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    Where does Media Direct Read Music Files From..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by howardpm, May 17, 2006.

  1. howardpm

    howardpm Notebook Evangelist

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    Got over 500 Mp3's in my Mydocument/Mymusic directory. But in media direct when I try to update music it just finds 11 random test music files. When I click on more music then C: it won't let me browse.
     
    howardpm, May 17, 2006
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    howardpm Notebook Evangelist

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    No one knows how this works? The help documents say it just reads all Mp3's from MyMusic directory. But for some reason when I do a search all music it just finds 13 random songs I've never even seen on my PC. And it won't let me browse through the C: drive either.
     
    howardpm, May 18, 2006
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    I don't know what to tell you. My 1705 has Media Direct and XP Professional. I can search my C and D drives, and all users' My Music directories are available and scanned automatically.

    What computer and OS do you have?
     
    kegobeer, May 18, 2006
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    howardpm Notebook Evangelist

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    Its the E1405 and its using XP media center edition. This may have started after I formatted the hard drive. But I used the Media Direct fixing tool. And I can browse pictures and watch dvds fine.
     
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    I think Media Direct uses the Windows Media Player database. At least that's the way it worked with my M710 with version MD 1.1. I had to add the folders to WMP for Media Direct to see them.

    Dave
     
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    howardpm Notebook Evangelist

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    so I called dell on call (had 30 days free) and for some odd reason when I did update library on the phone with this tech it found all my Mp3's. I have no clue what happened cause I tried this like 50+ times in the last few days. Very odd.

    On a side note calling Dell about Media Direct isn't such a good idea. The lady I spoke to didn't even know what it was and I had to explain it to her.
     
    howardpm, May 19, 2006
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