Hi, when you go into the "media" folder on your tab, is it possible to add more folders there then the stock photo, video, download?
Yes, its possible
And how do you do it?
Use the stock file manager "my files", or download astro file manager or efile from the market.
or use your pc/mac via usb
Using your tab only, click "my files" icon and navigate from there to wherever you want to place your new folder. Then use the context button to reveal the new folder menu, as well as rename and details options.
by the way, you might also be interested in a better media browser than the stock, use quickpic from android market.
also, if you add a blank file (usually a txt file) named .nomedia at the root of a folder which contains some files, the files won't get picked up by the media scanner and stay hidden, but will still be seen by file explorer like My Files.
Sef_P1000 said:
also, if you add a blank file (usually a txt file) named .nomedia at the root of a folder which contains some files, the files won't get picked up by the media scanner and stay hidden, but will still be seen by file explorer like My Files.
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this is good if you wat to hide some porno...lol
thanks alot guys!
I was told to make ".nomedia" file to hide unwanted music files. Problem is, that i placed it on my usb-memory root and now my photos etc. are hide. This was so noobish thing to do, i was too tired that i didn't think.
Problem is, that i don't see ".nomedia" file, so i could remove it. Can you guys give me a hint, how to solve this problem?
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I found the solution. I had to select "show hidden files" from es file explorer and that way i founded ".nomedia" file. I removed it and rebooted my Note and everything is back to normal.
Can you guys tell me how .nomedia file works? Do i put it in all those folders that i don't want my musicplayer to find or what?
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Yup
Also another solution would be to set up a folder with those unwanted media files and put .nomedia there, more organised IMHO
Unless they are games files of course then you have to put the .nomedia file in respective folders
Gallery still display pictures from the directory even though it has the file .nomedia.
I have cleared data from media and gallery, then reboot still has problem.
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Just put a full stop in front of folder name
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Do you mean change the folder name? But this won't work right since some folders with default name such as "download"
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I just rename folders I made like .picture and this will hide it from gallery. If you can't do it in default folders just move the items in your own folders.
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Adding a file name .nomedia in the folder will prevent media scan for picture file in that folder, it is working in GB. After upgraded to ics it's not working.
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Just make a new folder and put a fullstop infront. Copy your files into that. Simples
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hmm, strange, same thing is happening with me, but only for newly added .nomedia files.
i have .nomedia files in loads of folders containing app specific pictures, and they don't appear in the gallery, but if i add a .nomedia file to one of my own folders it seems to be ignored by the default gallery, even though quickpic hides the folder as intended.
have you tried wiping the "media storage" data under application settings?
I have exactly same problem as your. After I cleared gallery and media data, only existing pictures are ignored. If I add new picture, gallery will show up again.
Did you perform factory reset after upgraded to ics?
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i've had ics since the german rom was released, and yes, i did a factory reset afterwards.
i have numerous folders with .nomedia files in them that are constantly being updated with new pictures by apps etc. and the gallery still ignores them, it only seems to be a folder that the gallery has already indexed, when i add a .nomedia file to it, the gallery still shows it.
just did a media storage wipe and the folder i put the .nomedia file into has disappeared as expected after a reboot.
moved another picture into the folder and checked again and it's still hidden from the gallery.
I think this is being caused by a change to the behaviour in ICS that triggers a media scan. I have an issue where just renaming a .nomedia file would trigger a media scan in gingerbread but does not in ICS, hence files in the folder are not shown in the gallery even though the .nomedia file is renamed.
I suspect this is the case here, that adding the new .nomedia does not trigger the media scan.
I am having the same problem, but with mp3 and wav files. I have many that are created by programs like Loopstack, Caustic and Audio Evolution that I don't want appearing in my music player.
What I found works, is if you create the .nomedia file on the phone.
Then connect the phone to a PC via MTP.
Rename the folder (I just add a 1 to the end).
Rename it back to the original folder name.
Disconnect the phone and it rescans and "recognises" the .nomedia file.
HTH,
Rich
I added the .nomedia file to my folder, wiped data from media storage (under applications), rebooted the phone and the files no longer appear in the Gallery.
This method only work for existing media file, subsequent new add media file will be shown up again.
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.nomedia with images and music files
I think I've been able to solve this somewhat.... For those who have an audio file and an image(in your music folder) and you don't want the image showing up in the gallery but you do want it showing in your music directory(album art), you will need to go into the folder with the picture-create a folder(i call it 'pic')-put the image in that folder along with a '.nomedia'. Make sure that the music file is not in the new folder but the new folder is within the overall folder.... Confused? Music/U2/The Joshua Tree/Pic/Image and .nomedia file - Hope this helps
you can see images here:
androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/595398-nomedia-your-music-images-showing-gallery
It still shows your image with the music\artist in the media player, but now doesn't show in the gallery. You do not need to rename the music folder(like you would if you were just adding a .nomedia file) because your adding a new folder all together.
just clear cache as someone said and reboot phone.. good enough to have the .nomedia work with existing photos.. As mentioned when you add more you will have to do it again.
Adding .nomedia to a folder should make android gallery ignore that folder. But for some reason a movie i received thru bluetooth keeps on appearing even ic i already put a "." on ghe directory, or moved to another directory or even create new folder add nomedia then move the file. Pls help me hide this file from my gallery. Im using stock ics. Thanks
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Adding .nomedia to a folder should make android gallery ignore that folder. But for some reason a movie i received thru bluetooth keeps on appearing even ic i already put a "." on ghe directory, or moved to another directory or even create new folder add nomedia then move the file. Pls help me hide this file from my gallery. Im using stock ics. Thanks
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Try deleting the cache from the Media Storage app and rebooting. Alternatively you can download any number of apps from Google Play to hide files and folders.
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How i can organice phone gallery? There is few hundred photos and i wanna move them to another folder, possible? And those pictures in folders should be available in gallery after.
You'll have to manually move the pictures to different folders using a file explorer (e.g. ES File Explorer).
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You'll have to manually move the pictures to different folders using a file explorer (e.g. ES File Explorer).
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Thanks. I just made another folder and removed pictures to that folder. Now no need search all pictures in every time...