So I have the HTC one m9 and it's not showing all my music that I have on the phone using the included music app. I thought it could be a compatibility issue but if I find the music using a file explorer it will play.
Any know what is causing this and hoe to fix it? Even tried moving music to a different folder.
Stock music player is pants. Have you tried another player? Had similar problems in the past but a different player like JetAudio allows you to select folders to read from.
Did you check inside those "missing" folders - for '.nomedia' file ? Is it there?
jauhien said:
Did you check inside those "missing" folders - for '.nomedia' file ? Is it there?
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Yes it was there...I removed some to see if that helps didn't seem to change anything...
Remove all .nomedia files inside the missing music folders as well as from the one level up common folder - if such exists.. then reboot the device and give couple minutes to rescan your music library..
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Remove all .nomedia files inside the missing music folders as well as from the one level up common folder - if such exists.. then reboot the device and give couple minutes to rescan your music library..
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Will do see if it's works, so what exactly do the nomedia files do?
Hides music from your music player..
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Hides music from your music player..
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Hmm that seemed to work for the most part but not on some ... Guess I'll try to delete and redownload
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Is it possible with the htc music widget to select in which folder iet should get it's music from?
Cause I got some tunes from my gps software and it also shows those tunes in the music player
Staticsoul said:
Is it possible with the htc music widget to select in which folder iet should get it's music from?
Cause I got some tunes from my gps software and it also shows those tunes in the music player
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Try creating an empty file named .nomedia in the folder you don't want the media player to use, if your using copilot this will be the /sdcard/copilot/ folder, you will also need to reboot after doing this
Thx i will try it immediatly
I have music in my "Music" folder, but I also have some mp3 snippets I use for notifications/ring-tones that are in another folder (downloads folder). The problem is when I am listening to music it will sometimes play these snippets. I don't want this to happen... so is there anyway to have the music player only play mp3s from the "Music" folder?
no one else has experienced this?
zait said:
no one else has experienced this?
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I have this issue with Voicemails but I just delete those as I go. I would move the snippets to the same place as the actual ringtones/notification sounds that are on the phone, they shouldnt get picked up there...
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no one else has experienced this?
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Yes, and it has been covered MANY times before if you would have searched.
Create a file called ".nomedia" without the quotes and put it in any folder you dont want the stock music player to pick up on.
Is there a way to add specific folders to the music player? On my phone, the player automatically adds voicenotes and audio from whatsapp which is pretty annoying. I would like it to choose only the music folder.
anyone?
Put a blank file in the folder named .nomedia
This will prevent android from scanning the folder for any media (music, pics, videos, etc)
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drwx said:
Put a blank file in the folder named .nomedia
This will prevent android from scanning the folder for any media (music, pics, videos, etc)
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Hey, worked perfectly! Thanks!
.nomedia with no success
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Hey, worked perfectly! Thanks!
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I am really surprised to see that .nomedia had any desired effect in your case. I'm trying to exclude those files in my WhatsApp folders from appearing in my Galaxy s3 music player as well as in the gallery. I can do whatever I want, these files ALWAYS are visible.
When trying QuickPic i am able to exclude mentioned folders and no pictures apper in the QuickPic gallery, but they do prominently appear in the Gallery app. the same goes for audio files. I tried to exclude them from DoubleTwist media player. Actually they never appear there, no matter i have a .nomedia file placed or not.
I have no understanding, which folders are scanned for media. And I cannot say that ALL folders are scanned because that would mean my mp3-ringtones under Ringtones shall appear in my music player media list?
So for me it is hard to believe that the .nomedia trick will do the desired effect (keeping WhatsApp media files out of my galleries and media players).
Actually browsing the web a bit, it seems I am not alone with this experience and I am surprised, that there is no clear description about that ominous .nomedia file. I do not say it has no effect (it does have in QuickPic - but that is about all), but not the effect everyone is talking about.
So I am really curious how you managed to have those files eliminated from your media lists (gallery, music player) by simply putting the .nomedia file in the respective directory
Thanks
mtfh
The .nomedia file did the trick just fine on the S3 mini. Thank you.
