It seems I can not figure out how to keep Google Music (GM) from playing all my ringtones and notifications. Now, because I downloaded the 640+ 7z file that's floating around here on XDA (thanks BTW) it can go for several minutes playing various beeps and whistles.
So, I guess I am looking for a bailout for GM... :-!
(I know that was pretty bad.)
Anyone know how to prevent this without putting a .nomedia file in each folder?
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I think Google Music ignores the "blessed" folders where tones are normally kept (media>ringtones/alarms/notifications) but may pick up music stored in other folders under media.
I have several tone folders under media that are picked up by GM, but the standard folders are ignored.
I had the same problem, even with the old i8000. The solution was to name the folder with the music - "Music", and ringtones - "Ringtones".The same SD card is now in my RAZR and the phone does not use ringtones in player.
Well, the folders are media>Music and media>audio.
I try both solutions, thanks.
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In case you don't know yet, the standard operation is to add an empty file titles ".nomedia" to any folder you don't want to be scanned for media. This works with most mustic players I've tried, including Google/Play Music.
In Windows, you can't name a file with just an extension but you can with cmd prompt. So just create a text file with right-click->New->Text file called "nomedia.txt" and use cmd prompt to do "ren nomedia.txt .nomedia"
then copy that folder to your ringtone folders, regardless of name.
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so my dad just started using his vibrant for music, and it annoys the both of us that all of the ringtones show up. I tried the .nomedia file, and that did work for the music player,
but it also made picking the ringtone for the phone impossible.
so is there anyway to do this?
neok44 said:
so my dad just started using his vibrant for music, and it annoys the both of us that all of the ringtones show up. I tried the .nomedia file, and that did work for the music player,
but it also made picking the ringtone for the phone impossible.
so is there anyway to do this?
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place an empty file called .nomedia in the directories where the ringtones, notifications are.
I do as follow on the linux box
Code:
touch .nomedia
adb push .nomedia /sdcard/media/ringtones/
And so on
lqaddict said:
place an empty file called .nomedia in the directories where the ringtones, notifications are.
I do as follow on the linux box
Code:
touch .nomedia
adb push .nomedia /sdcard/media/ringtones/
And so on
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apparently you didn't read my post. I didn't use adb, but i created a .nomedia file, and put it in those folders. And it did work, they didn't show up in the music player.
however, it ALSO removed all those files from the entire system. If i go to pick my ringtone, they don't show up, not in the stock picker, or rings extended.
anyone have any ideas?
Back in the days...i had the same issue with the G1.....
neok44 said:
anyone have any ideas?
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I doubt if there is a solution to this, unless someone is hiding it from us. I also only know about the .nomedia file, but it does totally eliminate it from the system and not just from the player. The same thing with the picture Gallery - it shows all the icons and folder.jpg files also = VERY annoying.
As far as I know, it has always been an issue which I only have to live with. - any updates will be appreciated, please.
bert269 said:
I doubt if there is a solution to this, unless someone is hiding it from us. I also only know about the .nomedia file, but it does totally eliminate it from the system and not just from the player. The same thing with the picture Gallery - it shows all the icons and folder.jpg files also = VERY annoying.
As far as I know, it has always been an issue which I only have to live with. - any updates will be appreciated, please.
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I use an appacalled ES File Explorer to do any file management.
the .nomedia files appear to hide files from the gallery, music player and video player apps when that "media search" occurs upon disconnecting USB or powering up. Doesn't seem to remove them from the system.
Using the file explorer above I can very simply navigate to and play/view any such media in with whatever player I wish to. Suggesting trying ES file explorer out.
Nickarus said:
I use an appacalled ES File Explorer to do any file management.
the .nomedia files appear to hide files from the gallery, music player and video player apps when that "media search" occurs upon disconnecting USB or powering up. Doesn't seem to remove them from the system.
Using the file explorer above I can very simply navigate to and play/view any such media in with whatever player I wish to. Suggesting trying ES file explorer out.
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interesting, i'll give this a shot. I know manually adding the .nomedia file through windows or astro kills it from the entire system, except obviously for file managers.
well i tried creating a .nomedia file there, same thing.
but i really do like the UI of that app, so i guess the best thing to do now is just put .nomedia files everywhere and use that app to find my ringtone.
The album covers can all be hidden from gallery by calling the files AlbumArt.jpg - Im still looking for answer to hide music from player
davgriffith said:
Im still looking for answer to hide music from player
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This method works perfectly for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9452218&postcount=1
I have scanned various threads regarding this topic and we all know how even if you place your ringtones/notifications in a different folder than your music files they still show up in Music Player
We also know about the 2 workarounds: Use a different music player that lets you pick which directories your music is stored (best solution so far) or put an empty file named .nomedia where your ringtones are. That is not a good choice since it hides the ringtones from media scanner and therefore will not be selectable as a ringtone or notification unless you use a third party app.
Workaround #3: (my preference)
I followed the instructions from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7375013
1) - On your sdcard, create a folder called "media", then create another folder in that called "audio".
2) - Inside the "audio" folder, create 3 seperate folders called "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones".
