This is really getting annoying. Any MP3/Vide files which I transfer through USB Mass Storage are not detected when it goes "Scanning for Media". It works through Kies and Webharing Wifi Transfer app...until I reboot the phone, then its detected in the music player anymore.
If I use the file browser or astro i can play it through them, but that's not really convenient is it.
Everything works fine if I transfer it through an external SD card. I only have a 2gb one though so it really doesn't cut it.
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Hello.
I am trying to copy-paste my quite extensive mp3-collection to my Galaxy S. Its about 6GB.
The problem is that I don't want to use Kies as it mucks up all my ID3-Tags...at least it did the first time I tried it.
I just put the phone in Mass Storage mode and tried to copy-paste the Mp3's to the /music folder on the external SD. When I tried to let it copy all together I disconnected the phone properly (safely remove, then disc. from the screen) and let the media scanner run...it didn't find anything. When I connected it to the PC again I saw that the /music folder was empty and the /Lost.dir folder was 6 GB. So the files probably ended up there somehow.
Afterwards I tried copying the folders with my mp3s one by one, disconnecting the phone after every one and letting it search again and again and it worked fine for the first 3 GB...after one more copy paste it lost the new folder and wiped half of the rest which were working fine by then along with it.
I also tried doubletwist and WMP, same problem there.
I'm running Froyo.
Thanks for reading. Any ideas?
When you say you have tried WMP, have you sync'ed them to the card as you would do a mp3 player? It has never failed on me in the past so not sure what else to advise.
Also you may have a corrupt SD card or a fake? Make a backup of the files you have on it at present, then format the card, replace the back'ed up files and try again. There are allot of fake cards sold on ebay and there are some programs about that give diagnostics on cards so might be worth running one to see the genuine capacity and/or to see if there is any corruption.
Yep, I tried syncing as with a normal MP3-Player. Its really weird as it does this only with music and it also does it retroactively...it has lead me to believe that theres some kind of problem with the media scanner.
The card is bought off ebay, but its original Kingston...it was sealed up and everything. I formatted it yesterday just to be sure...didn't bring up any errors...I'll take a look at those programs you mentioned though.
Thanks.
Hmm... If it's only happening with music it might be worth checking to see if there is any DRM on the music files as well. If there is any you'll need to run them through a convertor to remove this.
My music files all AAC+ moved to external SD card .
New Folder on SD card named SONGS and placed all music in that folder via USB mass storage mode .
But all my music is DRM free .
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For some reason everytime I try to transfer tv shows or movies to the phone, both internal or external memory, it won't transfer and says that the windows explorer has stopped working. Every single time this happens no matter how many times i try. And it only happens for some files. Other files will transfer perfectly no matter the size of the files.
Another issue is that when I do transfer the files, even though I have used some space it will still say that the space is the same as before.
I'm on windows 7 64 bit.
Any ideas how to fix?
weird problem your having... how big in size are these tv shows ?? do you have an external sd card... if so plug that in to the pc and copy them to that, then back in the phone and move to phone memory or leave on the external card...
or you can just stream them from your pc, using built in 'allshare' app or a range of others found on the market
Each show is about 150-175 mb. The issue is that some shows will completely transfer without any problems. I've transfered 4 GB altogether at once but other shows won't do it. But then other shows will not even start transfer but immediately say that windows explorer has stopped working. I've tried transferring to both external and internal but they both give me the same problem.
This also only seems to be an issue with videos as I've never had any trouble with music.
No roots, lagfix, nothing, just stock 2.2.1
Sounds more like a problem with your computer. Try copying the shows that give you trouble to a memory stick or something to test.
I just reformatted my SD card, and now my phone can't be discovered through winamp. I seem to remember having to make a file to put on the root of the SD card for it to happen, but my searches don't work. Anyone?
bump? Nobody has any advice for me?
Well if the SD card is mounted then it will not be discover able through any app on the phone because the computer has complete control over it. And winamp automatically mounts the SD card to the pc when you connect the USB cable so you will need to go in winamp settings and disable the auto-mount setting.
Sorry my post was unclear, I'm trying to sync my phone with winamp on my pc.
Ok now sorry but I'm lost what exactly do you mean?? You want to sync your phone with the pc using winamp or your trying to sync music on your pc into winamp?
Im trying to sync music from my pc onto my phone using winamp(on my pc). I do not have winamp on the phone. It was working fine until i formatted my sd card. The H drive will show up under my computers, but winamp will not recognize an android device, like it did before.
Well according to this link all you need is the desktop app and winamp on your phone http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wireless-music-sync-winamp-media-player-android/
Hello everyone,
I have the i9000 with slim bean installed. I still have the problem where mounting the usb storage to transfer songs over usb cable corrupts the media storage. Every single time it's connected to a computer and files are transferred this happens. I have re-formatted my microsd 32gb lexar card more times than I can count and have cleared the media storage and play music app and rebooted. With 25gb of music it takes hours and hours before rescanning everything before it somewhat works but still has a few errors. I've tried various rescan media apps from the play store and non of those work either. I have switched to a new method of running an ftp server from the phone and transferring music wireless. While this doesn't corrupt the media store, it doesn't detect new music either. I remember back in the gingerbread days that I never had a problem adding music to my external sd card and never had a problem with corrupted media storage. Is there any music apps that don't use media storage app?
If anyone has a solution to this I'd love to hear it. The long rescans and clearing out the media storage drain most of my battery when it has to rescan 25gb of music.
Thanks
well from day one i always hates MTP as a file management protocol. it lacks so many features and you loose most of your windows right click shell menu. also i find that transferring a lot of files or big files result in the transfer freezing and results in me needing to restart the explorer.exe i know theres a way to mount your external SD as the classic MSC but if you do you cant use your internal memory for the time being. is there some kind of way i can access the internal memory while in MSC?
Well, I turn my phone to Hotspot and connect my pc to it.. Then I use File Manager app to use FTP file sharing through WiFi. So, basically u use WiFi to transfer file from your computer to your Phone (both internal or sdcard) and vice versa. The speed of this connection is around 4MB/s with no Frezee matter and I copied file around 10GB with no problem. Of course, your pc should have WiFi adapter.
Hope That Help
for simplicity sake i dont want to do that, i rather the cable.