The time to copy increases as the number of items in the Media Library increases for Windows Media Player 9 Series (837272)

SYMPTOMS

When you copy music media files between Microsoft Windows Media Player and a supported portable device, copy operations may take longer to perform as more items are added to the Media Library. Specifically, the time to copy increases exponentially as the number of items in the Media Library increases.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the player must continually enumerate through the Media Library to support certain features. The player enumerates even while the Media Library increases.

Under the current implementation (before you apply this update), you can perform the following actions during the copy operation:

Add or remove items that are to be copied to the device.
Continually update the PDA pane with the media items that have just been copied.

RESOLUTION

Apply the hotfix for your system.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003

Download the WindowsMedia9-KB837272-ENU.exe package now.

Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition

Download the WindowsMedia9-KB837272-ENU.exe package now.

For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   15-Feb-2004  09:43  9.0.0.3128      4,681,728  Wmp.dll

MORE INFORMATION

After you apply this update, the actions that are listed in the "Cause" section are modified as follows:

After the copy operation starts, you cannot add or remove items to be transferred.
The player does not update the content on the device after each file is copied. The content on the device will be updated after the file copy operation is finished.