Does anybody know how to restrict Walkman app to certain folders only. Walkman scans entire memory and SD and brings bunch of mp3 and stuff what i don't want!
Any info appreciated...
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dmandic said:
Does anybody know how to restrict Walkman app to certain folders only. Walkman scans entire memory and SD and brings bunch of mp3 and stuff what i don't want!
Any info appreciated...
D.
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Go to Play store and search for "Nomedia". Install that app and run it. Long press on the folders that you need to exclude.....
The folder colour changes to red and it goes away from you music player and gallery apps....
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There's been ongoing discussions for a long time about the best way to "hide" certain media to keep them from showing up in media players.
Every 3rd party App Ive dled for Music/Movies/Pictures has had the same issue of scanning all the media in the SD card.
Is this some inherent mandate in Android ? Or lazy dev programming ?
I have podcast apps that only pick up podcasts. NYC subway map app that only picks up its MAP images...
Yes open up any media player and I see all of these included with my media.
Obviously the function is in there
add a file called .nomedia and Android will not index that directory
The no media trick does not solve the problem.
Android apps are scanning the entire SD for media instead of letting you pick a default directory.
I want to know if this is an android OS problem or an app development problem.
xManMythLegend said:
The no media trick does not solve the problem.
Android apps are scanning the entire SD for media instead of letting you pick a default directory.
I want to know if this is an android OS problem or an app development problem.
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well i wouldn't call it a problem.. it's just the way the mediascanner works... it scans each directory on the sdcard for media files.
and both the gallery and music app relies on the system mediascanner to fetch pics/videos/music: it's called intended design
There is no way to set a default location for those apps.
3rd party apps can be developed for scanning predefined dirs at the developer's liking.
so for the stock apps the only option is the .nomedia file trick.
note that if u put the .nomedia into a directory, all the sub directories are going to be skipped too.
just rename the folder with a "." in front of the folder name, this makes it a hidden folder and the gallery and what not wont search it.
rastacre said:
well i wouldn't call it a problem.. it's just the way the mediascanner works... it scans each directory on the sdcard for media files.
and both the gallery and music app relies on the system mediascanner to fetch pics/videos/music: it's called intended design
There is no way to set a default location for those apps.
3rd party apps can be developed for scanning predefined dirs at the developer's liking.
so for the stock apps the only option is the .nomedia file trick.
note that if u put the .nomedia into a directory, all the sub directories are going to be skipped too.
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THANK YOU !!
I somewhat figured this out when I saw this option in Doggcatcher.
This answers my question.
making a folder invisible doesn't help me.
I have ringtones in one folder and when I playback music, I don't want to hear ringtones.
hmmm is there anyway you can adb push the ringtones to the ringtone folder on the system? So you wouldn't need to have it in your sd card?
download MixZing music player. It will let you select which folder on the memory card to scan for music. Select music folder and your done. No more ringtones playback
This .nomedia trick dosnt work 100 percent. I placed it in my music folder and yes it makes the album covers disappear in the gallery but it also makes the music disappear from the music player. I can no longer scroll through artists, songs, etc from within the music player...
I am not running a rooted phone just the stock firmware with the latest Android update.
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This .nomedia trick dosnt work 100 percent. I placed it in my music folder and yes it makes the album covers disappear in the gallery but it also makes the music disappear from the music player. I can no longer scroll through artists, songs, etc from within the music player...
I am not running a rooted phone just the stock firmware with the latest Android update.
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^bump^
I have the same issue - I don't want to see album covers in the gallery, but I do want the music to show up in my music app - any ideas?
Thanks
.nomedia works 100% and does exactly what it says - NO MEDIA. That includes NO VIDEO, NO AUDIO, NO PHOTOS, NO WHATEVER. All system apps looking for media ignore the folder and all its subfolders.
If the album art is in a subfolder inside the album folder - put .nomedia inside that subfolder. If it's outside with the .MP3s - then .nomedia won't help you.
If you're having issues with album art, you could always embed the album art into the mp3/m4a with an app like dbpoweramp.
One more possible solution:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=4c95682562b36eca&hl=en
xManMythLegend said:
The no media trick does not solve the problem.
