Front Row not recognizing iTunes library

I have thousands of songs in my iTunes library, all stored in the default location. When I try to use Front row it says it cannot find any songs and that I need to import some or buy some from the iTunes store. Anybody?

I'm using a mini to control our entertainment center, 40,000+ songs and 300+ movies in iTunes but front row doesn't see any! iTunes works fine but you have to squint to read content. Front row definitely looks/reads better on a HD projector. Everythings up to date, all files are on the local drive (1tb mini stack hard wired to the internal sata)other than this issue the machine is great. I've also tried the old alias workaround to no avail.

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