Windows 10: How to use new Media Player to play a folder consists of videos or music files ?

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22H2 OS Build 22621.5335How to use the new media player not the legacy or windows media player as picture shown below to play a folder of videos or music files ?When I right clicked on a folder of music files, there is no option "Play with Media Player" available except right clicking on a single file.Please advise.

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Windows 11 Media Player - Sort Music by Folders unavailable but is available for video library?

Hi, and thanks for reaching out. My name is Saeid. I'll be happy to help you out today.You can try the following steps to resolve the issue:

I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing difficulty with the Windows 11 Media Player.

To sort your music library by folders in the Media Player, you can follow these steps:

1-Open Windows Media Player.

2-Click on the "Music" tab to access your music library.

3-Click on the "Library" button in the top-left corner of the Media Player window.

4-Select "Manage libraries" from the drop-down menu.

5-Click on "Music" in the list of library locations.

6-Click the "Modify" button.

7-Check the box next to "Add folders to library".

8-Click the "OK" button.

9-Browse to the folder you want to add and select it.

10-Repeat steps 7-9 for any additional folders you want to add.

11-Click the "OK" button to close the "Music Library Locations" window.

12-Click the "Folders" button in the top-right corner of the Media Player window.

13-Select "By folder" from the drop-down menu.

Once you have completed these steps, your music library should be sorted by folders.

As for the error you're receiving when trying to play videos, error code 0x800700EA typically indicates that there is an issue with the video driver or graphics card. I would suggest checking for updates for your video driver or graphics card and installing any available updates.

I hope this helps! If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask.

 

Media Player File Issue

We use Media Player for our stored music library. There are approximately 250,000 individual audio files in the library. Media Player consistently cannot "find" the files and reports that the files are "missing", which they are not. The same files when access
from a play list play just fine. It appears that the difference is that the play lists are stored as XML files with the actual file paths, whereas Media Player is using an index schema. At least, there are a large number of .IDX files in the library, which,
presumably, are file and search indexes built by Media Player. I have already tried rebuilding the Media Player database in the user profile Microsoft folder, but, while that helped a little, the problem still persists.

1) Is there any way, or point, to rebuild the Media Player indexes?

2) Does Media Player have a hard or practical limit on the number of files it can index?

3) Will moving the files to a new file structure, removing the existing library, and building a new library from the new location fix the problem?

 

Windows 11 Media Player - Sort Music by Folders unavailable but is available for video library?

Hi, my name is Kelly, and I'm an independent consultant and I'm here to help.

To sort music by folders in Windows Media Player for Windows 11, you can try the following steps:

Open Windows Media Player.

Click on the "Music" tab.

Right-click on the column headers at the top of the list (such as "Title," "Artist," etc.) and select "More columns."

In the "Choose columns" window that appears, scroll down and check the box next to "Folder."

Click "OK" to close the "Choose columns" window.

You should now see a "Folder" column in the music library. You can click on the "Folder" column header to sort your music by folder.

As for the error code you are receiving when trying to play videos, it is possible that there is an issue with your video codec or that the video file itself is corrupted. You can try downloading a third-party media player such as VLC to see if the issue persists, or try playing a different video file to see if the issue is specific to that one file.

If resetting or reinstalling Windows 11 is not an option for you, you can try running a system file check to see if there are any corrupted system files that may be causing issues. To do this, open the Command Prompt as an administrator and type "sfc /scannow" (without quotes) and hit enter. This will scan your system files and attempt to repair any issues it finds.