Windows 10: Windows Media Player Legacy WMP 12 visualization stops after song ends Windows 11

Hi there. Using Windows Media Player Legacy to listen to music.I'm having an issue where visualizations for audio files stop upon automatically moving onto the next song. The only way to mitigate this issue is by manually switching to the previous or next track, and even then it continues if left alone to continue playing through the album automatically.This is a completely stock installation of WMP Legacy, and I've tested this on both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the program.

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WMP Legacy registers my song as something different

Hello, Od Siderokastritis

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with WMP Legacy. It sounds like the song metadata is not being updated correctly by the player. Here are some possible solutions:

• Make sure that you have enabled the option to write media information changes to files in WMP Legacy. You can do this by going to Tools > Options > Library and checking the box. Then, you can use Tools > Apply media information changes to force WMP Legacy to write the changes to the file immediately.
  
• Check if the song file is part of your Music library in WMP Legacy. If not, try adding it and reopening the player.
  
• Delete any hidden files named AlbumArtSmall.jpg or Folder.jpg in the folder where the song file is stored. These files may contain incorrect album art or metadata that WMP Legacy reads instead of the file itself. You may need to show hidden items first: View hidden files and folders in Windows - Microsoft Support.
  
• Clear the cache of WMP Legacy as suggested here: On Windows Media Player Legacy, new machine with Windows 11 - Microsoft Community. You might have to add your songs or playlist back to WMP. so create a backup of the “Media Player” folder in advance.
  

If none of these works, you may need to try a different media player like the new Media Player: Windows Media Player - Microsoft Store Apps, as Windows Media Player won't be updated anymore, making it impossible to fix any possible bugs and glitches.

Do not hesitate to inform me if you have any further concerns.

Best regards

Yuhao Li

Microsoft Community Technical Support

 

Windows Legacy Media Player -> Windows Media Player 12

Found a description of how to upgrade the Windows Legacy Media Player to Windows Media Player 12, viz:

1. Click the Start button, type features, and then select Turn Windows features on or off.
   
2. Expand Media Features and see whether the Windows Media Player check box is selected. If it is, clear the check box.
   
3. Click OK and then restart your PC. This will remove your current version of Windows Media Player.
   
4. After your PC has restarted, repeat step 1.
   
5. Expand Media Features and select the Windows Media Player check box.
   
6. Click OK and then restart your PC. This will reinstall the latest version of Windows Media Player for your system (Windows Media Player 12, with a few exceptions).
   

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work for me. Keeps REINSTALLING the Legacy Media Player.

Am I doing something wrong. Is there a better way. Couldn't find a place to DOWNLOAD Media Player 12.

 

Windows Legacy Media Player -> Windows Media Player 12

Did what you asked. Deleted and reinstalled LEGACY Windows Media Player. NOW, how do it get version 12 for Win 11? Go through the steps in my original post?