3) Convert your ringtones and notifications from MP3 to WAV. Yes they will be slightly larger, I converted PLAINRING.MP3 > WAV and it went from 74kb to 613kb. Not a big deal.
4) Copy the WAV files to the correct directories you just created and you've got tones! They will be hidden from Music Player but they will show up with all your other ringtones and notifications.
No need for root or any third party apps...unless you want to convert MP3 to WAV on your phone instead of a PC
Thanks for sharing...
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Create a blank text file on your pc and name it .nomedia (don't let it save the .txt extension) and place it in the directory you want to hide media from the player.
patriot1973 said:
Create a blank text file on your pc and name it .nomedia (don't let it save the .txt extension) and place it in the directory you want to hide media from the player.
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Tut Tut . . . You didn't read the OP before replying.
Yea I hate this too.even shows game sounds too. So I use MixZing player instead!
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Phrack said:
I have scanned various threads regarding this topic and we all know how even if you place your ringtones/notifications in a different folder than your music files they still show up in Music Player
We also know about the 2 workarounds: Use a different music player that lets you pick which directories your music is stored (best solution so far) or put an empty file named .nomedia where your ringtones are. That is not a good choice since it hides the ringtones from media scanner and therefore will not be selectable as a ringtone or notification unless you use a third party app.
Workaround #3: (my preference)
I followed the instructions from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7375013
1) - On your sdcard, create a folder called "media", then create another folder in that called "audio".
2) - Inside the "audio" folder, create 3 seperate folders called "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones".
3) Convert your ringtones and notifications from MP3 to WAV. Yes they will be slightly larger, I converted PLAINRING.MP3 > WAV and it went from 74kb to 613kb. Not a big deal.
4) Copy the WAV files to the correct directories you just created and you've got tones! They will be hidden from Music Player but they will show up with all your other ringtones and notifications.
No need for root or any third party apps...unless you want to convert MP3 to WAV on your phone instead of a PC
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Thank you very much!!! Best solution so far!
I tried the "ringtones" folder, tried the .nomedia file, and neither of those solutions really worked well.
Your idea did the trick perfectly!
Stock music players haven't been updated yet? So, we can choose just the directories we want.
freakpunker said:
Stock music players haven't been updated yet? So, we can choose just the directories we want.
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I am not sure, they might have updated by now - you resurrected a 3+ month old thread. Since you did not add to the solutions and your only question is something not directly related to fixing the issue and could have been easily checked out on your own, I am not sure for your reason for resurrecting this thread. Now that it has been brought back how about you check out the stock app and report back?
I just make a playlist that does not include the ringtones.
Hello I've being using miui for a while now and I really like the music player but there is only one dealbreaker.
I'm using banshee and rhythmbox (on ubuntu) to transfer the music to the phone. these programs generate a folder tree as follows
Sdcard/music/artist/album.... Te etc.
The thing is that I can't find a way to make my miui player to load all the folders and songs inside the sdcard/music folder when I'm limiting the music search to this particular folder in only loads the songs that are on this folder but not the subfolders and their content.
Please help
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I've been having trouble editing the play lists, is there a soft ware like itunes on computer which you can create and edit play list easily?
One thing that bothers me about the music player on this phone is that it shows every track in the SD, including the tracks in the game Real Racing 2, which I installed in the SD. Is there anyway to let the player play the songs only in the Music folder?
I also find that there were few duplicate songs in song list, even i just put in one of it.
Open file explorer and add a . (dot) at the beginning.
This works for all media like pictures etc.
Example:
Music
What you do is >
.Music
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Efe64 said:
Open file explorer and add a . (dot) at the beginning.
This works for all media like pictures etc.
Example:
Music
What you do is >
.Music
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thanks, did mean add a dot before mp3 files or before folder name?
Folder name
Sorry, forgot to say that
Send from the best device ever.
Go to the folder with songs you don't need and create a file named .nomedia (with a dot, it's important). Then this folder and everything inside it will not show up in the music player/ gallery.
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hey guys,
ive searched the web and cant find any answers to this so here goes:
i Listen to audio dramas and mostly get them as podcasts with itunes, i dropped them onto my sd card so i could listen to them on my phone, they are all in folder format separated by chapters.
on the sd card they are labeled folders 1-47 however, for some reason every media player ive tried, even folder player which is meant to simply play items in folder format rearranges my folder structures so instead of 1-47, it only shows the first folder "chapter 1" then its 11 on wards with the missing folders scattered in between and in media players they are seen as one album and randomly structured throughout.
how do i get it organized? ive tried podcast players, lots of paid/free media players none of them do it. it has to be android as in itunes and windows for that matter they are all in order.
does anyone know why it does this? i remember android doing the same thing years ago and i just used to fix each item individually but really that isnt an option now since there are 100s of mp3s
i dont see what the difference is from music albums to these, i even set them in a album centric folder structure to see if that would work but no dice. its really annoying
any insight on this would be great,
thanks
Name 1-9 as 01,02 etc should keep them in the right order then
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Thanks for your reply. Already in 00 format, doesn't do a thing unfortunately. I've found a work around by simply using a podcast app and downloading direct to the device.
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