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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
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
Hi fellas,
I have a good amount of musics, and they are all equipped with albumart.
When I open gallery / gallery 3D, all those unnecessary folders with albumart on each of it showed up. How do I remove or hide these albumart/folder from gallery ?
I wanted gallery to only show my pictures... not albumarts...
Please, any help would be appreciated..
Have you tried putting a nomedia file in the folders that you don't want to show images in the gallery? I've attached the file in a rar, try downloading it and placing one in each folder that you don't want to show it's image content in the gallery.
how did you get those files? these are amazing! did you made it?
denis_sianto said:
how did you get those files? these are amazing! did you made it?
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you just create a blank file called .nomedia, also try nomedia from the market, it lets you create and manage your .nomedia files
Rename your folder with the album art....
You just need to rename the folder with the album art and precede it with a .
eg:
.albumart
By default the OS ignores anything with a . in front as it uses these for system files, your picture/media viewer will ignore any folders with a . in front
Hope it works....
Also been looking for this!
Thanks!
Wow, great tip! I've been wondering about this too! I'm going to finally be able to hide JuicePlotter cache images! All is good in the world now.
Am I being dumb here??
I've just downloaded nomedia as my Gallery app was loading every image on my phone. I've run it and selected the folders I don't want to see in Gallery. I can see a new .nomedia file appear in the chosen folders but still Gallery shows them.
Please help as per the other users this has been bugging me for ages.
JBristowUK said:
Am I being dumb here??
I've just downloaded nomedia as my Gallery app was loading every image on my phone. I've run it and selected the folders I don't want to see in Gallery. I can see a new .nomedia file appear in the chosen folders but still Gallery shows them.
Please help as per the other users this has been bugging me for ages.
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the pictures wont disapear until you reboot
I seems to have trouble finding the actual folders location. I have folders such as "newdesign" "zimly" and stuffs, but when I look up to them at sd card root.. Can't seems to find them. I also tried to find inside subdirectories, still can't find. Gallery 3D does not tell you information where do those particular folders are hiding at. How do I find them?
can anybody else help?
matcol said:
You just need to rename the folder with the album art and precede it with a .
eg:
.albumart
By default the OS ignores anything with a . in front as it uses these for system files, your picture/media viewer will ignore any folders with a . in front
Hope it works....
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when I try to rename the folder with . from windows, it always show error message:
"you must type a file name"
How do you rename it ?
Run "cmd" and go to the directory which contains the folders you want to rename ( "cd .." to go back one dir. and cd "example" to go to a further directory from the dir you are). Then, for example, type "ren abcd .abcd".
I hope the instructions are clear
denis_sianto said:
when I try to rename the folder with . from windows, it always show error message:
"you must type a file name"
How do you rename it ?
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for the 2nd time, download nomedia manager off the market, its an app that will let you create and manage your .nomedia files lol
I have a HTC Desire with 2.2 stock and unrooted. I just noticed that have a directory called NewDesign in my gallery and I can't find it or get rid of it. I think it appeared after the Android update last night. Anyone know how to get rid of it?
AndroHero said:
for the 2nd time, download nomedia manager off the market, its an app that will let you create and manage your .nomedia files lol
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AndroHero ----
Well.. I agree.. nomedia seems to work great... too great in fact...
I found this thread while "searching for a way to keep album art from showing in the picture/movie Gallery" (the basic Gallery app built into my Samsung Fascinate).
So, I tried nomedia... re-scanned Media Card... well.. it worked, only folders with pictures I want show up.
HOWEVER.. I assume nomedia truly means no media at all will show up in any media application.. ie: Now, when I launch Music Player... it too is obeying the nomedia file, and all of my Music mp3s are no longer visible at all (only the ones in the ringtones folder, which I currently do not have a .nomedia file in).
Is there any way to get rid of album art from the photo Gallery.. AND maintain access to the mp3's and the Album art via the Music Player app?
Thanks in advance for any assistance or knowledge anyone has on this subject.
amcq1010 said:
AndroHero ----
Well.. I agree.. nomedia seems to work great... too great in fact...
I found this thread while "searching for a way to keep album art from showing in the picture/movie Gallery" (the basic Gallery app built into my Samsung Fascinate).
So, I tried nomedia... re-scanned Media Card... well.. it worked, only folders with pictures I want show up.
HOWEVER.. I assume nomedia truly means no media at all will show up in any media application.. ie: Now, when I launch Music Player... it too is obeying the nomedia file, and all of my Music mp3s are no longer visible at all (only the ones in the ringtones folder, which I currently do not have a .nomedia file in).
