Windows Media Player 12 Library import keeps dying
- by duckworth
I cannot get WMP 12 to import my library. I have searched around various forums and tried all the common solutions like disabling Media Sharing, deleted my %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player directory and tried reimporting, etc. but nothing works. I have even removed the Media features from Windows setup and re-added them.
I have a large mp3 collection shared on the network from another Windows box. I add the folder (tried as a mapped drive and UNC path) and it begins importing. After about 30 minutes into the import (the CurrentDatabase_372.wmdb hits just under 400MB) my WMP player stops importing and all of the icons in WMP turn to red x's and my library is gone. I close and reopen WMP 12 and the library is empty and the CurrentDatabase_372.wmdb is small and it strarts importing again. Rinse, lather, repeat.
I am going nuts as WMP11 on Vista handles this same setup perfectly. I am at my wits end on what else to try.
I am running a legit Windows 7 Ultimate X64 RTM install.
Here is a screenshot of what WMP12 looks like when the import dies:
Any other ideas?
Edit:
OK, I Just confirmed this is definitely a problem not specific to my computer or configuration. I just did a clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate x86 on an old test machine, opened WMP12 and added the same network folder of mp3's and it crashed about an hour into the import with the same appearance as the screenshot I posted above and the library disappears.
So the problem has to be one of several things:
The large size of the library
The fact that the library is on the network
A specific file or file is causing it the player to crash
