Maybe one question too much, but I put it anyway
The system with with builtin sdcard and a separate ext_card are driving me nuts.
I am not asking about to put apps in ext_card, my question is how to use it.
Movies is easy, the movieplayer founds the movies in my ext_card. So does as well the Album app - it founds all my pictures.
But what about the music-app???
Sony delivers the amazing Walkman-app but it does not support files stored in the ext_card??
I can easily fill my phone with 10 Gig music.
Don't tell me to use Spotify or Google Musik - I already does.
Sometimes I want to listen offline on my own special music - and I want to store it on the ext_card!
One weird thing;
I installed Spotify as specified in this forum - it stores the offline music on the ext_card.
I did an initial sync to check that everything worked well (with the latest Spotify update)
Actually, my Walkman app found that music!
But it does not find anything later on.....
How to use the ext_card in best way??
All my music is my external card and the walkman reads it fine...just clear the data in walkman app and media scanner from settings and wait for the media scanner to find it all again.
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And also check that you do not have any .nomedia files in those folders, otherwise the media scanner bypasses them
Tried to clear out data in Walkman app but no success. Where do I find "mediascanner"?
I have checked the .nomedia issue
goateye said:
Tried to clear out data in Walkman app but no success. Where do I find "mediascanner"?
I have checked the .nomedia issue
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settings/app/all/media storage
Thanks, found it but in swedish language
Well, now my Walkman is empty. Let´s wait and see!!!!
goateye said:
Thanks, found it but in swedish language
Well, now my Walkman is empty. Let´s wait and see!!!!
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Dont forget to reboot
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Dont forget to reboot
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Feels like a noob (of course I am)
I works!
At least consistent. Nothing found on the ext_card. No movies, no pictures and no music.
Everything on sdcard is found
Well, well, let's wait a few reboots and see
gregbradley said:
All my music is my external card and the walkman reads it fine...just clear the data in walkman app and media scanner from settings and wait for the media scanner to find it all again.
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And also check that you do not have any .nomedia files in those folders, otherwise the media scanner bypasses them
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It works!!!!
Great, thanks!
goateye said:
It works!!!!
Great, thanks!
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No need to post your thanks. If you ever feel the need to thank somone hit the thanks button. Thats why its there
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Hello everyone.
I was adding some files to the Galaxy S. Now I want some of them to be hidden so that they do not show in gallery or video player (incase of videos) for everyone and I can make them visible when I want them. Is it possible? If yes can someone please tell how to go about it or is there any app for it?
Regards
keep a blank file with the extension .nomedia in the folder that you want to exclude from media scanning..
You could also use "Vaulty Free" app that moves selected images and videos into a virtual vault which then requires a password to open and view. This also ensures that they do not show up in gallery and video player.
Hope this helps.
put the files you want to be hidden in a folder, and put a dot '.' before the name, like this:
.folder
this will hide it if you have, 'show hidden files' unchecked in options
SGSI said:
You could also use "Vaulty Free" app that moves selected images and videos into a virtual vault which then requires a password to open and view. This also ensures that they do not show up in gallery and video player.
Hope this helps.
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I tried vaulty free. It looked to be a good app which would do the job but somehow when I locked videos through vaulty free they showed as "Images" in the vault! which wouldnt play. Also it took quite some time for 1 video too be transfered which was about 40 mb. So I guess it would take too much time if the quantity and size is large.
praveen6585 said:
keep a blank file with the extension .nomedia in the folder that you want to exclude from media scanning..
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sensi_ said:
put the files you want to be hidden in a folder, and put a dot '.' before the name, like this:
.folder
this will hide it if you have, 'show hidden files' unchecked in options
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I had known about the nomedia trick but it displayed the files in the "my files" option. Adding a . before the name looks promising.
When done with nomedia file I guess it would solve the purpose. Would have to try this combination.
Thanks for the help folks.
Regards
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I tried vaulty free. It looked to be a good app which would do the job but somehow when I locked videos through vaulty free they showed as "Images" in the vault! which wouldnt play. Also it took quite some time for 1 video too be transfered which was about 40 mb. So I guess it would take too much time if the quantity and size is large.
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The default action when you login to Vaulty is to display the stored images. Click Menu --> Videos to see and play the videos. Yes it does take a long time to transfer large videos.
