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When a playlist is played back or when "Play all music", the set visualization stops after the 1st track. If you play the titles individually or switch on with a click of the mouse, the visualization works normally. This is only for mp3 tracks, the visualization works with CD playback.I have 3 PCs running Windows 10 Pro - the same everywhere. I already reported the problem via "Send feedback" - unfortunately no response so far. I am a little surprised that there are no more primitive genes. But apparently not very many have the visualizations in use.
@Josef Danksagmüller
Did you use Windows Media Player in a wpf project cause the problems mentioned? If it is a wpf project, what does your visualization mean? And show me more info about code snippet to reproduce your error.
If you select a visualization when playing a playlist or with the command Play all music, then this starts to run normally with the music, but stops when you switch to the next track. This happens with every mp3 playlist, but not when you listen to a CD.
@Josef Danksagmüller
If you use Windows Media Player in a WPF project, could you give me some code snippet to analyze? If it is possible, please give the detailed steps to reproduce error for the project.
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I am having that issue.. it
Is it only with WAV files? The Music I want to watch with Visualization is my own compositions... the visual player stops after every track. It is frustrating.
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I have been experiencing the same problem for some time now. Although I haven't found a solution, I have, I think, found the cause - it appears that when the first track finishes, Media player doesn't switch the audio feed to the visualisation to the next track, but seems to leave it 'connected' to the previous track still. I know this sounds odd, but you can see this happening if you load the G-Force visualisation, it keeps displaying when the next track begins to play, but there is no audio modulation on the visualisation after the first track ends. Clicking 'previous track' and then 'next track' re-starts the track, this time with the audio modulation visible. No idea if this is fixable, but Microsoft must be able to trace the problem as it must be a result of a recent change or update.
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I have had the same issue with the visualizations stopping after single song play instead of continuing
on like it did in the past for quite a while also and figured it was just due to updates after originally have windows 8 originally on my computer and then it updated so many times after it went to windows 10 and
iis so frustrating but figured it was just a glitch and work it self out but still persists. It still puzzles me.
I just purchased a new computer with windows 10 built in and got done putting my music set up and it
wasn't the old computer after all. I love the computer so I will just have to not use the fun visualizations
I used to like about windows media player.
If there is any tips or pointers on how to fix the Windows Media Player Visualizations Single Song Play Issue please let me know on how I could fix it also, Thanks' !
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This is what I have discovered about Windows Media player Visualizations freezing after song is played in play list. Windows Media player is currently unstable in 20H2 I reverted back to 1909 and it works fine.
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Hi,
The standard media player visualizations are probably outdated.
If you go to the visualization tab in the media player and select "download visualizations" and from the list select "get" a visualization (there are free trial versions).
I have tested three of the visualizations and they all work. I am not sure how long the trial versions last, but if the trial period ends you may have to spend some money. Goodluck.
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Yep still broken
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Kinda wish Microsoft would look into something that seems easy to fix!
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Find a motherboard where everything CPU, PSU, GPU etc., is accepted by Windows XP Professional. Get a 64x version as it will accommodate much more RAM. Get the best GPU you can to help with rendering the visualizations. A dedicated music/visualizations computer? Sure, why not?
Using Windows Media Player 12.0.19041.2486. It's been a few years since I first noticed this issue with the visualizations in wmp. I'm not a tech person but I wholeheartedly agree with the concerns expressed here. Specifically, with me, it seems to depend on which visualization is being used. The most attractive on my wmp is the Alchemy > random selection. It will only play for maybe 30 minutes. Then, it's like "it has to cool off" for at least 3 hours!
The best performance yet is with the Ribbons > Ribbons selection. I've noticed the visualization's still playing after +/- 3 hours.
Still, from what I understand, they shouldn't be shutting off in the first place. Yes?
Thank you for your input.
No, I use the visualization in Windows Media Player for private applications. Playing an mp3 playlist, visualization with G-Force via a projector.
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I was told by someone on Microsoft Community to post here, as I'm having the same problem since the latest feature update which I did Wednesday. I did resets etc but though not a hugely important thing, irritating that it's gone wrong.
When a playlist is played back or when "Play all music", the set visualization stops after the 1st track. If you play the titles individually or switch on with a click of the mouse, the visualization works normally. This is only for mp3 tracks, the visualization works with CD playback.I have 3 PCs running Windows 11 Pro - the same everywhere. I already reported the problem via "Send feedback" - unfortunately no response so far. I am a little surprised that there are no more primitive genes. But apparently not very many have the visualizations in use.
It is not really understandable that Microsoft obviously no longer maintains Windows Media Player. The "Groove Music" app recommended for Windows 10 is not compatible with plug-ins such as G-Force from SoundSpectrum. Many users therefore have to switch to alternative applications such as the very old Winamp, MediaMonkey or iTunes. That is a shame, because Windows Media Player is already a "multi-talent" among media players.