Hello all. I have a quick, hopefully easy question - is there a way to organize the Walkman playlist by Folder, filename, etc. ? I prefer Walkman app compared to Winamp because Winamp freezes when trying to access a lot of mp3 files and Walkman works perfectly. In the past (I had W902, W700) you were able to create a .pls file on your PC and copy it in the phone's memory with the exact location of all the mp3s on the phone. That's.. well.. not very user friendly.
Any suggestions are welcome
+1. OP, please post if you found a solution
Walkman, sort by folder
impressa said:
+1. OP, please post if you found a solution
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I did It's called MortPlayer Music. I've heard this should also be resolved in Android 4.2.
Cannot post a link to Google Play, sorry
Thanks I actually got MixZing, but still would be nice to have folder based playlists in vanilla Walkman
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Hi,
I know the answer to this question is probably NO . But what the hell, I will ask it anyway !
Is there ANY software for android that plays music by folder and not by album (I hate this soooo much !) I have no idea why all music apps are now only playing music by album and not by physical folder on the sdcard. Its soo stupid and annoying! IMHO.
Fingers Crossed ......
Why not just make playlists by folder?
Could you elaborate on that ? As far as I know I can only create playlists from songs.
And anyway, the thing is, I keep updating my songs frequently and its mostly singles. So I want to be able to just throw my music into different folders, the way i have it in my computer and just play from those folders!
Like the good old MP3 players.........not the iPod which was one of the first ****ty players to take off this option :S
my music player will sort by date added to the phone. (Musicflow)
it uses the database from android.provider to populate the list.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.Audio.AudioColumns.html
there is a list of all the tings you can sort by if you use this database, otherwise you need to write your own code find all the songs and put them in a list.
Yes, there is. Try MediaByPath
Hi Andrew,
Thanks alot for your help mate !! I looked it up on androidlib and it seems to be EXACTLY what im looking for. But somehow its not showing up in the android marketplace. I have contacted the developer, so hopefully he will get this resolved.
But thanks again mate!! I reallyyyy appreciate it
Meridian will also play songs by folder using it's "browse" function.
Yep Meridian worked Thnx a million mate !! Happy Holidays!
Seems the .nomedia file trick works for keeping ringtones playing in the music player as well. The android music player, like the gallery app, searches and plays EVERY peice of sound file available on the device's memory.
But, once .nomedia is placed in the ringtone folder, you're ROM cannot find the ringtones anymore!
Any solution to this? Why can't these smartphones be "smarter"? Hell, blackberries had this feature ages ago...
You're telling the OS there's no media in that folder, thus it stops looking for any media there. It's not hard to figure out. Despite not being tagged songs, the mp3 or files are still viewed as media.
Does the media player offer some sort of folder exclusion for its libraries? I never use anything but Pandora, so I wouldn't know.
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You're telling the OS there's no media in that folder, thus it stops looking for any media there. It's not hard to figure out. Despite not being tagged songs, the mp3 or files are still viewed as media.
Does the media player offer some sort of folder exclusion for its libraries? I never use anything but Pandora, so I wouldn't know.
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Yea I understood that, but that's basically what I'm wondering - if there's an exclusion folder made specifically for ringstones/notifications. You'd think there would be, in fact, there HAS to be...
There is a way. Search the forums I know its been posted before I just can't remember how. Also, check your gallery thread, try that solution for music, may work.
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I don't know about how you're trying to set a ringtone, but try removing the .nomedia file and rename the folder with a period in front (if it's named ringtones, rename it .ringtones, etc.). That should still exclude the folder from libraries, but it still might stop it from being found by whatever method you're using to set the tone.
Also, if you feel like dicking around with the phone's internal media, the ringtones there are stored in /system/media/audio/ringtones/; you can probably add a file there and keep it excluded.
use a different media player. i recommend doubletwist.
I have my ringtones in media/audio/ringtones on my sd and none of them show up in my music player.
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I have my ringtones in media/audio/ringtones on my sd and none of them show up in my music player.
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that is strange because I do too and they show up in the stock HTC music player. quite annoying
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that is strange because I do too and they show up in the stock HTC music player. quite annoying
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I use cm7 so I haven't tried the htc player in a while sorry
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Make sure the folder is named exactly as above. I originally fogot the S on ringtones. Once I added it my ringtones no longer showed up in my stock music player.