Is there any way to get rid of album art from the photo Gallery.. AND maintain access to the mp3's and the Album art via the Music Player app?
Thanks in advance for any assistance or knowledge anyone has on this subject.
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after i copy music to my sd card, and it shows up with the album art, i then just delete the album art from the album folders, it dosent remove it from the music player
Can try 'gallery enabler' from the market. Its very easy to use, just tick the folder that you want to be shown in the gallery
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
AndroHero said:
after i copy music to my sd card, and it shows up with the album art, i then just delete the album art from the album folders, it dosent remove it from the music player
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After a bit more digging, I realized that the Art that was showing up in the Gallery were some files named .....AlbumArt....small/large.jpg.. In other words.. I had all the "folder.jpg" files.. AND other files not named "folder.jpg" .. it was the 2nd group of files that was showing up in the Gallery. Thus, I mounted my SDCard from PC... searched for all "*AlbumArt*jpg" files, and deleted them... allowing only the "folder.jpg" files to remain.
This now allows Media player to see the folder.jpg files for album art... while keeping the "other" file's from showing up in the photo/movie Gallery.
In hindsight, this is pretty obvious.. but, when I was posting above, I didn't realize that I had both sets of "folder.jpg" and "other files".. ..
Obviously, I disabled the ".nomedia" for "My Music" folder, allowing it to be scanned, ... and allowing the Gallery to ignore the "folder.jpg" files.
Thanks to all for your responses....
amcq1010 said:
After a bit more digging, I realized that the Art that was showing up in the Gallery were some files named .....AlbumArt....small/large.jpg.. In other words.. I had all the "folder.jpg" files.. AND other files not named "folder.jpg" .. it was the 2nd group of files that was showing up in the Gallery. Thus, I mounted my SDCard from PC... searched for all "*AlbumArt*jpg" files, and deleted them... allowing only the "folder.jpg" files to remain.
This now allows Media player to see the folder.jpg files for album art... while keeping the "other" file's from showing up in the photo/movie Gallery.
In hindsight, this is pretty obvious.. but, when I was posting above, I didn't realize that I had both sets of "folder.jpg" and "other files".. ..
Obviously, I disabled the ".nomedia" for "My Music" folder, allowing it to be scanned, ... and allowing the Gallery to ignore the "folder.jpg" files.
Thanks to all for your responses....
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the album art should be included in the id3 tags anyway
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!!
I have been trying to track down a culprit that has been creating over 1GB of thumbnails in the .thumbnails directory in the root (not off of DCIM). After much googling, I got nothing.
Basically, off of the phone's storage, sdcard0, there is a hidden .thumbnails directory. In there is a folder for every single video I have on my external SD card. The folder is named "Movie_6xxx", where 6xxx is a number, like "Movie_6634". In that folder are 13 files for each video - 12 named "filename.0000.lvl" to "filename.0011.lvl", plus a 13th file named "filename.ListView.lvl".
If I delete the files, it stays empty until the phone is put on the charger. Then the files are regenerated.
I have checked running programs and such, but I cannot find the culprit that is doing this. Gallery creates thumbnail files, but I think those are off of DCIM and are less than 100MB in size. This .thumbnails off of the root is 1.3GB in size - a definite problem.
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This guy had the exact same problem, with no apprent solution:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/640713-thumbnails-folder-explodes-while-charging.html
Anyone got any ideas?
I don't know what application do that, i simply delete the .thumbnails directory and create a .thumbnails empty file. Phone works well, with no problems with gallery or video player.
DaleReeck said:
Basically, off of the phone's storage, sdcard0, there is a hidden .thumbnails directory. In there is a folder for every single video I have on my external SD card. The folder is named "Movie_6xxx", where 6xxx is a number, like "Movie_6634". In that folder are 13 files for each video - 12 named "filename.0000.lvl" to "filename.0011.lvl", plus a 13th file named "filename.ListView.lvl".
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If you go into the "Thumbnails" tab of the stock video player, you will see that your video files are "animated". I rather suspect that the thumbnails you are talking about have been created by the media scanner to provide those animations.
No idea how to turn this behaviour off I'm afraid.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
If you go into the "Thumbnails" tab of the stock video player, you will see that your video files are "animated". I rather suspect that the thumbnails you are talking about have been created by the media scanner to provide those animations.
No idea how to turn this behaviour off I'm afraid.
Regards,
Dave
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I guess you're right, when i remove the directory and replace it a .thumbnails file, there is no more animated video files.
I was hoping for an actual fix/turn it off, but I'm afraid you are right, the ".thumbnails" file seems to be the only way...thanks all.