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[Rooster6975]

"You are attempting to import from a directory which Media Jukebox normally excludes.  Are you sure you want to import from G:\My Music ?"

It's odd, because it allowed me to import from that directory when I first created my Media Library.  Now if I say YES, it says there are no files to import.  It is almost like MC thinks that this is a system folder or something.  It is not even XP's My Music folder, it is just the one I created myself which I have been using for ages to store MP3s.

This may have occurred after I selected all 2300 MP3s in my collection and ran Tools - Update from Tags Always in order to fix a naming problem.  The tags all appeared correctly after I ran that tool.  However, then I renamed a directory in Explorer, and just wanted MC to take it into account.  I ran a CLEAR, which correctly removed all the MP3s whose path had changed, and then I ran an Import Media.  It gave me that error message, and told me that there were no files to import.

So I cleared everything from my library in order to start over, and it won't let me import anything!  My Media Library is totally blank!  Every time I try an import, it tells me the folder has been excluded and am I sure I want to do it.  I say YES, and it takes a fraction of a second to tell me there is nothing to import.  It does not even appear to check.

Any ideas?  I am going to deinstall and reinstall, as I am pretty sure that will fix it, but I would really like to know how to avoid this problem in the future.  Does anyone know what that error message means?

Thanks,
Rooster.

[Rooster6975]

I reinstalled, and I still have the problem.  I can no longer import anything into the Media Library.  Every time it gives me that error about the folder being excluded and finds nothing to import.

Any ideas how I can get around this?  I can't play anything now!!!

[Harry_The_Hipster]

Can you detect the files in Explorer/My Computer and play them from there? How about drag-and-drop?

HTH

[Rooster6975]

If I double-click on an MP3 in Explorer, it launches MMJB (my default player).  If I drag and drop, the file will play in MC.  However, I can't seem to get anything to appear in my library.  It seems as if MC has decided it's a system folder or something.  It instantly responds that there is nothing to import.

I uninstalled MC, and searched through my registry for j.river.  I found loads of entries still in the registry even after the uninstall.  Then I searched for mediacenter and found even more.  Then I did the same thing on my hard drive and found 2 more mediacenter folders.  I deleted everything, including the reference to MC in the XP prefetch folder.

I then reinstalled 9.110 (because I am a glutton for punishment) and I can now import into the library.  I imported all of my MP3s, and all of the name tags are incorrect.  They all give me the filename without the extension, but if I look in the format option of MC, it clearly says Name : songtitle (I have previously posted about this problem).

Here is an example :

I see : Pearl Jam - Live in Atlanta - 11 - Go
I should just see : Go

Here is what I see in the format option of MC for this song :

MPEG-1 Layer 3
128 Kbit CBR
44.1 Khz Joint stereo

Copyrighted: Yes
Original: Yes
Protected by CRC: No

ID3v1 Tag: (128 bytes)
  Name: Go
  Artist: Pearl Jam
  Album: Live in Atlanta (4/3/94)
  Year:
  Comment:                            
  Track #: 11
  Genre: Grunge (6)

ID3v2 Tag: (86006 bytes)
  APIC: <unknown data type>
  GEOB: <unknown data type>
 TIT2 (Title/songname/content..): Go
 TRCK (Track number/Position ..): 11
 TCON (Content type): (6)
 TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): Live in Atlanta (4/3/94)
  PRIV: <unknown data type>
  PRIV: <unknown data type>
 TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Solo..): Pearl Jam


As a side note, I have not been able to get YADB to find a single hit when I try to look up a tag.  Obviously, MC is having difficulty reading my tags.  However, WinAmp, MMJB, and WMP9 do not have the same problem.

Any ideas?  I would love to get this working properly because I could use MC for all my digital pictures as well.  I can't buy it with all of these problems however.

Thanks,
Rooster.