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niagara94
Binge Watcher
2 years ago
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Roku Media Player - Only Playing One Album

Hi - I am only able to play one album at a time on the Roku Media Player.  Any ideas on how to fix this?  Thanks!
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  • RokuJohnB's avatar
    RokuJohnB
    2 years ago

    Hi niagara94,

    Thank you for posting here in the Roku Community!

    We understand you're having a problem with the Roku media player since it was playing only one album at a time. We're happy to assist you. Please check out this support article here on how to use Roku Media Player to play your videos, music, and photos for troubleshooting steps and details.

    Please keep us posted on what you find out.

    Best regards,
    John

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RokuJohnB
Community Moderator
2 years ago

Hi niagara94,

Thank you for posting here in the Roku Community!

We understand you're having a problem with the Roku media player since it was playing only one album at a time. We're happy to assist you. Please check out this support article here on how to use Roku Media Player to play your videos, music, and photos for troubleshooting steps and details.

Please keep us posted on what you find out.

Best regards,
John

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    niagara94
    Binge Watcher
    2 years ago

    Hi - Thank you for your reply. I followed the instructions from the link that you mentioned. However, I can only play one album at a time. I'm trying to play all albums from one artist at a time. How would I do that? Thanks!

    • AvsGunnar's avatar
      AvsGunnar
      Community Streaming Expert
      2 years ago

      niagara94 

      Have you tried placing all the songs by that artist in the same folder?

      Roku Media Player (RMP) will play all content in a single folder, but will not start playing content from another folder, generally, without a playlist file. (ie. if you have different folder for each album, only the songs from a particular album folder will play).

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      I don't use RMP for audio files, but maybe you can create an autostart file (autostart.m3u) or playlist file (PLS, m3u, or m3u8) as described in the Roku Support article. (not sure if it can jump/switch between folders like a Playlist (PLS) file for video files in RMP, but would assume it will if included in the playlist file.)

      https://support.roku.com/article/208754908

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      I can likely try adding some audio files tomorrow and playing around a bit , but perhaps makaiguy or atc98092 can weigh in with some options.  I generally just use RMP for video content.

       

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        niagara94
        Binge Watcher
        2 years ago

        Hi - Thank you for your reply.  I have the songs organized in the following way:  the individual artists each have their own folder and withing the artist folders each album is a separate folder.  If I start at the artist level and press play (in Roku Media Player) it will play just the first album.  If I press ok it will show all albums by the artist but then I can still pick only one album to play (it just can be an album other than the first one).  I know that the Roku article mentioned Playlist but I have no idea how to create one.  Plus since I would want to listen to different artists at different times would I have to make a Playlist for each artist and then where in the Media Player would I see the playlist?  Thanks!