Hmmm, maybe I didn't explain this very well. I have two machines (XP and 98). I run MC on the XP machine to great success with nearly 4000 songs (and another 250 or so cds to be encoded). My 98 machine is doing nothing so i figured why not use it as the MC server while still using the XP machine for file storage (much bigger HD).
I installed MC under 98, and mapped c:\My Music under XP to e:\ under 98.
I then performed a full Import Media under 98, searching the E:\ tree. MC found all files without a hitch, however for approximately 30% of these files the tags were not imported properly, MC doesn't properly recognize the files at all. I can't play them, I can't update the tags on them, nothing).
To JimH: I am running MC locally on the win98 machine...the idea here is to stop using MC for anything on the XP machine (they are physically in the same location and i am primarily using MC to connect up to my tivo and from work, I rarely use MC for playback at home). When trying to play the files in question on the win98 machine I get a message telling me to check the path of the files. I do this and the path is correct.
I'd love to get this working as I intend to use the win98 as a low-end (very low!) server, running Personal Web Server, Cerberus FTP server, and Media Center Media Server. This will free up resources on the XP machine to server in the workstation role..
Does the limitation have anything to do with the file system? On XP, I'm running NTFS and on 98 I'm running FAT32. The mapped drive is obviously NTFS, I give the 98 machine full write permissions.
thanks
Chris M