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I just recently started having issues with my gallery and music player.
For the Gallery, I now only see one folder (whereas previously I used to see a bunch of folders) and that folder is full of the same 1 or 2 pictures repeated many times.
For the Music player, I can't see any of my songs anymore.
Not sure when it started, but the first time I noticed it was when I installed FunnyWarp from the market. I've have no idea if the problem is related to FunnyWarp at all... just speculation.
For both the Music Player and Gallery:
I've tried clearing the cache => doesn't work.
I've tried deleting all the files in /sdcard/android/data/com.cooliris.media/cache => doesn't work.
I've tried using sdrescan from the market => doesn't work.
Any ideas before I restore an older back-up (which I don't really feel like doing)...
Thanks.
I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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danger-rat said:
I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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I'll give it a shot in a couple of hours when I get a chance to back up my photos, thanks. Sounds good for the gallery, but for the music player, I don't see any songs in it, so what am I supposed to delete?
Thats a good question - I thought there was an option to clear the database, but it looks like I may be wrong... Maybe see if a different media player will let you reset the db?
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danger-rat said:
I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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Doesn't work.
Any other suggestions?
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Nothing comes to mind, other than a wipe and reflash...
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i am now using latest doc ics rom.. my problem is in music player there is duplicate song entries. how to get rid of this problem..
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
duplicated music
adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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I have the same problem too, but none of above worked for me.
Try DoubleTwist player it does not show me the duplicates.
btw I am using AOKP rom
Duplicate songs
Good morning....the problem is not with the device (android) it is with the file details.
1. The problem I think you are having is that albums appear twice, with songs being split between the dual enties?:
2. On your PC right click on the music file (song) and click on properties.
3. Go to details and make sure all of the songs in the album have all of the details exactly the same...contributing artist, album etc. if not change it.
4.Delete the album form your device and copy the newly modifed files to your sdcard.
I do quite a bit of music recording and editing...this occurs alot.
I hope this helps.
Edit: <wrong>
The problem appears to be with ICS mounting internal and external SD cards twice.
Every ICS ROM I've tried has them mounted:
/sdcard
/emmc
/mnt/sdcard
/mnt/emmc
</wrong>
<irrelevant>
I don't know why both are mounted twice.
</irrelevant>
It seems that this will never be fixed, the best solution I've found is to use different applications for music/pictures.
For music I use Poweramp.
For pictures I use Quickpic.
Both of them scan your media separately to the android media scanner and they're smart enough to not scan both mounts of each SD card.
Edit:
Can't be my original reason as you only get one copy of the media first time round, then after each reboot or mount as USB drive you get another and another and another.
I guess the media scanner doesn't compare newly discovered files against its existing database, it just adds new entries every time it runs which is why the list keeps growing.
Anyhow, Poweramp and Quickpic are the way to go. Poweramp is worth the money it costs, but if you can't/don't want to pay for it then you'll have to go through the abundance of other music players to see if they avoid the duplicate file problem.
The solution is to use power amp for music...in its settings you can select which folders to scan and hence over come the problem
I have this same problem. every music track (not albums) is duplicated three times. file explorers show a single file but its three files in a music player. but sometimes it goes away, by itself (or I don't know what I did). its not a big deal for me since it won't treat these three duplicates as three different tracks, instead it treats all three as a single file so there is no repeating when playing an album.
slaphead20 said:
The solution is to use power amp for music...in its settings you can select which folders to scan and hence over come the problem
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Trial version:/
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Imho it depends on the rom.
I used ICSSGS 4.2 quite a while where this bug was present.
When I switched to CM9 nightly the bug vanished - until today it is definitely due to multiple scanning of the external SD.
Hopefully it just because of switching to the latest version.
If so I would recommend to use CM9 nightly where this bug should not be present anymore.
Best regards,
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...on my galnote
Go into Applications -> Media Storage (near music).
Force Stop Media Storage.
Clear Data Media Storage.
