[Draganta]

Ok guys, I almost had it with this ****. Is there a way around the music duplication bug? I can live with the other 40000 bugs, but this one does it for me. Do I have to buy an iPod, or is there a way to listen to music in a Windows Phone? I have 8.1 release (no DP), and I thought this bug was fixed.... NOPE!

[Carl Joseph]

What phone you using? What app are you using to sync music?
I used to have the problem before but not anymore, so will help if I can.

[zokstar]

I've sync'ed around maybe about 40 songs so far to my 930 via WMP and i haven't noticed it. I'll be syncing more in the next few days so i'll check if i get this. I did get this problem alot on my 920.

[hotphil]

You could try deleting the contents of the hidden folders in the music folder. That used to fix it for me. Then I got an iPod.

[JamesPTao]

Ok guys, I almost had it with this ****. Is there a way around the music duplication bug? I can live with the other 40000 bugs, but this one does it for me. Do I have to buy an iPod, or is there a way to listen to music in a Windows Phone? I have 8.1 release (no DP), and I thought this bug was fixed.... NOPE!

I would suspect its something you or the program you are using os doing. Never had this happen with my 920 using wp8 and 8.1. But I have gotten rid of duplicates in my collection on my desktop already.

[hotphil]

It's because of the way Xbox Music builds its internal database of tracks and stores some metadata in hidden folders. It seemed to happen when I used Windows Media Player to sync tracks over. I used WMP as the Windows Phone App didn't do syncing, just transferring.

[Draganta]

I used the explorer in Windows 8.1

I deleted all the music files, restarted the phone, somehow, 1 song keeps returning! After my 3rd try, it seems to work, only the song that keeps returning after deletion is now double.

I use the 1320 on 8.1 with Cyan, and no app to sync, just the Windows explorer.

I wish Moliplayer supported playlists :(

[zokstar]

I just done a re-sync of a playlist I have setup in WMP... I checked the "sync status" and a few tracks had to re-sync? Those ones showed up on the phone again as duplicates :( I guess its still a problem

[JamesPTao]

Apparently it os a problem. I have never had this happen, but like many bugs many have experienced it. I believe the update for 8.1 being released Friday is supposed to fix it.

[JamesPTao]

Its funny the Ms team in charge of the app realized they should have designated the music app a beta when they released it with wp8.1....uh yeah! That would have helped with perspective and patience.

[Draganta]

So far, it is ok. I had a new strange bug, sometimes, when I make a new playlist, I save it, but when I go back to the playlist list, it says 0 songs. Then I have to re-add all the songs to the list again... Ah well, I added a few songs, and no duplicates so far, but you never know when the bug strikes. It is probably prowling in the shadows, waiting to strike again...

[zokstar]

I sync'ed my phone the other night with WMP, although it didnt duplicate any songs, all my playlists have duplicates now!!! so frustrating!! :(

[hotphil]

Unless its name is misleading, I'd be careful with any duplicatefilesdeleter app - the files aren't duplicated (just their entries in the p-poor Music app's database). So any app claiming to delete duplicate files isn't going to help. And will probably just be full of ads etc.