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I'm using DC 3.2.3, and using the music player with the blue speaker icon, not the default player.
when i open the player it seems to automatically look for music files to add; which is nice.
unfortunately, it selected 104 "music" files created by the free "Let's Golf"game I installed.
I can't find any way to remove these files from the playlist without actually deleting the files from the device.
I also can't find any way to select groups of music files and add just them to the playlist. I can play this list, but if I have a "rock" playlist and a "house" playlist, I'd like to play both of them, but not the "golf" files.
does anyone have any suggestions on how to facilitate this?
including using a different music player if possible.
Thanks.
try this...
use your file explorer to locate the folder containing the sounds. first, backup the folder, in case this doesn't work. now, rename the folder with a period in front of the name. this tells linux that it's a hidden folder. open up your music app. if it reloads the library, it shouldn't see the renamed folder. if you still see it, it's probably because the list is being read from a cache. long press on the 'album' (folder) and select 'delete'. just delete it. all you're really doing is removing from the cache anyway. you should find that you still have the folder (albeit with a period in front of it) whereever it was, but now it is no longer in your list. confirm your game can see it even though it's hidden. presto, done.
i just tried it. worked fine. like i said, backup the folder somewhere in case it doesn't work. just copy/rename/move it back if it fails.
timothydonohue said:
try this...
use your file explorer to locate the folder containing the sounds. first, backup the folder, in case this doesn't work. now, rename the folder with a period in front of the name. this tells linux that it's a hidden folder. open up your music app. if it reloads the library, it shouldn't see the renamed folder. if you still see it, it's probably because the list is being read from a cache. long press on the 'album' (folder) and select 'delete'. just delete it. all you're really doing is removing from the cache anyway. you should find that you still have the folder (albeit with a period in front of it) whereever it was, but now it is no longer in your list. confirm your game can see it even though it's hidden. presto, done.
i just tried it. worked fine. like i said, backup the folder somewhere in case it doesn't work. just copy/rename/move it back if it fails.
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letsgolf doesn't work after that. HTC music is the best music player on Android, sadly it doesn't have a remove from library option.
I too would love to know how to fix this. I downloaded the game and htc music player finds all the audio files. Now on the other hand it doesnt find any of the audio files for doom.
doom probably uses a hidden folder, lol
Try creating playlists, also go to settings, there should be an option of "Directories" over there.
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Try creating playlists, also go to settings, there should be an option of "Directories" over there.
Else, send a message/mail to the developer of that app.
Some media players respect a .nomedia extention after the folder name. For instance MX player does. you could try that. Make sure you still have your backups of course.
You can create a new file in the directory that has the music you want to hide. Call it. .nomedia and then reboot your device. When the program scans for media it should bypass that folder
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nrvlljr said:
Some media players respect a .nomedia extention after the folder name. For instance MX player does. you could try that. Make sure you still have your backups of course.
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Best option is to search the entire directory for ".nomedia" string.
I've tried the .nomedia method but that doesn't seem to work in ICS. Does anyone know how to prevent a folder from being shown in the Gallery app?
Thanks.
I'd be interested in a solution to this too, don't really want all my album art and images from games etc cluttering the gallery.
Either a method to exclude certain folders or one to only include certain ones would do.
Tried .nomedia as well for my icons folder... doesn't seem to work.
This is driving me nuts. I tried the .nomedia thing too before I found this post. This is such an oversight for the gallery app.. it's pulling all of the downloaded icons/images from my mail app..
i was having issues with gallery not displaying thumbs & even wouldn't open some files. i ended up looking for an alternative and found this:
QuickPic
it is working well and you can specify folders to include/exclude.
Thanks - just downloaded this as well. Should work until someone can find a fix to the .nomedia thing..
Does anyone know what the Scrapbook Photos folder is? I think it may have come from picasa or G+.. but mine is empty and cannot be deleted in the regular gallery.
after putting the .nomedia, try rebooting, or downloading "sdrescan" from the market (free). the android media scanner indexes your files, but its often slow and doesn't update unless the camera puts something there. chances are it just hadn't known there was a .nomedia sucks, they'll probably have a fix eventually
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after putting the .nomedia, try rebooting, or downloading "sdrescan" from the market (free). the android media scanner indexes your files, but its often slow and doesn't update unless the camera puts something there. chances are it just hadn't known there was a .nomedia sucks, they'll probably have a fix eventually
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Unfortunately it seems that there are certain folders where .nomedia will never work. So far I've found this with the downloads folder. No amount of rescanning or rebooting will stop images in the downloads folder appearing in the gallery.