Go back to Applications -> Music
Force Stop Music
Clear Data Music
Unmount SD Card
Mount SD Card
Start Music App. Worked like a charm (rescanning in progress with 0 music files in Music App)
adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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This worked perfect for me after updating my ROM.
Cleared Data, rebooted, waited for a big, and double entries were gone and music was playing
biliskner said:
Go into Applications -> Media Storage (near music).
Force Stop Media Storage.
Clear Data Media Storage.
Go back to Applications -> Music
Force Stop Music
Clear Data Music
Unmount SD Card
Mount SD Card
Start Music App. Worked like a charm (rescanning in progress with 0 music files in Music App)
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Thanks alot, worked a treat fo me !! :good:
I had this problem with Winamp. Now on JetAudio no problems
wogooo said:
I had this problem with Winamp. Now on JetAudio no problems
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I use jet audio too and this problem keeps reoccurring. Using Padawan ics rom on galaxy note. I clear data on both media storage and google frameworks and then use sd rescan. That solves the problem but it always returns.
Hmmm ...
So this whole scenario has happened to my Samsung "twice" this month (Nov 2012) and the other Samsung on my account, 3 times this month. I have to admit though since my Samsung's are only 2+ months old, the one thing I did when I got both phone(s) was alter ever single album detail! I'm starting to wonder if this is the culprit but the thought of having to revert all of the album details to their original state, then delete/then re-load music back on BOTH phones (4-6 hours of work) .. I'm sooooooooooooooooo dreading this.:crying:
greatdaneduke: Did your suggestion fix your phone (permanently) and did this eliminate your problem entirely over the last 7 months too?
greatdaneduke said:
Good morning....the problem is not with the device (android) it is with the file details.
1. The problem I think you are having is that albums appear twice, with songs being split between the dual enties?:
2. On your PC right click on the music file (song) and click on properties.
3. Go to details and make sure all of the songs in the album have all of the details exactly the same...contributing artist, album etc. if not change it.
4.Delete the album form your device and copy the newly modifed files to your sdcard.
I do quite a bit of music recording and editing...this occurs alot.
I hope this helps.
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Hi SSHollywood.
greatdaneduke was wrong about what causes the problem.
The assumption made in step 1 (if you can call it a step, it's not really a step, but it is next to the number 1) wasn't the case for me or anyone else I've spoken to with the issue.
I know what greatdaneduke is talking about and I have seen this before, but it's not the case here. What greatdaneduke was saying is that when you write the tags for mp3s, sometimes it's written to the file slightly differently, then this causes the program you're using (Android in this case) to see some of the files from 1 album and some of the files from another album, even though when you look at it, it looks as though they all say Insert Album Name Here. The only cure to this is to delete the mp3 tags and rewrite them from scratch, and hopefully this time they are all written the same way.
The actual problem is this...
It's a developer based ROM which has bugs.
One of these bugs is the way the media scanner updates the media library.
The media scanner will run every time the phone boots up/reboots or when the phone is disconnected from a computer.
Each time this happens you get another listing of your music in your library.
There are 3 ways of fixing this, listed from least expensive/most infuriating to most expensive.
1. Wipe your media data before every reboot and before every time you connect to a computer, this way when your phone boots up or is disconnected from a computer it will have a blank media library to update. This will get annoying and you'll probably forget to wipe the data each time.
To do this you need to:
a. Go into Applications -> Media Storage.
b. Force Stop Media Storage.
c. Clear Data Media Storage.
2. Use Poweramp for music (there's a trial version but it only gives full features for 14 days) and use Quickpic for photos. Both these apps use their own media scanners so they don't have the duplicates problem.
3. Buy a new phone. Samsung Galaxy S original is now 2 and a half years old, it's very dated and developer support is dropping fast.
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3. Buy a new phone. Samsung Galaxy S original is now 2 and a half years old, it's very dated and developer support is dropping fast.
