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Play Artist, Play Genre, and Play Playlist Voice Commands Do Not Play Audio Content
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SYMPTOMS
When you issue a voice command in Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player that instructs Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a playlist, a song by a particular artist, or songs from a particular genre, you may receive one of the following error messages on the Language bar:
-or-
-or-
This behavior occurs even though your Media Library contains the particular playlist, songs by that particular artist, or songs in that particular genre.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions are true:
- You add a new artist, genre, or playlist to your Media Library in Windows Media Player.
-and-
- You attempt to play the new playlist, artist, or genre by issuing one of the following voice commands (as applicable)
Media Player, play artist artist name
-or-
Media Player, play genre genre name
-or-
Media Player, play playlist playlist name
where artist name, genre name, and playlist name are the names of the new artist, genre, or playlist that you added to your Media Library.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, quit and then restart Windows Media Player. After you restart Windows Media Player, you can issue voice commands to play the new artist, genre, or playlist that you added to your Media Library in Windows Media Player.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
With Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, you can issue voice commands to control the appearance and content of what is played by Windows Media Player. You can tell Windows Media Player to perform many actions, including the following:
- Adjust the volume.
- Play a particular playlist or artist.
- Show and hide lyrics and visualizations.
For more information about how to use Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, refer to the program's Help files.
For additional information about troubleshooting voice command issues in Windows Media Player, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307670Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=307670/EN-US/
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'Play Artist' Voice Command Does Not Work As Expected if the Artist's Name Contains Numbers
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01
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