Media Player 11 not to recognize length of mp3 files

Until a week ago, everything was great with wmp 11. Then all of a sudden I have more the length of track to one of my mp3s in my library. If I play a piece of the library, the scroll bar down does not recognize the length. When I try to move the scroll bar, it just goes back to zero and restarts the song. If I go to a playlist and play, track lengths appear and the scroll bar works correctly. But as soon as I go back to the library, the legnths disappear. I can not burn CD because wmp cannot detect the lengths of track. I can add playlists to the burn list only after that I play. But I can't make a "mix" of various songs from other playlists or the library. Any suggestions?

OS is XP

Using dbPowerAmp and windows sound recorder for any modification of mp3s

Hi Bowbunny,

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand from the description of the problem, you have problems with the display of the runway during playback of a library file in Windows Media Player on Windows XP computer.

I understand this must be frustrating, but don't worry, we're here to help and guide you in the right direction.

Try these methods and see if it helps.

Method 1

Run the fix - it tool from the link below.

Solve the problems of Windows Media Player video and other media or library

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_media_player_diagnostic

Method 2

You can delete the database of Windows Media Player. To do this, follow these steps:

(a) output Windows Media Player.

(b) click Start, run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

(c), select all the files in the folder and then click on Delete on the file menu.

Note: you don't have to remove the folders that are in this folder.

(d) restart Windows Media Player.

Note Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

If the above does not solve your problem then clear cache of database of Windows Media Player files. To do this, follow these steps:

(a) output Windows Media Player.

(b) click Start, run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoftand then click OK.

(c) select the folder Media Player and then click on Delete on the file menu.

(d) restart Windows Media Player.

It will be useful.

Let us know if you encounter problems with Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

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