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You suggest buying the first gen Galaxy? Ive got the skyrocket and I think that ICS is dog doo.
I never had this problem when I had gingerbread. I sent my phone in for warranty replacement and it came with ICS already installed. Getting multiple music entries all the time except only one entry will play all duplicates don't play, rendering my shuffle function useless as I get the silent tracks the majority of the time.
Guess its time to finally root. I was on the fence but with ICS it seems obvious that rooting is the only way I'll get an enjoyable phone experience.
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You suggest buying the first gen Galaxy? Ive got the skyrocket and I think that ICS is dog doo.
I never had this problem when I had gingerbread. I sent my phone in for warranty replacement and it came with ICS already installed. Getting multiple music entries all the time except only one entry will play all duplicates don't play, rendering my shuffle function useless as I get the silent tracks the majority of the time.
Guess its time to finally root. I was on the fence but with ICS it seems obvious that rooting is the only way I'll get an enjoyable phone experience.
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No, what I meant was it's time upgrade to a new phone because I assume they currently have a Galaxy S 1 which is an old phone.
As this question is posted in the Galaxy S 1 forums I'm guessing anyone commenting on the thread currently has a Galaxy S 1.
Personally I've moved on to the Galaxy S 3.
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adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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Please edit - Google Play Music = Music.
sdcard/media
I had this problem with some tracks too - I used ES File Explorer (although the stock 'Files' app may work too) to search the whole phone for one of the duplicated track names. It found one in my 'music' folder on my SD card (where I'd copied the track to) and another in "/sdcard/media". I don't know what that directory is for - it doesn't have all my music in it, and it seems to have some I can't remember listening to, so it doesn't look like a cache. Either way, I deleted the files in it, and the problem is solved.
I'm guessing the music player could solve this by only scanning certain areas of your system (which avoids getting ringtones and app sounds into the music lists), but AFAIK, Rocket Player (my music player of choice) doesn't seem to be able to do this
Either way - if your music player is showing duplicate tracks, check to make sure you have actually only got one copy of it on your phone! Hope that helps someone out
Hi in using the SGSII ROM and it's very good all except for one thing. It does not media scan every time u delete or move a file. This causes my pictures to not be loaded on my gallery any help? Thanks in advanced
Phone:GT-S5830
ROM:SGSII V9
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Hmm...It's not necessary that a media scan should be done every time you delete a file.
The gallery should load your pics just fine.
I'm not sure why this is happening. Please check if you get this bug again!
I too had this problem when I was on the SGSII ROM.
There is an app on Google Play called Rescan Media ROOT which will do the same thing for you. Everytime you need to refresh the Gallery/Music/Videos, use this app.
I find this solution better for the Galaxy Ace, because the Media Scanner is very CPU-intensive.
Hi, Just wondering how do I exclude particular folder like cache folder or whatsapp picture folder from showing up in defaulted album? Before ice cream sandwich I can just put a .nomedia file to the folder that I don't want to show up but this doesn't seem working on ice cream sandwich. Please help. Thanks.
Download nomedia app from the market. Then you put a .nomedia file in each folder you do not want the media scanner to scan
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Or skip the nomedia app and just create a file with the filename .nomedia (with the preceding full stop) in whichever folders you want to skip indexing.
You might need to reboot your phone or reset and re-index the media database by going to Settings, Apps (All), Media Storage and clearing the existing data. (The phone will need to be rebooted after clearing the database.)
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Or skip the nomedia app and just create a file with the filename .nomedia (with the preceding full stop) in whichever folders you want to skip indexing.
You might need to reboot your phone or reset and re-index the media database by going to Settings, Apps (All), Media Storage and clearing the existing data. (The phone will need to be rebooted after clearing the database.)
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Are there any apps available to run the media storage clearing and rescan? At the moment I am regularly clearing this data and using the rescan root app from market but would like this all in one process without the need to hunt through the settings. It's annoying that as new files are added to these folders with .nomedia the still appear in album unless I clear the data and rescan media.
