Xbox Music Pass not syncing playlist from PC

Hey ffloris7777,



You would need to be an Xbox Music subscriber to use the Cloud-based features of the Xbox Music app. Things like syncing playlists. You do have access to the music you purchased without the Music Pass, and can re-create the playlist on a different device
manually.



Hope that this info helps.

When is MS going to allow me to use xbox music pass playlists to SYNC the music between my windows 8 pc and my window phone 8 SO that the music is stored on the wp8 device SO I am not paying ATT broadband fees every time I want to play music pass music?

Zune had this feature - the music would be local on the phone or zunehd device but expire after about a month IF the device didn't reconnect to the Zune software - truly the best of both worlds..

What I think is also not mentioned in any of the official MS work arounds is: running Windows Media Player, Zune, xbox music metro app cause PLAYLISTS to DUPLICATE and TRIPLICATE on your PC... Zune re-creates WMP playlists, then WMP fights back and XBOX
finds them BOTH... UGGGGG

Hey there Mr. Flutie,

Thanks for stopping by, here in the forums. Have you tried syncing the playlist to a Windows 8 PC with Xbox Music, and syncing to your phone from there?

And RR Dog,

Did you purchase your music from the Zune software on your PC? Start a new thread so that we can help you with your issue, specifically.

Thanks!

There have been some hiccups in DRM with syncing to a Windows Phone 8. Interestingly, this is sometimes associated to the hidden cache data on the phone.

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What I had to do to fix a similar problem was delete the music from the phone, turn on hidden files and folders, and delete the contents of the four hidden folders (playlists seems to be optional). After that's done, try restarting the phone and syncing
the music again. It might take a few minutes for the drm to sync back up with your account.

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Another option is to create a playlist of all music in the Zune software and then use the Windows Phone app for Desktop to sync the playlist to your phone. Once it's been synced, you can delete the playlist .PLA file out of the hidden playlist folder. This
seems to remove the DRM that associates the music to a particular account (but still identifies it as Music Pass content) and let's you play it right away.

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Good luck!

The cloud syncing to the phone has been a little iffy since it's launch. What the tech support for Xbox Music will tell you is to make sure the tracks you are adding are part of the Cloud. Please note that Music Pass content is not automatically added to
the Cloud.

If you're making a playlist out of Music Pass content and that is not syncing, the music has to be added to the Cloud collection, usually through Xbox Music on Windows 8.