Groove Music on Xbox doesn't show local music files

RedRailgun · Aug 26, 2018

I've added my local music files to Xbox File Explorer - Music folder, but when I opened Groove Music, it doesn't show up on My Music section.

According to Xbox support
here, I can add local music files to Groove Music but the only option I see from the app is to play music uploaded on OneDrive. Is there a way to fix this issue?

:)

Emerald King1390 · Aug 26, 2018

Playing Local Files In Groove Music (Xbox) Needs To Be Better

I am trying to play
local music files (all .mp3) from my Xbox One S using Groove Music and there are a lot of problems. Yes, I already know about and have used OneDrive to listen to music with Groove on my Xbox before but I would rather use local files. The music files where
put in the Music folder in the Xbox One File Explorer app. When you open Groove Music with local files on the Xbox, it won’t show any of the songs and there is no option to tell Groove where to look for music (like there is on Windows 10 Groove Music), there
is only the option for the OneDrive Music folder. The only way to open local files in Groove is to go into File Explorer and open the file there, which will then open Groove and play the song. But:

The
song(s) still doesn’t show up in the My Music section

You
can’t skip to the next track

You
can’t add the song to a playlist

You
can’t see the next songs in the queue

To play the other songs
(where they automatically play after each song ends), you must let the first song fully finish playing (or skip to the end of the song). Only then the next song will start playing and the other songs that are in the Music folder will show up in the queue and
you can skip to the next track. They will still not show up in My Music and you can’t add the songs to a playlist. Songs you listened to also won’t show up in the Recent Plays section. The TL;DR: make Groove Music (for Xbox) show local music files in the My
Music section and make them act the same as a OneDrive music file would act. Thank you.

JetSatyr9458903 · Aug 26, 2018

album art and music file info (meta data) of music files downloaded from mix radio are missing in groove music

I recently updated my lumia to windows 10 mobile and the old music player got updated to groove music, since then the music files i had downloaded from mix radio which were working perfect with all music info and album art(metadata) in lumia's old
music player are now missing in 'groove music' ...Now All music files downloaded from mix radio are listed in groove music as 'Unknown Albums'. Kindly help

IRB · Aug 26, 2018

Hi

The app doesn't read the files from the local storage on the Xbox, only via OneDrive.

IRB

Hi

The app doesn't read the files from the local storage on the Xbox, only via OneDrive.

XBF Brad A

Hi Florian,

Thanks for coming to the forums with your questions. Have you checked Spotify to see if your music is there also? When all this occurred some music was moved to spotify. You can view the entire guide here for

Groove music and spotify.

All the music that had a match in Spotify’s catalog now appears in your Spotify library and playlists. All your purchased or uploaded non-Groove Music Pass music will remain untouched in the Windows 10 and Xbox Groove Music apps. Music you own and
that is stored locally on your hard drive or on OneDrive is untouched and will continue to be playable from your local hard drive through the Windows 10 and Xbox Groove Music apps.

Try the Spotify app and let us know.

Thanks,

Brad

Fl0ydPinkert0n

There are other apps that support background music besides Spotify though.

According to this site, VLC, Groove, iheartradio, and Pandora support the feature. Additionally, there is the Simple Background Music Player app that lets allows for playback from USB devices.

That app plays audio files in both M4A and MP4 formats, in addition to MP3, WMA, and FLAC.

https://news.xbox.com/2016/08/30/getting-started-background-music-xbox-one/

https://www.windowscentral.com/simple-background-music-player-app-xbox-one-adds-more-languages-and-formats

In regards to Groove, it doesn't sound like you can stream anymore.

"We’ll continue to update the Windows 10 Groove Music apps for PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone so you can play your purchased music. On December 31, 2017, the option to stream, purchase, and download music from Groove Music was discontinued. If
your purchased music was downloaded, you’ll still be able to listen to it."

https://support.microsoft.com/help/4046109/groove-music-and-spotify-faq

JACKNICOLAS

I use USB thumb drive to connect to Series console and capable to play music via Music Player app, this is another music app. Since I have Groove app already installed, still cannot navigate my local music from external thumb.

I assume that Groove is capable to play music without the need of external drive and still playing in background while doing multitask on console.

Unfortunately, although Music Player app has capable to play music, it requires that thumb drive must be connected to console and no way to transfer local music to internal drive at all. Plus the app must be active, doing multitask on console will result in stopping music.

The question, is there a way to use Groove to play music for Series console in my end? If not due to discontinued, what's the point of Groove's availability in my end that yet I still cannot play music?

brendan84510

Groove Music it's not a free app, so many players buy a subscription. So, it's for money and money. But you will take a USB key and put more music in there ( in a file call "xbox music"). Or use a PC or a Phone for listening to music, more easily.

Groove Music on Xbox doesn't show local music files