I have been using Meridian for some time now. I got it and the verifier installed on my note 2. I went into the settings and told it to look on the sdcard for the video folder and for the music folder. It will see and play the video files. The music however, it doesn't see at all. I have rebooted, reinstalled, cleared the data, unmounted and remounted the sdcard. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas how to fix this? It does not have a .nomedia file in it.
UPDATE: For some reason it will not look for the music on the micro sdcard eventhough I told it to. My solution was to use directory bind and create an empty Music folder on the internal sdcard and bind it to the Music folder on the external card where my music is. Works great now.
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Hi,
I turned my phone today and when going to the music player it suddenly says, "no music found"
What happened and what should I do to fix this problem?
Thanks for your help!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Put Music to your SDCard ?
/Music
Hi,
There are the default songs that came with the phone in that folder. And I could see these songs in the music player, but now when opening the music player it says: "No music found"
And after using the eFile Manager app I saw that the songs are on the SD Card so they didn't move anywhere.
This also happened to my whole Gallery now. It says: no photos & videos found
What should I do???
The files are on the SD Card but not in the Gallery. Did unmount and remounted the sdcard several times and used the SDRescan app and everytime I use the Rescan app, the new pictures or movies I take before rescanning,, go away from the Gallery.
Please I really need help on this!!
Is it the standard SD Card that came with the phone?
If not, try a new SD card in there. All music in the sdcard/Music folder should be auto found as said above. If not, it sounds like there's a problem with your card.
Also, are you on stock ROM or rooted? Bought in shop or online?
Check if anywhere from the root of your SD card has this .nomedia file.
This nomedia file tells your gallery/music apps not to detect that part of the SD card.
Had this problem few months ago too
Yes it's a SD card that came with the phone (8gb Samsung) , I bought it online from Asia.
It was perfectly good until I got this problem.
I didn't do much with the phone in terms of changing the software or Rom. So it's the same Rom the phone came with (stock).
andalism said:
Check if anywhere from the root of your SD card has this .nomedia file.
This nomedia file tells your gallery/music apps not to detect that part of the SD card.
Had this problem few months ago too
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Hi,
The .nomedia files has nothing in it :s
I don't know if I have to buy another SD card because if the problem persists I lost my money on the SD card too :s
Grr,
Help guys
Delete the .nomedia file.
Hi!
It worked! Now I have my pictures and music back!
BUT I also took some videos :S
Where are these videos at? :S because they are not in the Video player :S and they are very important videos :S
Please help me with this!
Also how should I get rid of the sounds in my music player use the .nomedia folder then? because I have a lot of sounds from the apps and games playing in the music player while I'm listening to music.
and just having the .nomedia folder empty did hide all my music and picturesa and can't find my videos right now.
Please some help would be appreciated!
Thanks
u just got to place the nomedia right
f.e.
SDCARD
- media
- - music
- - videos
- Android
- - game1
- - game2
in this case u can palce the .nomedia in the game1 and game2 directorys, just not in the root sd folder
.nomedia prevents album&music to scan the directory & all subdirectories from scanning
Blezz said:
u just got to place the nomedia right
f.e.
SDCARD
- media
- - music
- - videos
- Android
- - game1
- - game2
in this case u can palce the .nomedia in the game1 and game2 directorys, just not in the root sd folder
.nomedia prevents album&music to scan the directory & all subdirectories from scanning
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Many thanks, this is the way to put music and play in DHD.
try remounting your sd card via recovery
Thank for explaining me this!
NOW I know how this nomedia thingy works.
I did it but STILL don't know where those videos went.
and I really need them
Why does that file .nomedia appear?
I had the same issue, and if not for this forum, i wouldn't know what to do.
Don't know how I got it on there. And more serious is, you think anyone else would look or just re-format. I don't know if it is a bug, but pretty serious if the average user has no clue what to do.
I don't know how the hell did the .nomedia file ended up in the root of my two sdcards, but I agree it's a serious problem, I was just preparing myself to do a hardreset and even to send my phone to repair when I found this thread.
I had the same problem 2 days ago and I formatted the SD card and everything worked fine after it.I remember seeing this nomedia thing in most folders but I also recall that some files got deleted (one avi and one flv).could it be a certain app issue?
Thanks
kowalski99 said:
Put Music to your SDCard ?
/Music
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Thanks very much. This worked on my old HTC Desire X. Was struggling with it since 2 days.
Good day. I faced the same problem and i have tried deleting the .nomediafile. everytime i do so, it always comes back. I dont know why though. And nothing is working even when the .nomedia file is gone. Help!!
Every time I reboot my GNex, I receive the error process android.process.media has stopped, usually at least twice.
I've searched and tried some of the solutions that have been suggested (fix permissions, clear data/cache of Market, clear data on Media Storage)
So far, no joy. This isn't a custom ROM, I've only rooted the 4.0.2. I'm also running Nova Launcher, but this problem started prior to adding the new launcher.
Any other suggestions? Or any suggestions what I can do to troubleshoot? I've seen suggestions of reformatting the SD card for other models that have this issue, but that isn't really a viable alternative to the cardless Galaxy Nexus.