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Hi guys......I've been using Apex 5.3 and I've noticed something......You make a playlist in your favorite music player and then reboot the phone, after the reboot and the media scanner, you check the playlist and there are no songs in the playlist!!..............I've notted that it just happens in Android 2.2 Froyo, when i was whit a GB ROM It didn't happen...... I would like to know if there is any way to avoid this!.....It's annoying making the same playlist a lot of times!!! I would appreciate you to Help Me
And....sorry for my bad English ...........If you don't understand my words tell me please I'm just learning and i'm from Mexico!! Greetings
I have similar issue with mixzing. Playlists are lost after flashing roms. Any suggestion on how to preserve my playlists
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I have similar issue with mixzing. Playlists are lost after flashing roms. Any suggestion on how to preserve my playlists
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Your playlist are usually saved on your sd card as a little file. You could back it up and re-open it after flashing a new ROM.
Might be different with different player tho, I haven't tested it. Just my though on it as I don't use playlist
Do you know where I can find this file???
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Do you know where I can find this file???
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Usually would be in a folder created by your music player (with the name of your music player). Although, like I mentionned, I don't use playlist so I'm not sure where they would be placed
I'm going to go ahead and mention this now:
This is an issue relating to the media scanner. It is not specific to any one application, phone, or ROM. I've done a ton of searching on Google for an answer, and it is obviously not restricted and seems to come from the media scanner. Winamp, Songbird, PowerAMP, Instinctiv, Android Music, etc... all seem to have this problem.
As far as I know, there is no fix. Your best bet is to get an app that will let you sync playlists from your computer, and sync regularly. If you use an app that saves playlists as .m3u, you can create a new folder called .NoMedia, and media scanner will ignore it, and thus, not try to update it. If your app does not create playlist files, your playlists are stored in a database file and you're really out of luck.
Please, if anyone knows of a fix, please help!
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I'm going to go ahead and mention this now:
This is an issue relating to the media scanner. It is not specific to any one application, phone, or ROM. I've done a ton of searching on Google for an answer, and it is obviously not restricted and seems to come from the media scanner. Winamp, Songbird, PowerAMP, Instinctiv, Android Music, etc... all seem to have this problem.
As far as I know, there is no fix. Your best bet is to get an app that will let you sync playlists from your computer, and sync regularly. If you use an app that saves playlists as .m3u, you can create a new folder called .NoMedia, and media scanner will ignore it, and thus, not try to update it. If your app does not create playlist files, your playlists are stored in a database file and you're really out of luck.
Please, if anyone knows of a fix, please help!
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The only solution I've found is FLASHING A GINGERBREAD ROM...I haven't had problems about this in Gingerbread........But I think they are still a little unstables!! :S
I'm having the same problem with FroYo and PowerAmp on my Captivate but the problem only occurs when I unmount and re-mount the SD cards and then the media scanner runs. If I reboot on the phone normally the scanner leaves the playlists in tact.
If you're using PowerAmp there's actually a 2 different settings that fix this, under Advanced Folder options: No System Scan For Folders, and Create /MusicFolders. For the first one you just select which folders you want to exclude from the scanner, for the latter it creates said folder (on both SD cards) and then you need to move your music to the MusicFolders folder(s). I suppose the former is easier if you have your music spread out over both SD cards or just don't feel like moving your music underneath another subfolder. The trade-off to this is that you lose use of the System Library and can only use Folder Playlists.
I used the Create /MusicFolders option, moved all my mp3s under it, created a couple of playlists with a few songs each. Unmounted/re-mounted the SD cards and also rebooted the phone and let the media scanner run both times and the Folder Playlists were untouched. Hopefully there's a fix eventually but for now, I can live with cumbersome functionality of using only folders since I only use playlists and very rarely shuffle all the songs on my phone. Not having to spend a half hour recreating playlists is more than worth the tradeoff.
Hello.
First I just wanna say sorry if my english is bad, its not my first langues.
I got Xperia Z for some weeks ago, and its working fine except for one thing.
When I put in Flac-music from my computer to the phone, with the program called Media Go, some albums show as unknown artist and is 0 secs long, and isent able to play at all.
I manage with one album by puttiing it in the phone and then delete it and then put it back for like 10-20 times, but that havent worked with the other albums.
So someone that knows how I fix this problem?
Thanks in advance.
What app are you trying to play them in? I think the Walkman app has issues with FLAC files, you might be better off converting them to MP3 (or similar).
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What app are you trying to play them in? I think the Walkman app has issues with FLAC files, you might be better off converting them to MP3 (or similar).
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its the normal app, that is called Walkman, yes.
