >>>> >> > musicmatch
>> >>>> >> > on my XP machines and it ran fine like most other programs. Is
>> >>>> >> > there a
>> >>>> >> > straight forward setting to make Windows find MP3s? will music
>> >>>> >> > match
>> >>>> >> > work
>> >>>> >> > with VISTA? can we go mack to XP?
>> >>>> >> >
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>

Whoops, I take it back. Looks like Mike has you pretty well covered.

Dale

"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
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> You might try the Vista General group. There are a lot more experts there
> (without intending to diminish the specific expertise of the posters
> here).
>
> Dale
>
> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A4076119-759B-4B23-ADA9-ADADEF9D31A2@microsoft.com...
>> No, it does that. but when I drag and drop files from the network drive
>> to
>> the desktop it tends to lock up.
>>
>> "Mike Byrns" wrote:
>>
>>> When you say "copy" do you mean from the original audio CDs?
>>> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:226D7857-891E-4657-AF0E-736BB13D4A2C@microsoft.com...
>>
>