Someone said the default music player can't play music from SD card directly. Is that true? I am considering which model (32GB or 16GB) should I buy.
hkltchun said:
Someone said the default music player can't play music from SD card directly. Is that true? I am considering which model (32GB or 16GB) should I buy.
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I just tested this. You can play pretty much anything off of the ext sd card that your heart desires, without transferring anything. What I do is use 'es file explorer'. Open that up, and change your default "home" directory to "/" (without quotes) via the settings. This is the root directory of the system. There will be a folder called 'sdcard2'. Which is your external sd. Now you can browse for any file, and play any file you want. Of course, this folder will not be accessible if you just open the music/video player; unless you use the file transfer app. But just use a file explorer. Its the same thing!
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But using a file explorer will not let you play all the songs at once. You can only play each song one by one...
3vilhomer said:
But using a file explorer will not let you play all the songs at once. You can only play each song one by one...
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This is true. So, you'd have to use the file transfer app for that. We need root!!! And all of these tedious issues would go away. I need to start running some adb commands. Lol!
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Thanks both of you. Is that a android 3.X problem? or the app just search the specific music folder on internal storage, so it can play music from other directory.
What happens if you have an .m3u playlist file together with your mp3 list in the card, and open that one with an m3u app, for example?
wickwire said:
What happens if you have an .m3u playlist file together with your mp3 list in the card, and open that one with an m3u app, for example?
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I bet that would work?! I may try that when I get time!
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hkltchun said:
Thanks both of you. Is that a android 3.X problem? or the app just search the specific music folder on internal storage, so it can play music from other directory.
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Actually its a Sony issue. All of the other tablets that I've had (gtab, xoom, transformer) did not suffer from this issue. I believe that Sony did this to prevent users from "expanding" their storage. Its lame, but after root it would be an easy fix!
EDIT: Im pretty sure that third-party apps don't suffer from locating the ext sd card via their interfaces. I think its just the built-in Sony apps? Definitely not an android 3.x issue.
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Hi,
Just tried this on my sony tablet, m3u opening is tricky but there's another, simpler way:
Install Astro Player Nova, for example
Then navigate to /mnt/sdcard2 and just select all mp3 files and let 'em rip!
wickwire said:
Hi,
Just tried this on my sony tablet, m3u opening is tricky but there's another, simpler way:
Install Astro Player Nova, for example
Then navigate to /mnt/sdcard2 and just select all mp3 files and let 'em rip!
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Sweet! Nice find.
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Ok, guys you can play music or videos from the SD card but using a third party app like for music I use PowerAmp and for video Video MX and it works flawlessly.
still no good news about playing music SD card using the default music player??
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With the Poweramp player you can select in the settings wich folders you want to be in your library included the one from your ext sd card. So you can play every album you have on it, shuffle it, make playlists etc...
haenraets said:
Even more simple
With the Poweramp player you can select in the settings wich folders you want to be in your library included the one from your ext sd card. So you can play every album you have on it, shuffle it, make playlists etc...
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I did the same! Is better to use power amp, is also nicer and sounds better!
samsky said:
Ok, guys you can play music or videos from the SD card but using a third party app like for music I use PowerAmp and for video Video MX and it works flawlessly.
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Sorry, didn't see this post. But that's the way to go!
Hi I have seen in reviews that the sd card is just for transfering data is this true? e.g. if I put some videos or other files I will have to transfer them to internal storage before opening them?
No sir.
U can play videos directly from ur sd card using third party apps.
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xperiax10.awesome said:
No sir.
U can play videos directly from ur sd card using third party apps.
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Thanks so is that the same for any app? e.g. read ebooks / comics or play mp3s all off the sd card?
The reviews got me worried there but if they just mean you cant install to sd then there is no problem as who is going to need more than 4gb for that.
