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Questions tagged [groove-music]

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What is the difference between Groove Music and Windows media player in Windows 10?

In Windows 10 there are two applications Groove and the Windows Media Player. By default .MP3 files play in Groove which is the latest edition to Windows 10. However, there is also the older Windows Media Player. When I choose Open With only then…
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Windows 10 Groove Music player: Mini version?

Windows 10 on PC comes with a new music player application called Groove Music. In the classic Windows Media Player app that came with prior versions of windows, you could put the UI into a "mini mode" (called a "skin", accessed with the shortcut…
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Delete Playlists From Groove Music App?

I deleted all of the .m3u and .pls files from my library, because I always found them useless anyway, but they still appear in Groove Music. I know I can go through each one and delete it, but each deletion requires a few seconds and four…
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Digital Music Rights - content usage rights

I recorded all of my CD's by burning them onto my PC with Windows Media Player. I have all of the .wma files and they cannot be opened by any media source I've tried, be it Groove Music or VLC or Windows Media Player. I'm told by; VLC PLayer -…
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Where does Groove Music store playlists?

I've set up a clean installation of windows 10 but i have my old disk image backed up, I restored all the music by simply adding their folders back but I also want my playlists, anyone knows where does Groove music keep their files?
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How do you export a playlist in Groove Music?

Groove Music seems doesn't appear to be able to save playlists it creates with your Microsoft Account as .wpl files for archive/sharing though it's able to read and play playlists that are stored as .wpl files. How do you export an online playlist…
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Keyboard control of Groove

I'm using Groove, the Windows 10 music player. It's good, I don't want to download another. I use Spotify but for my local music, I use Groove. I was wondering if: It can be minimized to tray I could control it using the keyboard, such as…
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Set Groove Music sound Windows 10

On Windows 7 I used the sound mixer to manage sound between applications but with Windows 10, Groove Music doesn't appear in the sound mixer. It's a problem because I don't hear correctly when somebody speak on Mumble for example. Have you an idea…
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Groove Music, now "Media Player," won't recognize folders as playlists

Windows 10 (Home) PC user here, OS build 19045.3448. Today is October 6th, 2023, for future reference. I recently discovered, via trying to play a downloaded folder of music and being surprised when the second song never played, that there's…
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How to transfer Groove playlist to another computer with the same library?

I have two computers with identical local music libraries; how do I transfer a playlist from one to the other?
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Windows 10 Groove music default app can't show songs bitrate?

I opened some mp3s on Windows 10 and Groove Music is launched as default app to reproduce them... Well, I was looking to have songs bitrate shown in current playlist (together with song title, duration, etc...) or maybe somewhere to look at…
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Groove music "spins" for minutes without starting to play after doubleclicking on next audio file

I download lots of MP3 podcasts to listen to later with the built-in Windows 10 audio player, Groove Music. Sometimes, not all the time, but not rarely either, a podcast ends and I doubleclick on another in an Explorer window but instead of it…
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How to disable Suggested Folders on Windows 10?

Windows 10 scans the disk to find folders containing music, pictures or videos in order to generate a list of "suggested folders" for the Photos, Groove and Movies & TV apps. A quick internet search led me to this article explaining how the feature…
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Groove Music reloads song and loses position after suspend

Running Windows 10, build 1607. I can play a song with Groove Music, close the app, reopen it, song resumes after I press Play. I can play a song with Groove Music, shut down the computer, turn it back on, reopen Groove Music, and the song resumes…
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Indexing in Windows 10 is totally random - problems with Groove Music

I asked this already on some other sites, but no answers were really given or useful. So, I might try here as well. Groove Music - the default music app in windows 10 is behaving a bit weird lately. It's about Groove Music, but i think it's an…
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