XP/Vista tutorials (w/pics) for Music & Album Art Issues

I have tried the fix and it does fix some but not all.  In the MS article about the fix steps a little different and the one thing I noticed is my current data base, did not have the wmdp associated with it.  One thing that I did notice when I looked through my zune music files and then the other music files, that the errors associated with problems in the zune, are the same are no associated with those files, so unless there is a was that this fix will change that, I do not see any choice but to manually change the music files.  Any ideas.

I looked under my Zune folder but I don't have the two files that I'm supposed to change.  All I have is the firmware update folder.  Anyone else have this problem?  And anyone know what I can do now instead to get it to work?

I have a problem right now, after following these steps, that does not even make sense in the slightest.

When i look at everything in browse mode, stuff is messed up...mostly album art...but a few songs here or there too. But when i look at it in list mode....its fine. 100% fine and no problems with song locations that i have seen.

So i figure good enough for now i guess...i resync my zune....and guess what....nothing changed on my zune at all despite it being fully synced to the computer...so my device is a clusterfck, the software is buggy as all hell and i am just plain confused.

Also...all the music in my folders is how it should be.

So I did exactly this and called Zune 3 times, talked to 3 seperate people and spent WAY too much time on the phone, and they all had me do the same thing. I renamed those 2 files what we have listed here and it still did not work. At least 10 to 15 albums are rearranged. It's better than what it used to be when I first installed the software, but it's still not correct. Is there any advise at all?

This quick fix DIDN"T WORK for me!!!ARGH!!! My entire library is destroyed! This is my worst nightmare. The update and "NEW" marketplace are the worst thing to ever happen to the Zune. I am frustrated and disappointed beyond words.

bumping....

We had the old software installed and did the update.  Since that time we have complelty deleted the Zune software and reinstalled it using the old software CD and doing the update again.

 

Thanks for the fix!  Did the trick.  Renaming the files and getting rid of all the ZuneAlbumArt.jpg files fixed everything.

I figure almost all of us are in the same boat, big MS fans, own 360's, etc, etc.  Why the Zune player?!  What's wrong with WMP?  At least there, the controls are always available.  I like the Zune, but this is painful.  This software seems like 2 steps back.  Oh well, add native Divx and the abillity to play files from the Zune through a PC (it'd be nice to be able to plug it in my work pc and listen to my music that way) and maybe the Zuneplayer will evolve...

 thikchik wrote:

When I go through path #1 that I listed- The only files in the microsoft folder is the firmware folder..  

When I go through path #2 that I listed- There is not a zune folder in microsoft folder when I go through local settings.. the files/folders available are: cdplayer, media player, windows media, credentials,OFFICE, works,windows & internest explorer,- NO ZUNE FOLDER....

and yes I do have show hidden files enabled....

 

Any more help?????

 

 

Did you have the old Zune software installed before you installed the new software, or did you install just the new software without having the old software installed?

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Question.

When I go to edit the album artist in the "List" mode, how come it reverts back to the wrong artist when i put in the correct artist?
For instance...A Metallica song has the album artist listed as Avenged Sevenfold. When I change it to Metallica, it just goes right back to Avenged Sevenfold. What's weird is, when I change it to anything BUT Metallica, it works just fine...I'm confused.

When I go through path #1 that I listed- The only files in the microsoft folder is the firmware folder..  

When I go through path #2 that I listed- There is not a zune folder in microsoft folder when I go through local settings.. the files/folders available are: cdplayer, media player, windows media, credentials,OFFICE, works,windows & internest explorer,- NO ZUNE FOLDER....

and yes I do have show hidden files enabled....

 

Any more help?????

 

 

 thikchik wrote:

I cannot find one of the files that I need to find to use the fix.  I am running XP.

I am going to list the file paths that are available on my computer. I have show hidden files enabled   

1. c/doc & settings/user/doc & settings/microsoft/zune/firmware updates (this is the ONLY) file or folder in this folder

2.C/doc & settings/default user/local settings/app. data/microsoft / NO ZUNE FOLDER

                     there is a media player folder with a file of- currentdatabase_59r...  is this the same folder as the CurrentDatabase_365.wmdb ???

                     I did a whole computer search (including hidden files & folders) for  currentdatabase_365.wmbd and could not find it.

I did a whole computer search for zunestore.sdf.  i found this and changed it to zunestore.sdf.backup

 

My problems are: 1. albums have been broken up and are listed mulitple times with only 1 song on each album.  It looks as if I have thousands of files when there should only be hundreds.

                           2.  Misc. album art.  Crazy pictures that come from who knows where!

 

 

Please help.  i was planning to get another for my son this christmas and now I am worried that we will have this problem with the new one also.

thikchik - Your folder structure should look like this (using thikchik as your logon name for example):

C:\Documents And Settings\thikchik\Local Settings\Application Settings\Microsoft\Zune

Both files should be under that folder. If you go into the firmware update folder, you've gone too far.

If you have any other questions, feel free to post again. :)  

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