I notice that the music player n gallery will show files from apps folder and its annoying cuz it clutters everything. Is there a way to specify both to only display folders that only i want? Say i only want music player to scan and display files from MP3 folder ONLY. Can?
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flyguy729 said:
I notice that the music player n gallery will show files from apps folder and its annoying cuz it clutters everything. Is there a way to specify both to only display folders that only i want? Say i only want music player to scan and display files from MP3 folder ONLY. Can?
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Create a file called .nomedia in every folder that you want excluded from media scanning. This will also exclude sub folders.
it doesnt really solve the problem. Is there a way to specify which folder for the media player to scan?
N it will delete any file in d folder if .nomedia file is put after media scanner has scanned the files.
I get inconsistent results with music widget auto downloading album art.
Is there a way to manually do this?
masbirdies said:
I get inconsistent results with music widget auto downloading album art.
Is there a way to manually do this?
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The two options I use are putting a .jpg named AlbumArt.jpg in the folder where that album is. Some of my songs have album art embedded in the mp3 in which case they show up fine.
Hi. I have just got a GNex after changing from an S2.
I copied and pasted all my music which is in an itunes folder on my PC... i don't have an ipod or an iphone, but do like it as a pc mucic player before anyone flames me.
Anyway, simply file system of folder Music - then all the albums in that.
Copied all the album folders to the 'music' folder on the Gnex and the music plays fine, problem is there is hardly any album artwork, just some horrible generic image on most.
On my S2 nearly all album artwork is there so why is it not working on the GNex.
Have tried the album art grabber app etc and they find all the artwork, they display all the artwork in the artwork app, but when i go back to the music player, there is still no artwork!!
So how can i get all the album artwork back on my music player as my lovely screen looks totally crap with some horrible big stock artwork cover which is just two bands of different colour, horrid.. please help....
thanks
sferg.410 said:
Hi. I have just got a GNex after changing from an S2.
I copied and pasted all my music which is in an itunes folder on my PC... i don't have an ipod or an iphone, but do like it as a pc mucic player before anyone flames me.
Anyway, simply file system of folder Music - then all the albums in that.
Copied all the album folders to the 'music' folder on the Gnex and the music plays fine, problem is there is hardly any album artwork, just some horrible generic image on most.
On my S2 nearly all album artwork is there so why is it not working on the GNex.
Have tried the album art grabber app etc and they find all the artwork, they display all the artwork in the artwork app, but when i go back to the music player, there is still no artwork!!
So how can i get all the album artwork back on my music player as my lovely screen looks totally crap with some horrible big stock artwork cover which is just two bands of different colour, horrid.. please help....
thanks
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delete the files cache in adroid folder on your sdcard delete player setttings and cache restart and will works
ChanceOfChange said:
delete the files cache in adroid folder on your sdcard delete player setttings and cache restart and will works
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that worked great... thanks a lot...
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
There is a .NOMEDIA file in the demovideo folder. Copy that file to the folders you don't want to get indexed, then clear the cache of the album app. Reboot your phone and your set.
LucoBuck said:
There is a .NOMEDIA file in the demovideo folder. Copy that file to the folders you don't want to get indexed, then clear the cache of the album app. Reboot your phone and your set.
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thanks for the hint, but unfortunately it didn't work!
*bump*
sorry, as i didn't find a solution yet...
Use Quickpic app to hide any folders you don't want the album to see. It works fine.
biffsmash said:
Use Quickpic app to hide any folders you don't want the album to see. It works fine.
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thanks for your reply. i read about quickpic. but doesn't quickpic just hide the images only from the quickpic-gallery?!
hebbe said:
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
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QUICKPIC is the solution - try n confirm.
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Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
SirRobin78 said:
Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
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seems that there is something wrong with your .nomedia file, too
.nomedia file is created with QuickPic...
SirRobin78 said:
Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
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USE QUICKPIC please. It is (so far) the only quick solution.
You do not need a .nomedia file under your music directory. You do however need to rename the album/cover art jpg files to AlbumArt.jpg (not cover.jpg or other filename), and Sony's Album app will automatically exclude those images.
You will still need to clear the media cache.
exmatproton said:
USE QUICKPIC please. It is (so far) the only quick solution.
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I´ve done it with quickpic allready but right now after this step newer whatsapp pictures are back again in album app...
Bravia engine not working with quickpic
I've noticed Bravia Engine doesn't kick in when viewing images with QuickPic. Is there a way it enable it?
As I understand it, the .nomedia file doesn't work with JB 4.2+
Check StudioKuma .nomedia manager on PlayStore
hebbe said:
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
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Well, I just downloaded an icon pack and added a single period in front of the name of the unpacked folder. This makes the folder hidden. It no longer shows on my album or my widget for that matter.
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use gallery pro
The .nomedia solution works perfectly fine for me. However it will not exclude stuff that is already in the album so you need to clear the data of the Media Storage (Settings --> Apps --> All --> Media Storage) app. It will mean that it will need to rescan your phone however, but it will correctly exclude any directory with the .nomedia file in it.
This works on XZ and it also worked on my old SGS3 running CM10.1 (JB 4.2.2)
Syzygial said:
I've noticed Bravia Engine doesn't kick in when viewing images with QuickPic. Is there a way it enable it?
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No, be is part of the stock album app.
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Quickpic hides them from both galleries. If they're still in your album after you've hidden them, then you either need to reboot or if you've stopped media scanner you have to scan media to ensure they're no longer shown in album app.
Quick pic works perfectly on Z I use it to hide all my wallpapers from the gallery ;-p
It's a good way of seeing what your pictures REALLY look like without Bravia shenanigans also lol
My picture gallery is filled with 100s of album covers from my music library. How do I remove these from the Gallery (apart from going through them one by by one which will take forever)?
drb01 said:
My picture gallery is filled with 100s of album covers from my music library. How do I remove these from the Gallery (apart from going through them one by by one which will take forever)?
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you should be able to isolate the folder that they come from and disable that folder from showing up in your gallery. If you are unable to do so, then I would suggest using Quickpic which is a far better program than gallery anyway. Look in the settings for gallery to see if that option exists.
drb01 said:
My picture gallery is filled with 100s of album covers from my music library. How do I remove these from the Gallery (apart from going through them one by by one which will take forever)?
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a .nomedia file in the root of the music folder might do the trick. However depending upon what music program you use it might also make the music "disappear" from view.
sleekmason said:
you should be able to isolate the folder that they come from and disable that folder from showing up in your gallery. If you are unable to do so, then I would suggest using Quickpic which is a far better program than gallery anyway. Look in the settings for gallery to see if that option exists.
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Went for QuickPic in the end - as you say, much better. Thanks!