@mtfh: a late answer but, after creating the .nomedia file, try restarting the phone. Also, I guess it depends whether your (music player/photo gallery) app reads for .nomedia files to ignore those directories. In my case, I created with ES File Explorer a .nomedia in the following locations:
WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Audio/
removed the audio files from the stock music player
WhatsApp/Media/WallPaper/
removed the whatsapp custom wallpaper folder in the stock photo gallery
As for:
WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images/
I actually liked having that folder in the photo gallery to check all whatsapp pictures in one place (without opening whatsapp itself), so I left this folder intact.
Galaxy s3
I know I am going to seem dumb as dirt, but we just got our first smart phone a few months ago. I am learning a lot with it, but I just cant figure out how to do this. I can figure out how to tap the lower left corner while in my files to create a folder. But for the life of me I cant figure out how to do this. If I click on the music note on my player it brings up a list of all my music and the ringtones, but I cant do anything with them other than shuffle them or delete. I cant find a specific folder with all ringtones in it. I have dl a couple of apps that have ringtones. Can anyone give me a step by step?
Tammy
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Put a blank file in the folder named .nomedia
This will prevent android from scanning the folder for any media (music, pics, videos, etc)
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step by step info
tammyinwv said:
I know I am going to seem dumb as dirt, but we just got our first smart phone a few months ago. I am learning a lot with it, but I just cant figure out how to do this. I can figure out how to tap the lower left corner while in my files to create a folder. But for the life of me I cant figure out how to do this. If I click on the music note on my player it brings up a list of all my music and the ringtones, but I cant do anything with them other than shuffle them or delete. I cant find a specific folder with all ringtones in it. I have dl a couple of apps that have ringtones. Can anyone give me a step by step?
Tammy
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Hey there, follow the instructions in this link, very useful and graphic.
http://www.guidingtech.com/15563/hide-certain-files-android-music-player-photo-gallery/
Rgds,
Fab
I recently did a clean install of MOAR v8.0 from v6.1 and have noticed that all the System .ui sounds ( .ogg ) are in the music folder in the My Files app., which means that they are also sent to the Music Player app. So when I was driving home yesterday and streaming the music through BT, all the system sounds like Alert_on_call.....Cam_Stop and all the others....plus all the sucky music like Birdsong, Fairy Fountain and such will start playing.
I have tried to delete them from the Music Player and the My Files apps, but they will not delete. I have also tried to move the files from the My File app to another folder, but they will still remain in the Music File.
Also, in the Astro File Manager, when I select the Music folder....none of the system files show up.
I have read and searched through the MOAR thread, but can't find an answer and I can't post there asking this, but How do I move the sound files ( .ogg ) so that they will not play in the Music Player app?
Well after 3 more downloads and clean installs.....it seemed to work itself out....I do still have the 'hangout' sounds in there. I can deal wit that for now though. :cyclops:
disc golfing said:
Well after 3 more downloads and clean installs.....it seemed to work itself out....I do still have the 'hangout' sounds in there. I can deal wit that for now though. :cyclops:
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If you download a music player from play store like poweramp etc you can specify your music folders to play from and then you wont get system sounds
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Well after 3 more downloads and clean installs.....it seemed to work itself out....I do still have the 'hangout' sounds in there. I can deal wit that for now though. :cyclops:
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Yeah hangouts itself puts it in there, not much you can do about that
If you delete it, it will just keep coming back, but you can make a ".nomedia" file in there (without quotes of course) and it won't show up when you go to play your music (basically tells the media scanner to skip that folder)
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If you download a music player from play store like poweramp etc you can specify your music folders to play from and then you wont get system sounds
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Yea....I tried several different players but they all played the System Sounds. I did move my playlist to the external card and n7 player worked fine. Thanks
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Yeah hangouts itself puts it in there, not much you can do about that
If you delete it, it will just keep coming back, but you can make a ".nomedia" file in there (without quotes of course) and it won't show up when you go to play your music (basically tells the media scanner to skip that folder)
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Haha....I didn't even think about .nomedia.
I read soooooooooooo many threads, posts and different topics on a lot of different forums that my head spins. LOL
So far I haven't heard the hangouts beeps, but if I do it's fine........I mainly wanted all the stupid samsung crappy songs/ringtones out of there.