Android apps are scanning the entire SD for media instead of letting you pick a default directory.
I want to know if this is an android OS problem or an app development problem.
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rastacre said:
well i wouldn't call it a problem.. it's just the way the mediascanner works... it scans each directory on the sdcard for media files.
and both the gallery and music app relies on the system mediascanner to fetch pics/videos/music: it's called intended design
There is no way to set a default location for those apps.
3rd party apps can be developed for scanning predefined dirs at the developer's liking.
so for the stock apps the only option is the .nomedia file trick.
note that if u put the .nomedia into a directory, all the sub directories are going to be skipped too.
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xManMythLegend said:
THANK YOU !!
I somewhat figured this out when I saw this option in Doggcatcher.
This answers my question.
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.... what? You argued with the first post, next post said the same thing, then you're thanking them??
r4zv4n said:
^bump^
I have the same issue - I don't want to see album covers in the gallery, but I do want the music to show up in my music app - any ideas?
Thanks
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Yes, name the files right. AlbumArt.jpg
BTW, after putting the .nomedia, you will need to REBOOT the device for it to take effect and system media scanner will rescan after first start up.
I'm having trouble believing this is "by design" and adding .nomedia to EVERY FOLDER other than my music folder makes absolutely no damn sense... the other way around would make much more sense instead! ".media"
This issue has also been breaking my balls... I don't want my damn ringtones in my media library...
Kraion said:
I'm having trouble believing this is "by design" and adding .nomedia to EVERY FOLDER other than my music folder makes absolutely no damn sense... the other way around would make much more sense instead! ".media"
This issue has also been breaking my balls... I don't want my damn ringtones in my media library...
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Your ringtones should go into the following folder
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
And your notifications should go into the following folder
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
Those folders are not scanned into your music library. There is no need for .nomedia files on those two folders, otherwise they will not show up in your notifications/ringtones list.
NOTE: /sdcard means your sdcard.... so on the root of your sdcard you should put a folder named media, then inside media folder you should put another folder called audio, and then the ringtones or notifications folder inside audio folder..... This should solve your issue.
zeus_chingon said:
Your ringtones should go into the following folder
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
And your notifications should go into the following folder
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
Those folders are not scanned into your music library. There is no need for .nomedia files on those two folders, otherwise they will not show up in your notifications/ringtones list.
NOTE: /sdcard means your sdcard.... so on the root of your sdcard you should put a folder named media, then inside media folder you should put another folder called audio, and then the ringtones or notifications folder inside audio folder..... This should solve your issue.
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This works....Did this over a year ago when i first bought my N1...
does the gallery ALWAYS scan the whole SD card? i hate having pictures belonging to apps displayed in the gallery like asphalt game displays ALL images/videos and in Music app adds sounds. this is really annoying and wish it didnt scan all the sd card for music. are there specific folders that should be placed on the sd card or something? ie. sd:\Media\Videos OR sd:\Videos
Yeah it shows everything in folders that do not have a ".nomedia" file.
see http://androinica.com/2009/08/28/ho...iles-from-appearing-in-android-media-players/
Its not its fault though, the MediaScanner service is what it pulls data from (ContentProvider)
A settings option to disable this or look in just a couple of foldlers would be great.
Adding a .nomedia in a folder with mp3s with the intention of not getting the album art in gallery will have the side-effect of the mp3s not showing up in the music player
I've no problem getting unwanted sounds in the built in Music app by doing this:
(this was mentioned inside the T-Mobile G1 manual)
Put your alarms/notifications/ringtones in the following folders:
\alarms
\notifications
\ringtones
Those sounds will appear in the appropriate list when you choose to adjust those certain sounds, they also don't show up in the Music app. They do show up in 3rd party music app like DoubleTwist Music Player.
Code:
touch /sdcard/folderwithpics/.nomedia
takes literally 10 seconds to fix.
GldRush98 said:
Code:
touch /sdcard/folderwithpics/.nomedia
takes literally 10 seconds to fix.
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worked great thanks!
.nomedia media works nicely
britoso said:
Yeah it shows everything in folders that do not have a ".nomedia" file.
see http://androinica.com/2009/08/28/ho...iles-from-appearing-in-android-media-players/
Its not its fault though, the MediaScanner service is what it pulls data from (ContentProvider)
A settings option to disable this or look in just a couple of foldlers would be great.