I found that creating a subfolder with a dot in front of it (ie, .stuff) inside the download folder, moving the images into this folder, then rescanning will work.
you guys are honestly just unlucky. .nomedia works perfect for me. i even have a .nomedia file in my music folder and it works.
neok44 said:
you guys are honestly just unlucky. .nomedia works perfect for me. i even have a .nomedia file in my music folder and it works.
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Which application did you use ?
Cheers~
The .nomedia method works for me too in the Gallery app.
no media does not work for me and its extremely frustrating...bump.
sluflyer06 said:
no media does not work for me and its extremely frustrating...bump.
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After trying many solutions , finally this one is working for me : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGVyb25yb2dlcnMudmF1bHR5ZnJlZSJd
Good luck !
Cheers~
tossero said:
After trying many solutions , finally this one is working for me : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGVyb25yb2dlcnMudmF1bHR5ZnJlZSJd
Good luck !
Cheers~
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It looked to me like Vaulty physically moves the selected files to a folder and renames them so they're 'protected' because when i tried it out (it did work) but the location where the files were was not empty in root explorer.
voxigenboy said:
i was having issues with gallery not displaying thumbs & even wouldn't open some files. i ended up looking for an alternative and found this:
QuickPic
it is working well and you can specify folders to include/exclude.
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Been using this for a bit now. Seems to work really well.
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I second QuickPic. I used to use it on my HTC Magic because it was too slow for the 3D galley and I've used it ever since. Very efficient, fast, and allows you to zoom in to 100%.
Why don't you guys just put a dot in front of whatever filer its in? So like if the folder was "Pix" then make it ".Pix"....
nomedia is working for me too
It seems that Gallery mostly respects hidden (.foldername) folders and the .nomedia flag, but some process is alerting the Gallery to new folders and files as they are created, and that process does NOT respect hidden folders or .nomedia.
If you believe your problem is solved with the nomedia app, I suggest you move a photo into your hidden and/or .nomedia-ed folder and see if Gallery does not show it afterwards.
The only workaround that I have found is to Force Stop the system app called "Media Storage", clear it's cache and reboot. When media storage runs again at startup you'll find .nomedia and hidden folders are treated correctly (i.e. ignored) again. Beware though, my ringtone and notification tones were reset and I suspect it was a side-effect of doing this.
Is there a way to block certain folders from showing their images in the Gallery app? I love mClock and the skins for it have image files. So whenever I open the gallery app it shows all the images for mClock and just clutters up the gallery. Is there a way to block this?
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You can block a directory by putting a file called ".nomedia" in (without quotes obviously). May have to clear the gallery cache and have it rebuild its image file.
I tried it and no success
I went into the parent directory /sdcard/mClock/ and tried to make a filed named ".nomedia" minus the quotes and it said it cannot make a file named that...
So I already had the "Gallery Blocker" app from the market and it essentially does what you suggested. However even after "blocking" a directory the images in that same directory still show up. Even after clearing gallery data...
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The .nomedia file should work fine. But you have to reboot after the file has been placed. I know that it is annoying but I had to learn that as well. Try it?
Try the app Loky. That's what I use. You can hide contacts, photos, messages, etc... lol
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Hi,
I might be missing something here but the easiest solution would be to put a "." (without the "") before the folder name. This would effectively hide the folder (can still be seen and accessed via astro or es file explorer provided you allow hidden files/folders to be visible) thus preventing the gallery app or any other image programme from accessing your images.
Hope that helps!
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Andrewgrace said:
Hi,
I might be missing something here but the easiest solution would be to put a "." (without the "") before the folder name. This would effectively hide the folder (can still be seen and accessed via astro or es file explorer provided you allow hidden files/folders to be visible) thus preventing the gallery app or any other image programme from accessing your images.
Hope that helps!
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That doesn't help when you can't change the folder name due to it being required by the program that created it.
You can try an app called Vaulty Stocks. I think its on sale right now so its cheap. It will hide images from your gallery. The app will act as an app for the stock exchange. When it tells you to enter the company name you wanna look up(really your password), it will take you to the hidden photos. If you enter something other than the password, it will take you to the Google stocks browser page. Its a pretty good app
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Quickpic (a vastly better free gallery app than stock) will do the no media thing for you, just long press and select hide folder
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I had the same problem with Beautiful Widgets creating a folder in my gallery with a lot of cache images but I easily solved it by going into the /sdcard/data/beautifulwidgets/cache folder and deleting everything. I don't know it that helps in your case but I hope so.
Speaking of hiding folders and pictures in the gallery...I was wondering if anyone knew how to permanently get rid of the picasa images. I'm running GummyNex 0.7.6 and I love it but I'm really picky about having only things I want/need on my phone. When I go to the gallery I always have a "Scapbook Photos" and "Profile Photos" folder with a little picasa logo on it. With that said, I've been playing around with things in attempt to finally get rid of them and they ALWAYS come back. I searched the entire phone with Root Explorer for any file with "picasa" in the name and all the files come from the google plus folders (in /data/data/ and /data/user/0/ and /sdcard/Android/data/). After deleting all the files and folders and still no luck, I deleted the entire app. Then the files started generating in the gallery folders (in the directories mentioned above). So, with my limited knowledge of coding and such, I then started trying to edit the .xml files that had anything with "picasa" in them and still no luck. The closest I can come is to delete all the picasa files and go to the gallery and hit the refresh button which then causes a force close, then go back into gallery and the folders are finally gone....but then if I hit the refresh button or take a picture.....they're back!!! arrrrgggghhh!!! It defeated me and I can't stand it! But if anyone knows how to change this, I'd be forever grateful!!!
OP, did you ever figure it out? I have tried both putting a '.' in front of the folder name ie: .dontlookinhere as well as putting a .nomedia file in the folder. I've rebooted and cleared cache yet the folder remains.
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To add, quickpic won't show the folder but the stock gallery will
I have kind of a weird bug with Gallery lately. Images saved to Downloads and Screenshots and Camera appear just fine, but I also have several folders for pictures, like a Wallpapers folder. But for some reason, when I move photos into those folders, Gallery never shows them. It refuses to change since the folders were created, basically.
I've cleared Gallery's cache and data and even deleted the cache in the /sdcard/Android folder, which has solved issues in the past with it. Not having any luck, any ideas?
Usually all that's needed to find any new media is to initiate a media rescan. A reboot will do that and there are free apps (e.g. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&feature=search_result&hl=en) which can force a rescan, too.
Also make sure there is no ".nomedia" file in these directories.
Valynor said:
Usually all that's needed to find any new media is to initiate a media rescan. A reboot will do that and there are free apps (e.g. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&feature=search_result&hl=en) which can force a rescan, too.
Also make sure there is no ".nomedia" file in these directories.
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Wow, I can't believe I overlooked something so obvious. I just installed that app and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
I think Quickpic also does this rescan, it always shows the media folders up to date...I find it generally faster and more reliable than stock galley, best of all its free and has no ads
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Really strange bug....follow me on this:
take pictures, pictures are automatically stored on phone in directory /mnt/sdcard/dcim/100andro....
move pictures to hidden directory called /mnt/ext-card/.specialuse
pictures move just fine, and are readily availible in hidden directory....until I restart the phone, at which point, only the pictures from this phone (not other files or videos) are deleted from the .specialuse folder, no warnings, no pop up...just GONE.
The strangest thing is, it only deletes the files I have added to that directory recently....not the older video files already present.
I have created a .specialuse folder on the phones memory at /mnt/sdcard/.specialuse and it does the same thing....
When I remove the . in the folder name (making it visible) and copy the picture and reset the phone...nothing happens (meaning it keeps the pictures like it should).
WHY does having a .directoryname cause the phone to automatically clear pictures from said directories? My X10 did not do this, only my ION does this.
Anyone have any ideas? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks.
lmbea4 said:
Really strange bug....follow me on this:
take pictures, pictures are automatically stored on phone in directory /mnt/sdcard/dcim/100andro....
move pictures to hidden directory called /mnt/ext-card/.specialuse
pictures move just fine, and are readily availible in hidden directory....until I restart the phone, at which point, only the pictures from this phone (not other files or videos) are deleted from the .specialuse folder, no warnings, no pop up...just GONE.
