I'm using Media Player 11, and I can't seem to find the total time of all
tracks within a playlist (or album, or now playing, or anywhere!).

This feature was in MP10, and I used it a lot. If I had an event that was
going to last 5 or 6 hours, I'd make sure to queue up at least 7 odd hours of
music, something that was very easy to do when i could see the total playing
time of a playlist. I can't do that now and the only way I can see of doing
it is to manually add up the playing time of each song.... which is a step
backwards!

Can anyone tell me how to get the total playing time back (if possible).

Thanks.

Appologies, I found the answer to the question in the 'Windows Media Player'
section, not in the 'General' section. No need to reply.

"clut" wrote:

> I'm using Media Player 11, and I can't seem to find the total time of all
> tracks within a playlist (or album, or now playing, or anywhere!).
>
> This feature was in MP10, and I used it a lot. If I had an event that was
> going to last 5 or 6 hours, I'd make sure to queue up at least 7 odd hours of
> music, something that was very easy to do when i could see the total playing
> time of a playlist. I can't do that now and the only way I can see of doing
> it is to manually add up the playing time of each song.... which is a step
> backwards!
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get the total playing time back (if possible).
>
> Thanks.

It’s ridiculous in WMP 11; I just discovered how myself, when your now
playing list is playing, click the stop to halt the play, the total number of
items and total time is displayed. I used that feature also in WMP 10. I have
yet to ascertain how to queue songs in the now playing list.


"clut" wrote:

> I'm using Media Player 11, and I can't seem to find the total time of all
> tracks within a playlist (or album, or now playing, or anywhere!).
>
> This feature was in MP10, and I used it a lot. If I had an event that was
> going to last 5 or 6 hours, I'd make sure to queue up at least 7 odd hours of
> music, something that was very easy to do when i could see the total playing
> time of a playlist. I can't do that now and the only way I can see of doing
> it is to manually add up the playing time of each song.... which is a step
> backwards!
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get the total playing time back (if possible).
>
> Thanks.

A bit more info is in the "How do I see the number of songs and the total
amount of time it will take to play them within a selected list?" section of
the following Help topic:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...91033.mspx#EOH

--
John Shaw
Windows User Assistance team
Microsoft Corporation

"Jacques King" <JacquesKing@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5959CB28-A986-424F-A92C-8CB4999FF419@microsoft.com...
> It’s ridiculous in WMP 11; I just discovered how myself, when your now
> playing list is playing, click the stop to halt the play, the total number
> of
> items and total time is displayed. I used that feature also in WMP 10. I
> have
> yet to ascertain how to queue songs in the now playing list.
>
>
> "clut" wrote:
>
>> I'm using Media Player 11, and I can't seem to find the total time of all
>> tracks within a playlist (or album, or now playing, or anywhere!).
>>
>> This feature was in MP10, and I used it a lot. If I had an event that was
>> going to last 5 or 6 hours, I'd make sure to queue up at least 7 odd
>> hours of
>> music, something that was very easy to do when i could see the total
>> playing
>> time of a playlist. I can't do that now and the only way I can see of
>> doing
>> it is to manually add up the playing time of each song.... which is a
>> step
>> backwards!
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how to get the total playing time back (if possible).
>>
>> Thanks.