Windows 10: Media Player Windows 11 Edition - There is a sort by folder for videos but not for music?

I'm just importing my media in the default media player for windows 11. To the left of the media player there is music library and video library. When I select video library it gives me the option to sort by 'All Videos' or 'Video Folders'. I select 'Video Folders' as I have my videos organised in folder i.e. '4k Videos', '1080p Videos', 'Music Videos' etc!My problem is that for the music library there is no option to view by folders like there is for the video library. Is the feature available and if so how do I do it? If it isn't available then why and when will it be?

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editing a video with windows 10 media player

what are the steps to edit a video with windows 10 media player

 

Groove Music isn't letting me edit my albums metadata

Hi Niksstuff,



Welcome to post in Microsoft Community. I'm Mosken, let me help you figure it out.



According to your description, I knew that your Groove Music in Windows 11 fails to display the details of the media file and cannot edit the metadata because the "Edit Info" button is greyed out. Is that right?



First of all, Media Player (not the traditional Windows Media Player (WMP), and Windows 11 doesn't have WMP built in) has replaced Groove Music in Windows 11. You can try to open your media files with Media Player.



If the new Media Player still fails to display the details of your media files correctly, we suggest you try the following solutions.

1. Close the Media Player
   
2. Create a new subfolder in the tree of music folders.
   
3. Copy all the music and paste into the new folder (it has to be a copy, moving won't work), then delete the music from the original folder.
   
4. Open Media Player, everything should be fine in theory.
   
5. Finally rename the folder back to the original name.
   

The above steps are provided based on the information I have learned so far, I wish that will be helpful to you. If your problem still cannot be solved by these steps, you could tell me the specific situation in the next reply. I will continue to assist you in solving the problem.



Best Regards,

Mosken- MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Windows Media Player.

Hi,

Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to check the ‘Windows Media Player’ settings from the steps below.

1. Open the ‘Windows Media Player’, in the player ‘Library’, click on ‘Organize’.
   
2. Select ‘Options’, this will open the ‘Options’ window for the ‘Windows Media Player’.
   
3. Click on the ‘Library’ tab, please confirm if the ‘Retrieve additional information from the Internet’ is checked, check the options ‘Rename music files using rip music settings’ and ‘Rearrange music in rip
   music folder, using rip music settings’ under ‘Automatic media information updates for files’. Click on ‘Apply’.
   
4. Click on the ‘Player’ tab and check the option ‘Connect to the Internet’. Click on apply.
   
5. Restart the ‘Windows Media Player’ and check if it works out for you.
   

Hope it helps.

Aaron Summith

Microsoft Community - Moderator