Ok, I'm very sorry if this is a total noob question... I suspect it is. I searched on several occasions to find posts about it but came up with nothing.
I have a Cingular 8525 and I am currently enjoying the cooked Cingy Black rom. My problem is with Media Player. I have a 100 or so mp3 files on my storage card and I would love for them to show up in Media player but they do not.
From the Library screen I choose "Menu" > "Update Library". It searches for files and finds the ones I want... shows that it is "Adding files..." but when it is finished there still isn't any music available. I can browse and select files but I can't create playlists and so forth.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Despiadado1 said:
Ok, I'm very sorry if this is a total noob question... I suspect it is. I searched on several occasions to find posts about it but came up with nothing.
I have a Cingular 8525 and I am currently enjoying the cooked Cingy Black rom. My problem is with Media Player. I have a 100 or so mp3 files on my storage card and I would love for them to show up in Media player but they do not.
From the Library screen I choose "Menu" > "Update Library". It searches for files and finds the ones I want... shows that it is "Adding files..." but when it is finished there still isn't any music available. I can browse and select files but I can't create playlists and so forth.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
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Were these non-DRM mp3 files? Or were you using something like Napster to sync them before?
If they were DRM, when you flashed the ROM windows no longer has the DRM licenses for the songs. If so, You just need to sync again. Deleting the old DRMed mp3s
I have the same problem and they are not drm files.
all song names have to be in english
matrix33 said:
all song names have to be in english
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Try MORTPLAYER. That is what I use to get around...
does it support bluetooth playing and when i press the "next" button on the headset it goes to the next song?
I am sure you guys have done this, but if your mp3 are on storage card, make sure you select "Storage Card" instead of "My Device" under the menu/Library pull up. By default it's set to My Device which will turn up empty list.
I had a problem with this once before as well. Its weird because on my moms and brothers 8525 you can choose in the storage card as an option to view files where mine requires me to go to the menu (bottom right) and select open file. You can locate your storage card and playlists. I just got the moto s9's and they work awsome and I can control from headset.
also make sure you didnt delete the METADATA folder on your storage card because thats used by WMP to see the files on the card. Make sure you have "view all files" checked off on file explorer.
You may have a corrupt playlist - this happens to me a lot. Try deleting the folder "MSMETADATA" from your storage card (you'll need to select "show all files" in File Explorer's Menu to see this directory), then go back into media player and rebuild your library.
mlekas said:
You may have a corrupt playlist - this happens to me a lot. Try deleting the folder "MSMETADATA" from your storage card (you'll need to select "show all files" in File Explorer's Menu to see this directory), then go back into media player and rebuild your library.
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This is _exactly_ what has been happening to me. Never had an issue with TCPMP or MortPlayer. But I have to use WMP10 to play my new DRMed Napster tracks (what can I say, all-you-can-eat is sweetness).
This is what I did to fix (for now) the problem. It happened after about...a week after uploading some tracks:
1. Shut down WMP. (Start>Settings>System>Memory>Running Programs>)
2. Delete MSMETADATA folder on storage card through file explorer.
3. Open WMP and Menu>Update Library.
If I don't do step 3 WMP doesn't have the option of using the storage card.
Thanks for the help!
i had this problem before...
fix: file explorer > storage card > DELETE the folder MSMETADATA nd then reupdate...should work...always does for mee at least
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It finds all the files when I select to update the library. But when it tries to add them, the the status bar stays frozen and then it doesn't add it to the songs to the library. When I had windows mobile 5, I never had this problem. I have the At&t Version 8525. I can still open the folder and play it though. Small problem, but it bugs me. Anyone know what is going on?
Delete the WDRM folder from the memory card than try again.
solution
using the file explorer delete MSMETADATA folder in the store card on the root directory.
many thanks guys.........
just a small thing, by default the MSMETADATA and WDRM folders are hidden
so you'll have to set your pc to show hidden files, or you could use an alternative browser (such as total commander) on your ppc
try reading the wiki next time. the solution to this problem is in there.
EDIT: heres link to page in wiki about this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_media
sorry, im new to this forum
Guys i have searched all over the forum, made a thread even, and googled and i couldnt find the location the playlists created in winamp are saved. do you guys have any idea where it is saved? please help me. im tired of constantly creating new playlists after updating my phone.
Probably in the winamp folder have you looked .
jje
This is a guide/ suggestion I done for another forum. It may work on winamp too but I'm not sure
Occasionally I like to listen to music on my phone however there is so many songs I like and I was sick of manually creating play lists on my phone every time I flashed over to a new ROM. I had a quick squint on the web and found a neat little program that creates play lists for you so when you transfer the album or song folder onto your Galaxy S your music player automatically builds the play lists for you!
