Guys,
Having now got my Samsung TV set up wirelessly I thought I would try AllShare on the SGSII and DLNA a few video files across.
However, what I am finding is AllShare does not seek out all movie files stored on either the internal SD or External_SD. It lists video's you have created using the default camera App.
Has anyone found a way to get AllShare to display movies you have transferred onto the SGSII?
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Sorted - See Post 7.
I seriously can not believe no one is interested in finding out why we can not display all video/photo and audio files.
I tried this on my Tab and sure enough Allshare does display other video files not stored in the camera folder, so it begs the question why is it the SGSII does not allow you to display them?
If this is correct and again I fail to see it's accuracy that would mean you can not show a movie you have on your external_sd card via Allshare. That sounds utterly preposterous.
Either I am missing something so simple it is eluding me or there is a problem with Allshare's ability in searching for and displaying all supported file's.
I don't want this topic to die without first a fight but if no one replies it will fold away in the depth's of xda-devs.
The Allshare apps on my SGSII has no problems listing videos not inside DCIM.
I've installed the Allshare app on my HTPC (Win7). Using the app on teh SGSII I'm able to playback videos in folder /sdcard/Movies (that's the internal card, don't have an external card to test with)
Mujja said:
The Allshare apps on my SGSII has no problems listing videos not inside DCIM.
I've installed the Allshare app on my HTPC (Win7). Using the app on teh SGSII I'm able to playback videos in folder /sdcard/Movies (that's the internal card, don't have an external card to test with)
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Thanks for replying, appreciated.
Well I am pleased to hear you can display and play other video media, this is how it should be.
Now if I can get someone to test the external sd as well then I will know if I have a problem with my Allshare.
Meanwhile I will try copying a few video's to the internal sd/movies folder and see if Allshare can pick them up. If so then it may be that Allshare does not list files on the external sd.
Weird as the Tab does.
Received my SD card today and moved the videos folder over from internal to external card. Allshare still shows the videos in the My Device tab > Videos view
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Mujja said:
Received my SD card today and moved the videos folder over from internal to external card. Allshare still shows the videos in the My Device tab > Videos view
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
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Can you provide an accurate naming and directory of exactly where on the external_sd card they are stored please.
Maybe it's because I have mine buried too deep in the card for Allshare to pick them up.
As in say ~ sdcard/external_sd/movies/
/external_sd/Video/
In the Video folder I have mkvs and avi which I copied over.
Allshare could see them in KDD and now KE2 firmware. Didn't test with other firmwares.
Mujja said:
/external_sd/Video/
In the Video folder I have mkvs and avi which I copied over.
Allshare could see them in KDD and now KE2 firmware. Didn't test with other firmwares.
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That worked a treat.... Thanks, sorted.
What did you have to do, rename the Movies folder to Video?
No... When I tried that it still didn't display anything.
However when I moved the Movies folder to the root it then listed the files.
So weird.... naming the folder to Video's in the root displays nothing
Having the folder name Movies not in the root displays nothing.
.. but having the folder name Movies in the root works.
Talk about confusing.....
My next issue is with Music.
Any music in a folder named Music either in the root on the external_sd or directly in sdcard/ does not display anything inside that folder.
Where do you have your music stored and under what name?
Music is stored in /sdcard/Music/Artist/Album/track.mp3 and Allshare can see it all no problem.
I sync my music using WMP12 and it creates the Music folder and all subfolders. Works manually too.
Mujja said:
Music is stored in /sdcard/Music/Artist/Album/track.mp3 and Allshare can see it all no problem.
I sync my music using WMP12 and it creates the Music folder and all subfolders. Works manually too.
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Weird..... that is where I stored my folder named Music but Allshare finds nothing.
I'll have a closer look later... Just about to go back into theatre for this mornings Ops.
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Well... I found the time in the end and what a surprise it is...
If I place the music where you did in sdcard/music/ Allshare does not display it.
But.. if I place it in sdcard/media/ the music files are then picked up?
In the music player I get a lot of files I dont want there. Is it possible specify which folder to look for music so I wont get a stupid notifications sound or something else when I am shuffle all songs?
I want the same for the gallery app. I dont need to see all the icons, pictures used by games etc in my gallery, just the pictures take from my camera and from a specific folder.
There isn't a setting to block folders from being scanned. I remember reading a review for an app last week which lets you pick which folders you want scanned.
I don't remember the name, if I find the link I'll post it here. Think it was free.
I use StudioKUMA .nomedia manager (it's free) to control what folders get scanned.
Guys, do you know how to clean-up the media library on WP8?
I have a Lumia 920. I've copied some mp3, m4a and m4v files manually into the Music folder via USB, which helped perfectly.
Music+Videos app recognized all files I've copied and played them without any problems.
However, things started to get messy when I deleted those files manually as I've copied before and re-copied them with some more additional files.
Now I see that all those deleted and re-copied files are duplicated in the Music+Videos app and when I delete one of them from the app interface, it deletes both.
I've also tried to delete the whole library from the phone app interface and to re-copy all files again, this time they're tripled
Looks like there's a library index somewhere to be cleaned but I cannot find how...
I've Googled the issue but no related articles so far.
Any ideas?
Cheers
I've had the same problem. Except for me I also have the issue of a lot of my files won't play but they always played fine on android. mp3 files in folders etc. that wp8 just doesn't seem to like very much. It gives errors when trying to play them its lovely.
Question, maybe its just mine and my wife's phone.... but has anyone tried to move for say a music .mp3 from your download folder to your music folder and then not being at to see it in the music folder while browsing with the music player? Seems like the ROM isn't refreshing the files. Make sense??
I have tried ES File Explorer and File Expert HD. I download a .mp3 or movie, shows in my download folder, and when I try to move it to another folder, it shows that it was moved but doesn't show up in the folder I moved it to. This is also the same for pictures. If I have stored pictures on my phone, or pictures I download, once I move them to another folder to sort, my phone doesn't show them. I have tried restarting and refreshing my gallery with no luck.
Anyone else notice this? If you have found a work around please let me know.
Thanks!
The downloaded videos become shareable only after I move them to another folder. If I return the video to the original download folder the file stays shareable. I'm using the s6 syock video player to share the files with samsung smart tv.
When I click MORE in the native player, the options -editor and -delete become available only after moving the file to a different folder (share option is always there but works only after I move the file). What is the problem here, why is the video sharable only after moving it to another folder.
Thanks for reading
No talk of torrenting is allowed on XDA. This post will be closed pretty quick. Might want to change your wording
Just looking out for ya.