This works when tracks are selected from the library, however when selecting
selecting tracks from a playlist it says the number of items in the player
chrome, but not the total time. Is there anyway to see the total length of a
PLAYLIST, without searching through the library and selecting every track on
a given playlist (which often is random)?


"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Select the tracks in question and the time will appear in the player chrome.
> This is cleaned up further for the final release.
>
> -Zach
> --
> Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "RosieC" <RosieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C29D2063-A247-41D0-A0BC-2CA135B719FF@microsoft.com...
> > I've recently upgraded to WMP 11 and I can't see the Total Running Time
> > and/or the Total Number of Tracks for my play lists.
> >
> > If view the list of tracks by Artist, Genre or Year then I see both these
> > figures next to the picture of the album cover but I can't find them
> > anywhere
> > for my playlists.
> >
> > Am I missing something or is there a setting I need to change?
> >
> > I use Auto-playlists a lot and their contents varies. I often want to know
> > that the playlist I am choosing will last at least a certain running time.
>
>
>

To get a tally of the number of songs and their time from within the
library, select them. That tally will show up in the chrome briefly. Or
hover the mouse over the "Now Doing" region, which is the region above the
playlist. If you're building a playlist in the rightmost library pane, you
may need to push Stop in order to get the time to show up.

--
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"natalie" <natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A443BCA0-4DDD-46F1-A76C-CFEF331D25A9@microsoft.com...
> This works when tracks are selected from the library, however when
> selecting
> selecting tracks from a playlist it says the number of items in the player
> chrome, but not the total time. Is there anyway to see the total length of
> a
> PLAYLIST, without searching through the library and selecting every track
> on
> a given playlist (which often is random)?
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Select the tracks in question and the time will appear in the player
>> chrome.
>> This is cleaned up further for the final release.
>>
>> -Zach
>> --
>> Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "RosieC" <RosieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C29D2063-A247-41D0-A0BC-2CA135B719FF@microsoft.com...
>> > I've recently upgraded to WMP 11 and I can't see the Total Running Time
>> > and/or the Total Number of Tracks for my play lists.
>> >
>> > If view the list of tracks by Artist, Genre or Year then I see both
>> > these
>> > figures next to the picture of the album cover but I can't find them
>> > anywhere
>> > for my playlists.
>> >
>> > Am I missing something or is there a setting I need to change?
>> >
>> > I use Auto-playlists a lot and their contents varies. I often want to
>> > know
>> > that the playlist I am choosing will last at least a certain running
>> > time.
>>
>>
>>

What exactly is "the chrome," please?

Thanks.



"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> To get a tally of the number of songs and their time from within the
> library, select them. That tally will show up in the chrome briefly. Or
> hover the mouse over the "Now Doing" region, which is the region above the
> playlist. If you're building a playlist in the rightmost library pane, you
> may need to push Stop in order to get the time to show up.
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "natalie" <natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A443BCA0-4DDD-46F1-A76C-CFEF331D25A9@microsoft.com...
> > This works when tracks are selected from the library, however when
> > selecting
> > selecting tracks from a playlist it says the number of items in the player
> > chrome, but not the total time. Is there anyway to see the total length of
> > a
> > PLAYLIST, without searching through the library and selecting every track
> > on
> > a given playlist (which often is random)?
> >
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Select the tracks in question and the time will appear in the player
> >> chrome.
> >> This is cleaned up further for the final release.
> >>
> >> -Zach
> >> --
> >> Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only)
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >> "RosieC" <RosieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C29D2063-A247-41D0-A0BC-2CA135B719FF@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've recently upgraded to WMP 11 and I can't see the Total Running Time
> >> > and/or the Total Number of Tracks for my play lists.
> >> >
> >> > If view the list of tracks by Artist, Genre or Year then I see both
> >> > these
> >> > figures next to the picture of the album cover but I can't find them
> >> > anywhere
> >> > for my playlists.
> >> >
> >> > Am I missing something or is there a setting I need to change?
> >> >
> >> > I use Auto-playlists a lot and their contents varies. I often want to
> >> > know
> >> > that the playlist I am choosing will last at least a certain running
> >> > time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

If you consider it another name for a "skin" does that help ? The
chrome is all the bits of the player that are just screen furniture
and (mostly) have no function other than looking nice and making it
look like a media player rather than a windows application.

What Zach means is the black portion of the player to the right of the
play/pause/fwd buttons, shows a small piece of text occasionally.

So look to the right of the buttons when you select all the items, and
for a second or two the total time will be shown there.

HTH
Cheers - Neil


On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:48:35 -0800, UserXLA
<UserXLA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>What exactly is "the chrome," please?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> To get a tally of the number of songs and their time from within the
>> library, select them. That tally will show up in the chrome briefly. Or
>> hover the mouse over the "Now Doing" region, which is the region above the
>> playlist. If you're building a playlist in the rightmost library pane, you
>> may need to push Stop in order to get the time to show up.
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> --
>>
>> "natalie" <natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A443BCA0-4DDD-46F1-A76C-CFEF331D25A9@microsoft.com...
>> > This works when tracks are selected from the library, however when
>> > selecting
>> > selecting tracks from a playlist it says the number of items in the player
>> > chrome, but not the total time. Is there anyway to see the total length of
>> > a
>> > PLAYLIST, without searching through the library and selecting every track
>> > on
>> > a given playlist (which often is random)?
>> >
>> >
>> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Select the tracks in question and the time will appear in the player
>> >> chrome.
>> >> This is cleaned up further for the final release.
>> >>
>> >> -Zach
>> >> --
>> >> Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only)
>> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> >> rights.
>> >> --
>> >> "RosieC" <RosieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:C29D2063-A247-41D0-A0BC-2CA135B719FF@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've recently upgraded to WMP 11 and I can't see the Total Running Time
>> >> > and/or the Total Number of Tracks for my play lists.
>> >> >
>> >> > If view the list of tracks by Artist, Genre or Year then I see both
>> >> > these
>> >> > figures next to the picture of the album cover but I can't find them
>> >> > anywhere
>> >> > for my playlists.
>> >> >
>> >> > Am I missing something or is there a setting I need to change?
>> >> >
>> >> > I use Auto-playlists a lot and their contents varies. I often want to
>> >> > know
>> >> > that the playlist I am choosing will last at least a certain running
>> >> > time.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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