You can store data on the external sd card and some apps will allow you to choose where it looks for data (vidoes, mp3s, etc.) but you can't install/access apps from the external sdcard. Hopefully ICS will address that issue, but Sony will probably hijack it once again.
I don't know if anybody else has any issues with google music not recognizing music stored on their sd card, if their phone already has internal storage, but I have noticed on my HTC Amaze that google music will only recognize the music on the internal storage and not all of the songs I had on my micro sd. Is it possible to modify google music to read or find music from more than one location on your phone?
PS I have more music than what would fit on the the phones storage so moving songs from micro SD to the phones internal storage would not be an option.
Delete The google music app and then reinstall it from some other source ! Maybe there's some problem in the APK !
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PlusAndroid said:
Delete The google music app and then reinstall it from some other source ! Maybe there's some problem in the APK !
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I talked to another amaze owner that had the same problem. The issue is that google music will only recognize music files that are saved directly on the root of the SD card. As soon as the files are moved into a folder within the SD card it stops recognizing that the music is there anymore.
improperburial said:
I talked to another amaze owner that had the same problem. The issue is that google music will only recognize music files that are saved directly on the root of the SD card. As soon as the files are moved into a folder within the SD card it stops recognizing that the music is there anymore.
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I have my Music Files arranged in a folder in the SD Card, still the Google Music App recognizes them!
you may use another music player to play the songs on ur tf card
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PlusAndroid said:
I have my Music Files arranged in a folder in the SD Card, still the Google Music App recognizes them!
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what phone do you have? does it have internal storage and a sd card slot? I have it on my nexus one and it has no problem recognizing music on the phone at all. I think something about having more than one storage place makes google music get all weird.
improperburial said:
what phone do you have? does it have internal storage and a sd card slot? I have it on my nexus one and it has no problem recognizing music on the phone at all. I think something about having more than one storage place makes google music get all weird.
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GT-I9003
Yes, it has both, internal storage as well as sd card!
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I just got the Transformer Prime and popped in my class 4 32 gb micro SD card that I used in my Acer A500. I've got a lot of music and some movies on the card. I can play the movies no problem if I navigate to them with a file manager. When I click a song, Google Music opens but never plays any music or displays any info.I downloaded Poweramp but Im unable top navigate to external storage and it doesn't auto detect it. I copied a folder to the music folder on the internal sd card and both apps play the songs fine.
Is there a way to enable the SD card with these apps? I've also noticed that pics from external SD are not displayed in the gallery but they are in file manager. I have not yet rooted or unlocked and Im running the latest OTA.
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Use Poweramp. You need to turn on sdcard detection manually...poke thru the settings. Default music apps suck.
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I've transferred some video files to the SD card on the Z Ultra (using Sony Bridge for Mac) but the Z Ultra's Movie app does not recognize these files at all. I've tried to clear the data of Media Storage (in Apps -> All) and restart the phone to force a rescan of the media files but that doesn't seem to be able to resolve the problem. Also, strangely the phone DOES recognize video files stored in the Internal Phone Storage. It also DOES recognize music files stored on my SD card - so the only problem is with video files. Appreciate if you have a fix to this problem!
zeefung said:
I've transferred some video files to the SD card on the Z Ultra (using Sony Bridge for Mac) but the Z Ultra's Movie app does not recognize these files at all. I've tried to clear the data of Media Storage (in Apps -> All) and restart the phone to force a rescan of the media files but that doesn't seem to be able to resolve the problem. Also, strangely the phone DOES recognize video files stored in the Internal Phone Storage. It also DOES recognize music files stored on my SD card - so the only problem is with video files. Appreciate if you have a fix to this problem!
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Obvious question... What format are the movies in?
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SpyderTracks said:
Obvious question... What format are the movies in?
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Thanks for your reply. I figured out a fix already. Just create a new folder called "Video 2" or something. Then, use the phone's File Commander app, move all those videos in the existing folder to the new "Video 2" folder. Then those videos will load in the Movies app.