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Are there any apps available to run the media storage clearing and rescan? At the moment I am regularly clearing this data and using the rescan root app from market but would like this all in one process without the need to hunt through the settings. It's annoying that as new files are added to these folders with .nomedia the still appear in album unless I clear the data and rescan media.
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Not that I know of. There are media rescan apps but they are largely hit and miss in my experience.
As I said above, you can do it by wiping your existing media database and then rebooting your phone. Not ideal but gets the job done.
How about this app...
hXtps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&hl=nl&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dvaulty
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Duvel999 said:
How about this app...
hXtps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&hl=nl&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dvaulty
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Good for hiding p0rn from your girlfriend, not any good for getting your phone to rescan your media.
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Oh, and that's not an endorsement by the way - just based on reading the app description.
I haven't used the app so couldn't comment!
Tried it..lol
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".nomedia" also prevents audio files from being scanned... any solution to prevent only images from certain locations to be shown? I have a lot of album artwork stored with in my music collection and it keeps showing up in the gallery...
thank you in advance for any suggestion
mrmel said:
".nomedia" also prevents audio files from being scanned... any solution to prevent only images from certain locations to be shown? I have a lot of album artwork stored with in my music collection and it keeps showing up in the gallery...
thank you in advance for any suggestion
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lol, Use mp3tag to embedd the albu art inside the mp3 file and then delete the extra files. I had a similar problem a long time ago and with this program it took me about 15 minutes to embedd them all (Dead easy to do) then you can delete the album art...
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lol, Use mp3tag to embedd the albu art inside the mp3 file and then delete the extra files. I had a similar problem a long time ago and with this program it took me about 15 minutes to embedd them all (Dead easy to do) then you can delete the album art...
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Yep... right... I already have embedded album art in mp3 files... but at the same time I have same files (and some extra ones) in the folder... sometimes it's more convenient to have them handy...
I think I will delete all graphics files from my music folder after copying the music to my phone... that's probably easiest solution...
Thank you anyway...
mrmel said:
Yep... right... I already have embedded album art in mp3 files... but at the same time I have same files (and some extra ones) in the folder... sometimes it's more convenient to have them handy...
I think I will delete all graphics files from my music folder after copying the music to my phone... that's probably easiest solution...
Thank you anyway...
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i delete them straight away, you can always redownload very easily via album art downloader software
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/album-art/index.php?title=Main_Page
I just want to hide picture from sony album, and i want it appear as nomal to use other app( for exp i use multipicture livewalpaper app to set walpaper)
Is it possible
Just got the phone and I'm digging my way through it but I've found that for some reason my music and video files are not being seen by the phone.
Photographs are fine, but I see no obvious way of forcing the walkman and movie apps to scan my SD card. The files are still there and I've tried unmounting/remounting but I'm not having much luck.
Has anyone else experienced this? I tried to search but only saw reports of skipping tracks etc.
Edit: I've come from a Galaxy S3 and the card was formatted on that phone - could it be a slightly different file organisation system? I hope I don't have to reformat!
I understood the media server will scan for files if you:
- Add new media to the SD card and unplug USB cable.
- When you power cycle the device.
If all this fails maybe try an app like "Rescan Media":
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-addz-mediascanner-jtDAw.aspx
Rescan Media is a simple app will rescan your mobile phone for new files that usually happens on a system re-boot.
It only calls the android media scanner.
Kind regards, Stefan.
You can also delete android folder from the sd and reboot.
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Thanks guys. Oddly enough I'm now seeing my files. It seemed to just happen! When I rebooted and used usb, nothing happened. Then out of the blue it just does it, unexplainable! That app looks handy though
can't find the media
Same to me. I can find any mp3 or mp4 file that i have in sdcard in my walkman, Still can see it through file explore. How can I fix it? Tried media scan app, flash new app, wipe anything... but still can't see anything in the damn screen.
Please help me! You can send email for me: [email protected]