Here’s my quick guide
1. Download the Playlist Creator program here http://www.oddgravity.de/app-opc.php and install
2. Create a folder on your pc and name it anything you like. I call mine “Galaxy Music”
3. Drop the albums you want on your Galaxy into this folder
4. Open the album you want to create the playlist for then open your playlist creator program
5. Drag the folder into the playlist creator and then all your songs from that album will appear.
6. Choose the file path to save the new playlist
7. Enter the name of the album where it says “name and type” then use the drop arrow to select .m3u
8. Click “Create Playlist” Now your saved playlist will be in the same folder as your songs for that album
9. Once you have created all your playlists for the music your putting on your phone you can drag the complete folder together with the sub folders on to your external sd card
To drag the files on to your sd card
1. Touch Settings – Wireless and network – USB Settings – then put a dot in either 2Mass storage or Ask on connection”
2. Plug your USB cable into your phone and then touch “Mass Storage” then “Connect USB”
3. Locate your external sd card and then simply drag your files on to it and load up. Once loaded up your all done!
Now when you go in to your music player you can instantly touch “playlists” and then choose what album you want to listen to so there’s no need to scroll down your music list to find your favourite song anymore!
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JJEgan said:
Probably in the winamp folder have you looked .
jje
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do u know where can i find the folder? i searched all over the int and ext sd, couldnt find.
i do not use winamp so cannot look but you may need root explorer or similiar to search at root level . Or even ask Winamp .
jje
JJEgan said:
i do not use winamp so cannot look but you may need root explorer or similiar to search at root level . Or even ask Winamp .
jje
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i tried that too.. cant seem to find. the only way is too email them..
Hi.
I've copied a few small mp3 files to the folder 'ringtones' (which was present in the root folder out of the box). Unfortunately these songs do no appear in the list of ring tones when I choose to change it in the settings.
If I select "add" a list of songs on the phone is displayed, but only those who are stored in the music folder.
I'd rather not have the ring tones stored in the music folder, any suggestions on how to find them when choosing ring tones?
All the mp3-files have worked flawlessly on other android systems (all non ICS).
/r
PS: I've also put a m4a file in the notifications folder. This one shows up as expected under the list of available notification sounds.
Strange, MP3s work fine on my ICS-running Sensation - and I put them in the same folder on my SD card...perhaps they have to be m4a now??
Got it working now.
There was a .nomedia file in that folder avoiding it to get parsed by the music applicaiton on my Desire. I tried to remove it, but that was apparently not sufficient.
I had to connect to the PC, remove all files, disconnect the phone to force update of "sd card" contents, and then connect again to copy back the same files.
/r
Ballache!! But at least we know what to check now! Good find
Install something like Tone Picker.
I'm using cyanogen 10.2 on my sgh-i317 and recently downloaded an album (320kbps/mp3) through utorrent. It downloaded it to my download folder on sdcard 0. I then moved the folder to my music folder on my external sd and listened to a few songs off of it. When I got up the next day, the music files were not there. So, I downloaded it again on my PC and then transferred it to the same folder on my external sd along with another album from my collection. Both albums do not show up on the sd, either through ES file explorer or Apollo. The only notification I got was in windows when I was transferring them. It said something along the lines of these files may not be compatible with your device do you still want to copy them. I selected 'do this for all current items' and then clicked proceed. All my previous music files give me no problem and I'm having a hard time getting to the bottom of what is causing this. Any help is GREATLY appreciated!
Storage/emulated/0/extsdcard or some such nonsense.
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Storage/emulated/0/extsdcard or some such nonsense.
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Yes I know where they're supposed to be. I'm saying the folders are empty. They are there and I've even played some of the tracks and then they just disappear.
DRM issue with the player?
Is this for every type of file or just these?
Can you see the files when you are connected to a PC?
Is it possible to clear timeline in stock My file app? I have tried to select a file and delete by tapping bin icon, but this deleted that file also from original folder.
Also looking for a solution, let me know if you find out if its possible
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
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I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
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I've been looking for a way to clear or disable the Timeline myself with no success. Perhaps Timeline items go away only when you move the files off the device(?)...
Unfortunately the "My Files" "Timeline" content is actually controlled by another process called "Media Storage" (this process scans all the files on the device looking for pictures, music, and other content then it builds a database so the system or apps such as music players can quickly find the content, it usually runs on boot-up and can update occasionally.
The only way to clear (or temporary clear) the timeline content is to clear the "Media Storage" database, by clicking "Force stop" and "Clear data" on the Media Storage process, though if you do this it will just rescan again eventually, and if you turn it off or prevent it from scanning you can loose access to your ringtones / alarms and other system sounds , also any music files on the device as a lot of applications use this service (otherwise everything would need to scan the memory card ./ memory for files causing increased cpu overhead and device lags....)...
See screenshots.
Thanks a ton, otyg! It's not an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing. I mostly wanted to clear the Timeline data and start it over, and this does seems to do that.
Figured it out
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
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Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
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you might also be-able to add a .nomedia file to the folder too this is supposed to prevent the media scanner from scanning the folder contents, though it doesn't work on all devices and I haven't tested it with timeline. or samsung yet., thought I would throw it out there if anyone wants to test.
At this time it's still unclear if you can hide items or completely remove the from the recent items list, with out moving every little file and or download and the list will only repopulate as you continue to download or add files. Just tap the added date above each subsection and collapse each individual section. While this isn't a permanent fix and the list will repopulate once you reopen the My Files app, it's only a minor inconvenience for someone who uses the app occasionally.
I've got files stored under sd card, folder, folder, .folder, folder, photo media scanner use to not see it and doesn't see it on my s5 but my tab 4 sees them if I click don't show hidden files it don't