The default action when you login to Vaulty is to display the stored images. Click Menu --> Videos to see and play the videos. Yes it does take a long time to transfer large videos.
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Did that but it doesnt show anything when "videos" is selected and when images is selected files are show but they dont play!
Strange!! It works for me perfectly. I am assuming that you are able to play those videos outside vaulty using the stock video player.
How did you add the videos to vaulty?
The way I added is while the video was playing in the stock video player --> Menu --> Share Video --> Vaulty Free.
The only issue I have with Vaulty is I can play only one video at a time after which I will have to reenter the password.
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Strange!! It works for me perfectly. I am assuming that you are able to play those videos outside vaulty using the stock video player.
How did you add the videos to vaulty?
The way I added is while the video was playing in the stock video player --> Menu --> Share Video --> Vaulty Free.
The only issue I have with Vaulty is I can play only one video at a time after which I will have to reenter the password.
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Hmm yeah that is strange indeed. The videos work fine in the stock player but arent recognised in the vaulty free. It may work again if I reinstall the app but I will first try the other method as I would have large no. of files and adding them with Vaulty would take much time and as you just said it wont help if I have to enter the pass again and again after watching each video!
Why not just use Skyfire and stream your porn?
bigdave196 said:
Why not just use Skyfire and stream your porn?
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Lol! Exactly what I was thinking....
bigdave196 said:
Why not just use Skyfire and stream your porn?
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Haha good one! But we dont have the same kind of broadband speeds that people get in other countries!
my method works and to anyone who picks up your phone, they arent going to have a clue
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my method works and to anyone who picks up your phone, they arent going to have a clue
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Exactly. Thats looks easy and fast and I would be trying it 1st and hopefully it will do the job!
I have an HTC Raider from Rogers and I installed PowerAmp on it. After it completes the library scan, it shows every song twice. However, when I open up the stock music app, everything looks normal. All of my music is currently stored on the external SD card. I did try moving all of the music over to the internal SD and poweramp only showed the music files once. However, I don't want my music eating up all the space on my internal sd.
Anyone else encountered this problem and possibly have a solution?
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I have an HTC Raider from Rogers and I installed PowerAmp on it. After it completes the library scan, it shows every song twice. However, when I open up the stock music app, everything looks normal. All of my music is currently stored on the external SD card. I did try moving all of the music over to the internal SD and poweramp only showed the music files once. However, I don't want my music eating up all the space on my internal sd.
Anyone else encountered this problem and possibly have a solution?
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Never had this problem... that's odd. Maybe you could contact the dev of that app. Many of them are really good about resolving issues with users.
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Never had this problem... that's odd. Maybe you could contact the dev of that app. Many of them are really good about resolving issues with users.
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I will try contacting them. Thanks!
PowerAMP's library management seems to be a bit rubbish. It wouldn't read about half of my Japanese ID3 tags, nor 1/4 of my Korean ones... It's a bit of a disaster.
finsilva said:
I have an HTC Raider from Rogers and I installed PowerAmp on it. After it completes the library scan, it shows every song twice. However, when I open up the stock music app, everything looks normal. All of my music is currently stored on the external SD card. I did try moving all of the music over to the internal SD and poweramp only showed the music files once. However, I don't want my music eating up all the space on my internal sd.
Anyone else encountered this problem and possibly have a solution?
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I also have an HTC Raider from Rogers and have the exact same problem.
Did you ever hear back from the developers about this?
Have you tried making sure that ONLY your music folder is getting scanned (by manually selecting it in the settings), then going into the advanced settings and initiating a full wipe/rescan?
I'm on a Rogers Raider and have never had this problem, so it's a shot in the dark. Been using PowerAmp for over a year across three phones.
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formicae said:
Have you tried making sure that ONLY your music folder is getting scanned (by manually selecting it in the settings), then going into the advanced settings and initiating a full wipe/rescan?
I'm on a Rogers Raider and have never had this problem, so it's a shot in the dark. Been using PowerAmp for over a year across three phones.
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Kudos,kind Sir. That worked like a charm.
formicae said:
Have you tried making sure that ONLY your music folder is getting scanned (by manually selecting it in the settings), then going into the advanced settings and initiating a full wipe/rescan?
