Why does default music player ignore some of my album tracks?

[eric3333]

I have used the PC based sync app to copy my music library over to my WP 8.1 device. I have discovered plenty of issues with the music player noting its inferiority to the one in WP7, but today I just stumbled across this little gem. When I navigate to certain albums, I find an incomplete list of tracks attributed to the album. All of the tracks show up properly in 3rd party music players, so I know that they are tagged with the correct meta-data. Has anyone else noticed this, and is there a way to correct it? It is very hard to spot, because it is not a problem on all of my albums, but it seems to be more than just the one.

 

[ven07]

Did you try a 3rd party music player? check if the issue persists that way

 

[eric3333]

Yes, I tried several 3rd party music players, and all of the tracks show up and can play correctly; this only appears to be an issue with the default player.

 

[ven07]

Yes, I tried several 3rd party music players, and all of the tracks show up and can play correctly; this only appears to be an issue with the default player.

Guess the best thing I can ask you to do is to use a 3rd party app and wait for MS to further enhance the music experience we get via the native app

 

[eric3333]

So, am I the only person who has experienced this? I was wondering if the music app keeps a database of the files that it considers to be music. If this is the case, maybe I just need to trick it into re-setting the database, but I do not know how to do that.

 

[ven07]

So, am I the only person who has experienced this? I was wondering if the music app keeps a database of the files that it considers to be music. If this is the case, maybe I just need to trick it into re-setting the database, but I do not know how to do that.

No, I'm a victim of it as well xd

 

[jojoe42]

So, am I the only person who has experienced this? I was wondering if the music app keeps a database of the files that it considers to be music. If this is the case, maybe I just need to trick it into re-setting the database, but I do not know how to do that.

There was a forum I was in the other day that had posts detailing how to force XBM (the default music player) into recataloging the entire music library from scratch - I'm betting it's something to do with a stuffed-up music catalogue. When I get home I'll come back here with a link

 

[Kacey Green]

Mine does this plus closes/or stops playing, when it can't find rights to a track it's pulling from my Zune days over streaming.

 

[lumpenseb]

When I upgraded to the denim update on my 928, the majority of my cloud library is missing. And those which do appear are only a few tracks... Have no idea how to force sync tracks to my phone. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[jojoe42]

I'm back, people having problems with their local library try the fix mentioned at the bottom of this thread! http://forums.windowscentral.com/as...ows-phone-8-1-lumia-920-showing-my-music.html

 

[eric3333]

I ended up re-formatting my sd card, which is where all of the music files are stored. Restarting the phone, and then doing another full sync. It only took 4 hours, but now it seems like my fully catalog is there.

 

[eric3333]

I just wanted to post an update saying that this issue has continued to occur. Just today, I found that most of the tracks from a new album did not show up in the music app, though the mp3 files had clearly synced to the phone's drive. I went in, manually deleted the album folder from the phone, performed another sync, and there they are. Come on Microsoft, this is not cool.

 

[Mark F24]

Mine too, same problem on Lumia 635, 925, and now HTC One M8 does the same thing. I reset phone and have reformatted and copied music with sync in the W8 desktop app and windows explorer, both ways - same results.

I have found always that the files will play with a file app. I have not found a 3rd party music app I like yet. I use Bluetooth for 6 to 10 hours a day for audio with voice texting, I have had multiple issues with that software as well. I have verified it is not my headsets positively.

I have an older Samsung with 7.5 on it and if I could load 7.5 on this HTC I would, all I wanted was the memory the 635 had, Bluetooth was unusable with constant resets, 925 was AT&T's doing on a warranty exchange, it was bad as far as Bluetooth and XBOX music as well (awesome screen though), then I got the HTC because AT&T wouldn't do anything for these poor performing phones. I should have went to Apple then but I gave Windoz another try, not again

I am extremely disappointed with Windows 8.1 I expect that improvements should be experienced, not have an older inferior phone that operates better, music app, Bluetooth, and no reboots needed to uses it.

I think I will try Apple.