Adding a .nomedia in a folder with mp3s with the intention of not getting the album art in gallery will have the side-effect of the mp3s not showing up in the music player
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The method posted at Androinica.com using the text file rename method worked nicely for me.
I did however have to search out where all these files were in order to place the .nomedia files properly.
I have many folders in my gallery of pics such as album art, game pics, splash screens etc which I don't want in my gallery. Is there an app or way to stop the gallery from watching certain folders. Also have the same problem with music and video where game music and videos show up.
Thanks alot
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Create a blank file named .nomedia and put it in each folder. Everything in the folder and any folder below should be hidden.
Is there a way to that on my phone or do I have to do on my comp which is at home?
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Check JustPictures app from market
A lot faster and more options than standard Gallery app
inteq said:
Check JustPictures app from market
A lot faster and more options than standard Gallery app
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Its not really a lot faster but it does have options, its significantly slower though since it shows higher resolution/quality images.
rizzy123 said:
I have many folders in my gallery of pics such as album art, game pics, splash screens etc which I don't want in my gallery. Is there an app or way to stop the gallery from watching certain folders. Also have the same problem with music and video where game music and videos show up.
Thanks alot
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you can stop the media scanner by command or by app (search in dev section)
I have a similar issue and I am going mad with my 1000s of media art showing on gallery. There should be a way to manually assign afolder for indexing.
sgsI9003 said:
I have a similar issue and I am going mad with my 1000s of media art showing on gallery. There should be a way to manually assign afolder for indexing.
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Right, i like opt-in more as well, but nowadays it is opt-out everywhere.
What i did was putting empty .nomedia file in all main folders so media scan is fast now. Gallery and MP3 Player are of course empty now, but since i use QuickPic and PowerAmp as alternatives that allow opt-in, i do not care.
Before that i used Rescan Media Root to disable media scanning completely, but this had the bad side effect of loosing custom ring tones after reboot.
Hi all,
I just put an album into the Music folder on my internal storage and had hoped it would appear in the Walkman app but it's not showing up and can I hell find any sort of wizard or setting for it to scan\rescan the internal memory for music files!?
Has anyone any suggestions? I like the sound of the built in Walkman app and don't want to have to use Google Music or some other third party app to play my music.
Thanks in advance,
M
go into settings -> apps -> and look for s.th. like media server or media storage. then delete the data. restart your phone, finally.
after rebooting, just wait a couple of minutes.
or you can go to the folder where your music files are being stored and open one of the mp3s from the file browser, Walkman app should now do a full scan of your music folder.
hebbe said:
go into settings -> apps -> and look for s.th. like media server or media storage. then delete the data. restart your phone, finally.
after rebooting, just wait a couple of minutes.
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Bingo, this worked mate and thanks a million I assume now when I add other albums it will just find them automatically?
Cheers,
M
mark.m.moran said:
I assume now when I add other albums it will just find them automatically?
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Sorry, I don't know. I guess it won't find them immediately, but a after a while maybe...
Still won't work
hebbe said:
go into settings -> apps -> and look for s.th. like media server or media storage. then delete the data. restart your phone, finally.
after rebooting, just wait a couple of minutes.
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I am using Doomsday v5 ROM. Walkman and Album won't detect my files from sdcard/ex_sdcard. I did your steps given, but still doesn't work.
Is there a way to exclude music album art from the stock Sony photo app (Xperia T running 4.3)? Album covers currently flood my photo library.
Thanks
Add a .nomedia file to your music folder
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Mad Marty said:
Add a .nomedia file to your music folder
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Doesn't this hide the actual mp3 files from apps such as Google Play Music?
butterblum said:
Doesn't this hide the actual mp3 files from apps such as Google Play Music?
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Yes, it does hide all mp3 files also; not a solution.
As far as I know, there is no solution. I just use Quickpic and remove the in-built gallery/album app (or just don't use it, if you don't want to remove it). With Quickpic you can pick which folders you want to include, or pick which folders you want to exclude, or hide. A lot more versatile than the default Android app, and 10 times faster.