I just ordered an AN-21 U about 2 hours ago, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528349 ...... so hopefully I won't need to use my phone for music after next week. :fingers-crossed:
OhYea......THANKS for all you have contributed to MOAR !!!!
All my music albums are appearing in the gallery and i have hundreds of music albums !! (Didnt happen in my old samsung phone which was very latest too - A70) - And, i have confirmed its a one UI 2.0 thingy.
I have songs with custom Albumarts embedded transferred from PC to Mobile.
create a .nomedia file in the music folder and it will stop the pictures from appearing OR in the gallery app click menu settings and hide the folders
bunglebp said:
create a .nomedia file in the music folder and it will stop the pictures from appearing OR in the gallery app click menu settings and hide the folders
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I just created a blank text file with ".nomedia" name and copied it to my Music folder on my phone sd card, and the albums are still there.
PS: I want to make file on my PC only, hence pls inform solution tht can be done via computer.
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All my music albums are appearing in the gallery and i have hundreds of music albums !! (Didnt happen in my old samsung phone which was very latest too - A70) - And, i have confirmed its a one UI 2.0 thingy.
I have songs with custom Albumarts embedded transferred from PC to Mobile.
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Do it like this:
If you have all your music files in a folder called Music, rename the folder by adding a dot to the folder name with a file explorer app. (like this: .Music)
This way the albumart isn't visible in gallery (have done this myself)
Keep in mind that some music player apps aren't able to find the music in the folder when done the above.
In my case Pulsar+ couldn't find my music in the folder if I let it scan for music.
Omnia (from the same developer as Pulsar+ is working fine tho.
With Omnia I have to manually tell Omnia in which folders contain music.
While Pulsar+ just scans the phone for folders containg musicfiles and I can add exclusions afterwards.
Keep in mind also that some file explorer apps can't find the folder after you have added the dot in front of the folder name.
I am using Solid Explorer and have to enable 'show hidden folders' in the app settings after I have added the dot.
craige said:
All my music albums are appearing in the gallery and i have hundreds of music albums !! (Didnt happen in my old samsung phone which was very latest too - A70) - And, i have confirmed its a one UI 2.0 thingy.
I have songs with custom Albumarts embedded transferred from PC to Mobile.
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You can hide all the pictures music folders in the settings of gallery.... i know because i have the same problem, now it is solved
william84 said:
Do it like this:
If you have all your music files in a folder called Music, rename the folder by adding a dot to the folder name with a file explorer app. (like this: .Music)
This way the albumart isn't visible in gallery (have done this myself)
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Now inside my SD card, i cannot create .XXX folder as it says "You must typre a file name" Error. BUT, inside Music folder - when i copy my music albums i renamed them to .music succesfully.
Now, the albums are neither appearing in my gallery nor on my samsung music player
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Now inside my SD card, i cannot create .XXX folder as it says "You must typre a file name" Error. BUT, inside Music folder - when i copy my music albums i renamed them to .music succesfully.
Now, the albums are neither appearing in my gallery nor on my samsung music player
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I am sorry to hear that my suggestion didn't work for you.
Then i would suggest to revert the changes you have done and hide the folders containing albumart in the gallery app itself, like user brunsman6229 suggested.
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I am sorry to hear that my suggestion didn't work for you.
Then i would suggest to revert the changes you have done and hide the folders containing albumart in the gallery app itself, like user brunsman6229 suggested.
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I am sure there has to be some solution...
Hopefully someone know a trick here, now comes the waiting part!
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I am sure there has to be some solution...
Hopefully someone know a trick here, now comes the waiting part!
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Have you done the following in the Samsung Gallery app?
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You can hide all the pictures music folders in the settings of gallery.... i know because i have the same problem, now it is solved
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Have you done the following in the Samsung Gallery app?
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I cant there are too many of them !
UPDATE: I transferred few albums today and to my surprise.
Few albums appear in gallery and few doesnt !
Now all album/tracks are embedded by same method by me, so what can be difference ?
Please guide how to check Tag details so to pinpoint to a solution.