Windows 10: Adding Media to Groove Music and Movies and TV Apps

I have all my media, music and movies sitting on a ReadyNAS 516 and have the shares mapped to Win 10 just fine. I can access all my media from the OS and other applications just fine. The issue is when I add "where to look" from both Groove Music and Movies and TV app, they never pick up my media and add to the available media for playback.

Very frustrating, any suggestions?

Thanks

:)

 

Can not run Movies & TV app

Movies and TV app is not for playing music or music videos. Use Groove Music for music. Movies and tv app is for selling you movies and tv shows. The only videos it can show is your homemade ones. You need a 3rd party program for videos in win 10. W10
Media Player cannot play videos.

 

win 10 media player

Media Player is still there but sort of outdated - replaced by apps in your start menu, Photo's, Groove Music, and the 'Movies & TV' apps mostly.

Media player ... start menu, and scroll down to 'Windows Media Player.

 

it wont work, unfortunately

the shares need to be on a windows based machine for these apps to use the media

this is an old link for windows 8, but its the same for 10
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...3-812c70339ef6

 

Are you kidding me? Why in the world would MS code a media app that can't access media from network locations?

 

That I don't know, if the network location is an MS machine it will work, if not it wont

Its been the same since 8 came out

best bet is use the Feedback app and look for others that have asked for it, and say I want this also

 

It should work. I just added my synology and it began to index 'em and the albums showed up.





Not impressed tho', seems very basic and slow although I do have 100+ GB on the NAS.

I reinstalled Kodi and the difference was like night and day. Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software

 

are they still there after you restart the app/your machine?

 

I'll let you know Paul , its still chugging 'em down. If it doesn't save 'em it's bloody awful on Microsofts part. Kodi is 100 times the app this Groove thing is. Off shopping, I'll report back.

 

Maybe it is the way I have my media mapped...for examp \\ip_address\media\music and then \\ip_address\media\movies.

I will test with just \\name\media\music and report back...

 

from what I have read, this is where it goes wrong
windows cannot index a non ms share, so it looks ok to start with, but then you end up with nothing

look forward to your result, I would like to be proved wrong *Smile

 

Not the end of the world, thank god for Plex, JRiver Media Center, and KODI.

 

I do similar

recently moved to J River for my audio, it is a fantastic program

 

I apologise wholeheartedly for doubting you Paul. What a piece of crap. The other night I thought I'd give it a whirl, not my cup of tea really, far too minimalist for my liking.
When I started it today I thought it was just catching up on its indexing from the other night, instead it had started from scratch.
Got to love Kodi.

 

no need to apologise, I haven't tried it in 10, but from what I have seen it works the same as 8 did

thanks for confirmation that it still works the same as 8 *Smile or should that be *Sad cause it works the same