Groove Music File Location
The Groove Music team at Microsoft seem to be working hard on adding new features to the service. Today, the company is rolling out a new update for Groove Music on Windows 10 to Windows Insiders with a couple of new features and enhancements. Portal 2 aperture science.
How To Add Music To Groove Music
Whether you've got a collection of personal music from your own sources or amassed through online stores like iTunes and Google Play, the Groove app on Windows 10 will catalog it and play it for you. In most cases, all you need to know is where on your PC the music is stored and tell the app where to find it.The links below are specific to two of the bigger online services, iTunes and Google Play, but several of the basic steps apply to any form of local music you have on your computer.Key settings.
The Groove music app is actually pretty simplistic. There's no huge list of confusing menus and settings, and it's very easy to get going with. But, should you go looking, here are what some of the key settings are and what they do for you.Music on this PC. See the above section on 'Local music' for more on these settings.Media info. Automatically retrieve and update missing album artwork and metadata: If you're a stickler for keeping your music collection in line, make sure you keep this turned on to replace any album art that went missing somewhere.Background.
Are you a light theme or a dark theme kind of person?Streaming your own music from OneDrive. There are a couple of ways to deal with your music once it's playing. The bar along the bottom of the window keeps your timeline scrubber and play controls at hand. But, if you hover your mouse over the Groove icon in the taskbar you get mini controls for play and pause, skip back and skip forward.Oh, and if you fancy going full screen, there's that option, too. You'll get a background of artist-related images, some text and not a lot else. To access this, tap on the 'now playing' segment on the bottom left-hand side of the media control bar, then hit the full-screen icon on the artist title bar. We've already covered how to bring over existing iTunes playlists, but what about creating your own within Groove?
It's super simple, and they can sync across your different devices, too. The option for 'New playlist' is right there in the sidebar, just hit it and give your new creation a name. Supported file formatsGroove Music supports more file formats than you may think. It won't play everything, but it covers the most popular bases.Updated December 15, 2017: We removed all information on Groove Music Pass and introduced information on how to move your music away before it shuts down.