Do you know if they will fix the app soon? Or if I can get some other good app that can manage flac-files? Because I really wanna use Flac-files, thats one of the reasons why I got android instead of iPhone.
I did a little more Googling, and it looks like the Walkman app *should* play FLAC files.
Can you check that the file copied over correctly? Maybe try playing it in another player. Google Play Music (orange headphone icon) plays FLAC files.
Walkman plays Flac just fine
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it should be able to play Flac? Then why is it doing the thing its doing? And how do I fix it?
Did you try playing them in Google Play Music?
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Did you try playing them in Google Play Music?
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No I havent done that yet, I havent been home, but I try it now
How do I put in music inside this app?
I managed to put in a song inside the app, but it happend same thing as with the walkman-app...now what?
It automatically scans your sdcard for files it can play. If you saved your files on an external sdcard, move them to the internal /sdcard/Music directory. (You shouldn't need to do this, but do it anyway to be sure.) Reboot your phone afterwards to ensure it rescans for changes. (Again, you shouldn't have to do this, but we want to be sure.)
If nothing shows up, then the files might be corrupt.
You can check their file sizes using File Manager and comparing wit the ones on your PC.
You can also copy them back off your phone to a temporary location and see if they play on your PC.
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It automatically scans your sdcard for files it can play. If you saved your files on an external sdcard, move them to the internal /sdcard/Music directory. (You shouldn't need to do this, but do it anyway to be sure.) Reboot your phone afterwards to ensure it rescans for changes. (Again, you shouldn't have to do this, but we want to be sure.)
If nothing shows up, then the files might be corrupt.
You can check their file sizes using thees on your PC.
You can also copy them back off your phone to a temporary location and see if they play on your PC.
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the files work on my computer, I have already tryed that, I have played them many times.
So you've copied a file back off your phone and it played on your PC, but neither Walkman nor Google Play Music will play the file. Is that right?
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So you've copied a file back off your phone and it played on your PC, but neither Walkman nor Google Play Music will play the file. Is that right?
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thats correct, yes.
If I check in the folders on the computer, I can see that the song that dosent work on my phone, gets to the right artist-folder in the phone, and I can play it with the computer.
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thats correct, yes.
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This might be relevant: http://www.romaco.ca/blog/2012/12/01/fix-flac-files-not-playing-on-android/
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See if this file will play with Walkman or Google Play Music: http://archive.org/download/Jesi_Demo/Demo_-_02_-_Corporate_Dirty_Work.flac
If it does then the problem could be with the tags on your files. You can use MusicBrainz on your PC to automatically tag your music. Just try with one or two first.
How do I remove the ID3 tags? Sorry, but I am kinda bad at these stuff.
Check my post above.
ow, sorry, I missed that. Thanks alot for your help!
You're welcome. Did the file I linked to play?
Well, kind of 3 months ago I discovered that my lyrics app (Lyrics Grabber) didn't find my music anymore, and magically it did find other audio files (Recordings, Ringtones, Attachments from Any.do, Whatsapp Audios). So I noticed that the "Music" folder is being ignored by the app; all other folders are found. And it's exactly the same with musixmatch, shuttle, nexmusic and google play music. So I assume that it happens to all the music players but... poweramp. It's pretty weird but it's so. The only music player that finds my music is poweramp. It may be because poweramp has an option to manually choose which folder are gonna be scanned but I don't know what's going on with it. Any ideas?
Note: I'm 16, and I'm learning to speak English by myself, so if I made a mistake or you didn't get what I'm trying to say, plz tell me and I'll try to explain it better
Note 2: I'm on lollipop.
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Well, kind of 3 months ago I discovered that my lyrics app (Lyrics Grabber) didn't find my music anymore, and magically it did find other audio files (Recordings, Ringtones, Attachments from Any.do, Whatsapp Audios). So I noticed that the "Music" folder is being ignored by the app; all other folders are found. And it's exactly the same with musixmatch, shuttle, nexmusic and google play music. So I assume that it happens to all the music players but... poweramp. It's pretty weird but it's so. The only music player that finds my music is poweramp. It may be because poweramp has an option to manually choose which folder are gonna be scanned but I don't know what's going on with it. Any ideas?
Note: I'm 16, and I'm learning to speak English by myself, so if I made a mistake or you didn't get what I'm trying to say, plz tell me and I'll try to explain it better
Note 2: I'm on lollipop.
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I use following app whenever I have this kind of problems:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=card.rescan.radeff&hl=en
By the way, your english is pretty good, keep it up :good: