Media Player 10

[aolson]

Hello,
I am not sure if this is possible or not. I have my music setup on my
machine so that I have a directory where I keep my full albums and then
another directory called my favorites where I have it broken down into
sub folders like rock, rap, trance, etc. When i get a new CD i
normally don't care for all of the songs so i take those songs i like
and place them in the appropriate direcotry under my favorites
directory. What i would like to do is somehow have a playlist that
monitors these folders and if a new song is copied to the folder then
have it automatically add it to those playlists i have monitoring that
particular directory.
I would like to have a playlist for the entire farvorite directory and
then have a playlist for my rock folder, rap folder, trance folder,
etc. Does this make sense? is it possible and if so, how would do it?

Also, are there any good sites for some good additional plugin
downloads for Media Player 10 someone can point me to?
Thanks for the help.

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Hello,
I am not sure if this is possible or not. I have my music setup on my
machine so that I have a directory where I keep my full albums and then
another directory called my favorites where I have it broken down into
sub folders like rock, rap, trance, etc. When i get a new CD i
normally don't care for all of the songs so i take those songs i like
and place them in the appropriate direcotry under my favorites
directory. What i would like to do is somehow have a playlist that
monitors these folders and if a new song is copied to the folder then
have it automatically add it to those playlists i have monitoring that
particular directory.

Make an auto-playlist that specifies File Name Contains whatever the
folder name is.

This actually applies to the File Path (which is one of the many
terminology inconsistencies in WMP) which gives you more flexibility.

I would like to have a playlist for the entire farvorite directory and
then have a playlist for my rock folder, rap folder, trance folder,
etc. Does this make sense? is it possible and if so, how would do it?

Label your Genre fields for the tracks, and use the Genre listings.
Likewise label your favorites and use the Favorites Auto-Playlists.

Also, are there any good sites for some good additional plugin
downloads for Media Player 10 someone can point me to?

Tools > Plugins > Download Plugins
AND
Tools > Download > Plugins

take you to one site.

www.wmplugins.com is the other major site.

 

[aolson]

Thanks for the reply and that worked. Do you know if when i remove
songs from those folders will that reflect upon the playlist as well
and remove the song from it? When i set Media Player to monitor a
folder how often does it check for new additions? Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

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[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Thanks for the reply and that worked. Do you know if when i remove
songs from those folders will that reflect upon the playlist as well
and remove the song from it? When i set Media Player to monitor a
folder how often does it check for new additions? Thanks again.

Auto playlists (unlike static playlists) appear to be refreshed when you
open them.

Folder monitoring results are not predictable.