I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I am trying this out. Question. How do I create the .nomediafile? NVM. Figured it out. Hope this will work.
Just a bump.
Clearing data in Media Scanner worked for me and rebooting. Didn't have to do that other stuff. YMMV.
Thanks to Chrono for the info.
Chrono_Tata said:
I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I have to tell that through your solution, I found mine (that was for JellyBean).
Thanks for it! I'll spread your word.
Phone: LTE Galaxy Nexus (VZ)
Preface: I recently swapped from JB Sourcery to AOKP M1 (JB). I loved Sourcery, but I was having stability issues. Anywho, I go into my Gallery, and notice all my photos are missing. Same w/ ringtones. I did some google searches, and have found it is potentially related to ROM Manager (which I had installed).
The fix(s)/attempts:
1) Delete .nomedia in DCIM folder -- No .nomedia files to be found (yes, I was checking hidden files [w/ MI File Explorer])
2) Check sdcard0 for .nomedia files, none
3) Settings > Apps > Media Storage > Clear Data; reboot -- nada
4) Downloaded StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager + Rescan Media Root and couldnt locate any nomedia files in the photo, ringtone, or root sd card directories.
5) Downloaded QuickPic - yes, this worked, but I don't like it and I don't want to rely on a 3rd party. Plus, this didn't solve my ringtone issue.
6) Removed the .nomedia file (//Android/data/.nomedia). Started media scanning via the app I listed above, cleared media storage data, and rebooted --> this did the trick BUT with one issue.
My issue w/ #6: My ringtones (slowly) returned--took a while for it to trickle in from various directories. The biggest gripe is that I now have all these extra images in my Gallery app that I didn't have before. What I DON'T understand is why/how the sdcard0/android/data folder affects the images that are located in a completely different directory (sdcard0/DCIM/ & sdcard0/ringtones/).
Has anyone figured out what actually happened here and how this android/data directory is playing a roll in my media?
Thanks & I hope my fixes/attempts help folks w/ this same issue.
lilfleck said:
Phone: LTE Galaxy Nexus (VZ)
Preface: I recently swapped from JB Sourcery to AOKP M1 (JB). I loved Sourcery, but I was having stability issues. Anywho, I go into my Gallery, and notice all my photos are missing. Same w/ ringtones. I did some google searches, and have found it is potentially related to ROM Manager (which I had installed).
The fix(s)/attempts:
1) Delete .nomedia in DCIM folder -- No .nomedia files to be found (yes, I was checking hidden files [w/ MI File Explorer])
2) Check sdcard0 for .nomedia files, none
3) Settings > Apps > Media Storage > Clear Data; reboot -- nada
4) Downloaded StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager + Rescan Media Root and couldnt locate any nomedia files in the photo, ringtone, or root sd card directories.
5) Downloaded QuickPic - yes, this worked, but I don't like it and I don't want to rely on a 3rd party. Plus, this didn't solve my ringtone issue.
6) Removed the .nomedia file (//Android/data/.nomedia). Started media scanning via the app I listed above, cleared media storage data, and rebooted --> this did the trick BUT with one issue.
My issue w/ #6: My ringtones (slowly) returned--took a while for it to trickle in from various directories. The biggest gripe is that I now have all these extra images in my Gallery app that I didn't have before. What I DON'T understand is why/how the sdcard0/android/data folder affects the images that are located in a completely different directory (sdcard0/DCIM/ & sdcard0/ringtones/).
Has anyone figured out what actually happened here and how this android/data directory is playing a roll in my media?
Thanks & I hope my fixes/attempts help folks w/ this same issue.
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same thing happened to me...coming from MIUI to AOKP...maybe its an AOKP issue? i also read something related to rom manager..but i didnt have rom manager installed...i never encountered it on any other rom before
there were no .nomedia files when i ran several scans...i downloaded quickpic and saw that a lot of my folders were labeled "hidden"...i deleted a bunch of the folders because as you said a lot of unwanted pictures started showing up when i un-hid them...i re-added all the stuff i needed from my PC...to this day i still dont know why my folders became "hidden"
Which phone do you have? W/ the GN, moving files is uber slow and a PITA. I have >5GB in my photos folder, and it will take forever.
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Which phone do you have? W/ the GN, moving files is uber slow and a PITA. I have >5GB in my photos folder, and it will take forever.
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GSM Nexus...yeah it was a PITA..im pretty sure i still have some folders that are "hidden" that have pics too (i dont remember every single folder name) but oh well
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?
So a friend of mine had a problem where facebook stickers kept showing up in the gallery. The solution was simple, create a .nomedia file and put it into the com.facebook.orca folder in internal storage.
But since id forgotten initially where to put .nomedia, i put it in the root directory, and then the android/data directory.
Now my gallery is empty, even though i have deleted the .nomedia files since then.
I cleared the app data, disabled it, restarted, enabled it. Waited for a while, but nothing seems to bring them back. Not just gallery, but to any app.
Any suggestions, short of flashing?
Edit: Files in my external storage are visible. Files in my internal storage, that were there before i created .nomedia, are not visible. Files in my internal storage that were created afterwards are visible.
So its like my older whatsapp images are invisible and newer ones are visible.