Just got my phone. I've inserted an SD card that has a lot of music, and each album has an image for the album cover.
The problem is that the stock Gallery app reconizes each album folder as a gallery. Is there a way to exclude a folder from the media scanner?
This could be done by creating a File with the name .nomedia in the folders you want to exclude.
The media scanner should then ignore those folders.
hi
Create a folder .nomedia (include the full stop at the beginning) and move required files inside. Reboot
Edit, see answered above while I was procrastinating.
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Should you create a file or folder with the name .nomedia????????
I have the same problem and creating a file ".nomedia" is not a good solution...
I have like 250 albums, I should create one in every album folder?
Thank you all for answering.
@UpInTheAir, what do you mean by "(include the full stop at the beginning)"
pedrohp said:
Thank you all for answering.
@UpInTheAir, what do you mean by "(include the full stop at the beginning)"
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It must be called ".nomedia" can you see the full stop? It MUST be there
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It seems not to work anymore. When you create .nomedia files in the folders this will be ignored. What worked for S1 and S2 does not work on S3 (Android 4.0.4) any ideas?
irony17 said:
I have the same problem and creating a file ".nomedia" is not a good solution...
I have like 250 albums, I should create one in every album folder?
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Install quickpic select the folders you want to hide and they won't appear in stock gallery too
siberian tiger said:
Install quickpic select the folders you want to hide and they won't appear in stock gallery too
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Thanks a lot!
If the music files are formatted properly, they won't show in the gallery....period.
QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
ekjl said:
QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
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I've tried it. Still prefer the new ICS gallery.
pedrohp said:
Just got my phone. I've inserted an SD card that has a lot of music, and each album has an image for the album cover.
The problem is that the stock Gallery app reconizes each album folder as a gallery. Is there a way to exclude a folder from the media scanner?
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U can name it what ever u want u just need to put a dot in front of whatever u name it and it would show up.
I found that renaming the images to folder.jpg for instance removed them from gallery view
vinhmac said:
I found that renaming the images to folder.jpg for instance removed them from gallery view
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That worked, but i really don't want to rename every single image manually nor i want to write a piece of code to do that.
Just installed QuickPic and it not even showed such "album art" images! automatically detected and hidden.
Stock gallery still showing them (even after quickpic installed)
Is there a way to clear the media scan cache and start it again (manually)?
ekjl said:
QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
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I did this but QuickPic doesn't have the option to include the Picasa/Google Images I have stored online.
the ".nomedia" file works. A reboot is needed though
Want to hide that private stash, right? "album art"
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I`ve tried all the photo album apps on the market, and all of them for some reason scan the whole device searching for images. As a result it grabs all CD covers I have stored along with muisc, and shows it in the album. I HATE it. Why do I need CD covers mixed with my album photos?????
Does anyone know a photo album app which can be instructed to search for photos only in a specific folder?
I had the same problem but I don't think there is a way around it. What I ended up doing was using 'picture folder' app for photos and then 'doubletwist' for music and deleting all of the cover images from the music folders as doubletwist can get the cover art from the ID tag of the files.
Only really helpful if your OCD like me and make sure all your musics ID tags are correct
Picture Folder has a feature of hiding folder
Picture Folder has a feature of hiding folder .
Hide your music folder, and recursively hides all subfolders under it.
So won't see any album arts.
Just a work around
I have finally found a program which works on a folder basis and on which one can set the home folder. It is called PiQu. Unfortunately this is a paid application, but since it works exactly as expected, i don`t mind paying 2 euros for it.
i use justpictures which allows you to select folders on your local drive and also syncs with facebook. and it's free!
chupachup said:
i use justpictures which allows you to select folders on your local drive and also syncs with facebook. and it's free!
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Again - it scans ALL folders, and shows ALL pictures. There is no way to define which is the pictures folder by default, and stop scanning other folders (except for adding.nomedia file which has to be done manually). Also I prefer to see thumbnails as thumbnails and not as a deck of playing cards on the table.
Use 3d Gallery 2.0. You can find it here on Xda or google.
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Use 3d Gallery 2.0. You can find it here on Xda or google.
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3d gallery has same problem. It scans all folders on SD.
Just use " Picture Folder" works great!
Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
You could try to find a Gallery modification that supports excluding folders (If your one doesn't). But I strongly advice QuickPic.
raylgo said:
Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
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No, it doesnt
raylgo said:
Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
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Download QuickPic from market
raylgo said:
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
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Yes, for example, the gallery won't show, but if u use quickpic it has an option to show hidden files an the folders that it wiil or not scan
Is it possible to view the photos as slide show, I don't seem to find such function in the tablet Gallery or File Manager and Mobo Player.
Kermit33 said:
Is it possible to view the photos as slide show, I don't seem to find such function in the tablet Gallery or File Manager and Mobo Player.