I'm on a Rogers Raider and have never had this problem, so it's a shot in the dark. Been using PowerAmp for over a year across three phones.
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Yes, I made sure that only the music folder is scanning. But still having the same problem, Please someone help me. :crying:
Using Nexus 4 with Android 4.2.2
I had this problem, uninstall it, clear your dalvik cache, reinstall it, select only your music folder, double check that you don't actually have duplicate files :laugh:
Hi,
try this:
Open Settings in powerAmp > Folders and Library > Music Folders (scroll down & down to make sure you select only 1 Folder where your music is stored).
that fixes mine. Hope that fixes your problem.
Maybe have a closer look
I have the Nexus 4, too and just solved the problem.
The first thing I did when acqiring Poweramp was de-selecting everything but the "music" folder.
But then I noticed that there was not only a folder of that name in /storage/emulated/0, but also in /storage/emulated/legacy, which was still selected, causing the problem.
Deselected the second one and everything worked fine
duplicate songs
the dual listing of songs files etc is usually caused by the app scanning dual paths. Set your app to only scan one folder for your music.
dsymbol said:
Hi,
try this:
Open Settings in powerAmp > Folders and Library > Music Folders (scroll down & down to make sure you select only 1 Folder where your music is stored).
that fixes mine. Hope that fixes your problem.
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Thx. It worked for me.Nexus 4
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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Works Perfect
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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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Wobba-Lee said:
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...
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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...
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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
After updating to xxlsa, my music player duplicates the files on my external sdcard. Any fix on this?
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I have tried unmounting my sdcard, clearing data for media storage and music player but yet no changes. Any help will be appreciated.
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hi, it's strange ..
I am still with LS7, I have not tested yet.
but I had a similar problem with ics, it was infact google music and its cache ..
test reading your duplicate songs with the stock player, if the duplicate song will not open, it is almost certain that it comes from gMUSIC ...
Otherwise, if you're on they are copied to your external sd, have you tried to delete, reboot and see if you still have the problem?
ps: you're not in the right section, here is themes and applications
M3GATROLL said:
hi, it's strange ..
I am still with LS7, I have not tested yet.
but I had a similar problem with ics, it was infact google music and its cache ..
test reading your duplicate songs with the stock player, if the duplicate song will not open, it is almost certain that it comes from gMUSIC ...
Otherwise, if you're on they are copied to your external sd, have you tried to delete, reboot and see if you still have the problem?
ps: you're not in the right section, here is themes and applications
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Yeah. On ICS I had same problem but the duplicate didn't work. But unmounting sdcard and clearing data for media storage solved the problem. But on XXLSA both the duplicate and original are playing just fine.
Edit: I deleted one of the duplicated media files and it rendered the other useless, i.e. the music player could not play it.
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you are using google music on your phone?
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you are using google music on your phone?
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Nope. I dont have Google music.
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strange, wait reponse of guys have LSA.. sorry, i not flash this night
Go settings+application manager+all application look media storage and clear after restart..
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Emothic_Reagan said:
Go settings+application manager+all application look media storage and clear after restart..
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As i said above, i have tried that and it didnt work.
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coolwolex21 said:
As i said above, i have tried that and it didnt work.
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I am on lsa and i dont have any such problem
And i even have google music installed
Hi guys something weird is happening to my phone , when I put new images or music I don't see them in walkman app or album , can someone help please?
pw1nce said:
Hi guys something weird is happening to my phone , when I put new images or music I don't see them in walkman app or album , can someone help please?
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Try using a file explorer to see if they're there. Phone should recognize them , but sometimes, expecially if you put a large amount of ppics and music files, it takes some minutes
gibihr said:
Try using a file explorer to see if they're there. Phone should recognize them , but sometimes, expecially if you put a large amount of ppics and music files, it takes some minutes
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I've checked , they are there , when I download images from Google drive still I don't see them , I have so take screen shot of the pic to send to anyone , and also no music appearing in Walkman, only the old one , no new music is being detected
- the best way is transferring media files thru MTP.
- u can try SD / media scanner app from Google Play
- the last resort is to clear 'Media Storage' data thru settings > app & reboot. u may need to reonfigure ringtones, etc.