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<blockquote data-quote="Enwezor" data-source="post: 1102177" data-attributes="member: 106996">I haven't been able to get music working for a couple of years. I just gave up but I'm hoping someone can tell me where I have gone wrong.Ripping1. All my music is ripped into FLAC files2. Each CD was ripped with the following folder naming standard &lt;AlbumArtist&gt; - &lt;AlbumYear&gt; - &lt;AlbumName&gt;3. In each album folder, each track uses the following naming standard &lt;tracknumber&gt; - &lt;trackname&gt;4. Each album was tagged using MediaMonkey and all the artwork downloaded. I'm not sure how this works with FLAC files as I don't think FLAC supports tagging.Problem1. I'm running mediaportal 1.52. I've tried using Files &amp; Folders and the Database option. Both present the same problem. They can see the correct number of music files on my hard drive but in MediaPortal, there are always 2 versions displaying and one of them has a track duration of 0:00 and of course won't play. It is so frustrating as it did seem to work a few versions ago but to be honest, it has never worked well.3. I have tried everything to no avail except trying MPTagThat and renaming all my files which I don't want to do.Has anyone got any ideas? Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enwezor, post: 1102177, member: 106996"] I haven't been able to get music working for a couple of years. I just gave up but I'm hoping someone can tell me where I have gone wrong. [U]Ripping[/U] 1. All my music is ripped into FLAC files 2. Each CD was ripped with the following folder naming standard <AlbumArtist> - <AlbumYear> - <AlbumName> 3. In each album folder, each track uses the following naming standard <tracknumber> - <trackname> 4. Each album was tagged using MediaMonkey and all the artwork downloaded. I'm not sure how this works with FLAC files as I don't think FLAC supports tagging. [U]Problem[/U] 1. I'm running mediaportal 1.5 2. I've tried using Files & Folders and the Database option. Both present the same problem. They can see the correct number of music files on my hard drive but in MediaPortal, there are always 2 versions displaying and one of them has a track duration of 0:00 and of course won't play. It is so frustrating as it did seem to work a few versions ago but to be honest, it has never worked well. 3. I have tried everything to no avail except trying MPTagThat and renaming all my files which I don't want to do. Has anyone got any ideas? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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