The strangest thing is, it only deletes the files I have added to that directory recently....not the older video files already present.
I have created a .specialuse folder on the phones memory at /mnt/sdcard/.specialuse and it does the same thing....
When I remove the . in the folder name (making it visible) and copy the picture and reset the phone...nothing happens (meaning it keeps the pictures like it should).
WHY does having a .directoryname cause the phone to automatically clear pictures from said directories? My X10 did not do this, only my ION does this.
Anyone have any ideas? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks.
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It's because of the "dot" at the beginning of the folder name. Android uses this method by default for it's own purposes. It's a possibility that this phone is seeing that and it "confuses" it so to speak. Try this...
Make your folder and name it whatever you like, with NO punctuation in the name..
Now... Inside that folder, add a ".nomedia" file, but without the quotes
The photos should remain hidden in the gallery, but only visible in a file manager of sorts.
Quickpic in the market is an alternative gallery, that has the ability to hide folders, using the nomedia method. Works great.
...And now I'm gonna go check if all of mine are still there....
yeah but BUG
I agree, and that's what I had been doing after I noticed the deletions....but my x10 didn't behave that way, and my tablet (running 4.0.3) doesn't behave that way.....so, yes, this is a bug.
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I agree, and that's what I had been doing after I noticed the deletions....but my x10 didn't behave that way, and my tablet (running 4.0.3) doesn't behave that way.....so, yes, this is a bug.
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Well, not necessarily... Depending on how the overlay of Android is set up...The overlay from Sony I mean... It "could" be written to behave this way. Bear with me for a few days... I'm going to run some tests on my own phone with some pictures to see if I can reproduce the issue, and if so, try and find a solution.
If you like, I can use the same pictures you were, with the same folder names. That is completely up to you, as only you know what these are... But if you like, PM me, and I'll give you my email address, so we can resolve this.
CONFIRMED!!! At least on my phone... There is no pattern to it, that I can determine... I used several folders in my experiment. Some with, and some without a .nomedia file. And some with and without a dot before the folder name. At random, 5 different folders, still have their folder names, but have no pictures. All 4 possible scenarios were effected, and the fifth actually goes to a standard folder name with a .nomedia file in it.
So basically, my experiment proves nothing more than this is still unsolved, and not specific to one person.
(Just for sh**s and giggles, I am attempting to recover the lost files using some software I have... Just to see if its do-able, should this effect someone else... I'll report back later tomorrow)
Quick question, which file manager are you guys using to move these files? There was some update to Astro a while back that made my files get deleted when I moved them, anywhere regardless of the folder name on my Aria. Same thing still occurred on my Ion when I got it. Ever since I switched to ES File Explorer, I have not encountered this issue of deletion. Astro deleted not only pictures when I moved them, but ring tones, pdf, etc.
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BUG!
Astro moves the files over just fine...and they are there..and accessible... until you reset the phone. Then...BAM, gone. It is disturbing to think that it may delete pictures in regular directories....BUG BUG BUG. hopefully the ICS update will address this.
That's exactly what I am talking about. They didn't disappear on the spot when I moved them. Everything seemed fine. Just give es a try and thrnreboot to see if it's the app or if it's the phone deleting your media.
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Quick question, which file manager are you guys using to move these files? There was some update to Astro a while back that made my files get deleted when I moved them, anywhere regardless of the folder name on my Aria. Same thing still occurred on my Ion when I got it. Ever since I switched to ES File Explorer, I have not encountered this issue of deletion. Astro deleted not only pictures when I moved them, but ring tones, pdf, etc.
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My experiment with this was done via a PC. these files were moved from my PC, via the USB cable, on a freshly formatted medium. I'm not sure when the deletion of these files occured, but it was within the first hour or so. the phone was NOT restarted, nor did anything FC.
I will be running more tests on this issue over the weekend to see if I can find some sort of pattern to this madness. I will be using various Galleries and File Managers, as well as my PC to perform these tests. I'll also be checking this time around to see if videos are effected at all. I will report back my findings on Monday...
Sidenote: The files that the phone deleted are very easily recoverable. the program I used (which I legally own) is called Easy Recovery Professional. Took about an hour to recover the 300+ deleted pictures.