File search on Time capsule doesn't seem to work anymore ?

Hello,
I have my music files stored on time capsule. and I have a backup on a USB drive.
When I search for a certain word as part of the file name, the search on time capsule returns very few entries now, in some cases zero.
However searching on backup for instance returns over 500 entries. The files are available on time capsule and they play via iTunes,
but since I installed Lion, the search doesn't find them.
what is wrong?
thanks for any help!

If you do not have Finder open to any folder or are not using iPhoto or Mail, this is normal. With no apps open, you are at your desktop. Hence, if you click on the Time Machine icon, your desktop is what appears. Don't drag stuff onto your desktop. That's totally unnecessary. Try again with Finder open.

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