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The tablet's stock Gallery has a slideshow function. Open Gallery, select a set of photos, then locate in the right-hand section of the upper menu and touch the icon that looks like a square with a right-pointing triangle; the slideshow will begin. You can adjust the slideshow's settings by touching the right-most icon in the upper menu. Good luck.
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The tablet's stock Gallery has a slideshow function. Open Gallery, select a set of photos, then locate in the right-hand section of the upper menu and touch the icon that looks like a square with a right-pointing triangle; the slideshow will begin. You can adjust the slideshow's settings by touching the right-most icon in thpe upper menu. Good luck.
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Thanks, got that but I want a slide show of pictures stored in a sd card and I don't want to transfer the file to the tablet so I am now viewing therm with file manager or Astro and they don't seem to have slide show capability. Any apps can do it?
Kermit33 said:
Thanks, got that but I want a slide show of pictures stored in a sd card and I don't want to transfer the file to the tablet
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I don't understand why Gallery is not detecting and listing the media files stored on your external SD card. I have photos and videos stored on an external SD card and Gallery detects and lists them without problem. Check for a file named ".nomedia" in the folders where you have the photos stored. If ".nomedia" exists, delete it.
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so I am now viewing therm with file manager or Astro and they don't seem to have slide show capability. Any apps can do it?
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The only other app I use to view photos is the ES Image Browser that is included with ES File Explorer. ES Image Browser is accessed by selecting a photo from within ES File Explorer. ES Image Browers has a slideshow function.
Cat McGowan said:
I don't understand why Gallery is not detecting and listing the media files stored on your external SD card. I have photos and videos stored on an external SD card and Gallery detects and lists them without problem. Check for a file named ".nomedia" in the folders where you have the photos stored. If ".nomedia" exists, delete it.
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If they're running unrooted Honeycomb the stock apps need files transferred from the SD card and can;t access them directly. I'm told ICS fixes this. Patiently awaiting it here in the UK
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If they're running unrooted Honeycomb the stock apps need files transferred from the SD card and can;t access them directly. I'm told ICS fixes this. Patiently awaiting it here in the UK
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I can access the pictures from File Manager without transfering them but no slide show
Install QuickPic from the Play Store and start using it instead of Gallery. It can access the external SD perfectly, HC or ICS. And it's slideshow function works on either and is very configurable.
Worked for me, at least.
agc93 said:
Install QuickPic from the Play Store and start using it instead of Gallery. It can access the external SD perfectly, HC or ICS. And it's slideshow function works on either and is very configurable.
Worked for me, at least.
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Got it and it works perfectly. Thanks a lot.
I am trying to keep a folder from showing up in gallery. I have created a .nomedia file in the folder, cleared the data in gallery and rebooted but it keeps showing up. What am I doing wrong?
Most secure way is to freeze/disable gallery and use 3rd party apps for pictures and videos.
Make sure there is no extension on your file. Change your view in windows to show full file type.
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Devtodi said:
I am trying to keep a folder from showing up in gallery. I have created a .nomedia file in the folder, cleared the data in gallery and rebooted but it keeps showing up. What am I doing wrong?
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You need to clear data from media storage also and reboot. It's under all applications
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Devtodi said:
I am trying to keep a folder from showing up in gallery. I have created a .nomedia file in the folder, cleared the data in gallery and rebooted but it keeps showing up. What am I doing wrong?
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If you use QuickPic, you can "exclude" the folder with the video in it by long pressing it and picking "exclude"....if you do that then you can disable the stock gallery and you'll be good to go.
Devtodi said:
I am trying to keep a folder from showing up in gallery. I have created a .nomedia file in the folder, cleared the data in gallery and rebooted but it keeps showing up. What am I doing wrong?
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Here is a link to a free app that works well
"Gallery Excluder" from the google play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lLm1yZmxvcHB5Y29kaW5nLmdhbGxlcnlleGNsdWRlciJd
You can also check out Vaulty. It's never failed in my own personal experience and its free
Hide it Pro - Disguised as "Audio Manager" app. Excellent app.
Hide it Pro
The Gallery app that comes with my S III shows all sorts of "junk" folders that are created by apps (e.g. Re-Volt creates a "LOADING" folder with images, another app has created a "cache" folder etc.).
Is there a Gallery replacement that allows you to hide certain folders?
I think QuickPic allows this. Any more?
King Mustard said:
The Gallery app that comes with my S III shows all sorts of "junk" folders that are created by apps (e.g. Re-Volt creates a "LOADING" folder with images, another app has created a "cache" folder etc.).
Is there a Gallery replacement that allows you to hide certain folders?
I think QuickPic allows this. Any more?
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try using hideitpro
MoonBlade said:
try using hideitpro
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I'm pretty sure that hides things by moving them. If they're folders generated by other apps then that would be a bad idea.
My advice would be to use a file explorer (ES, Root Explorer etc.) and create a file called ".nomedia" in each folder. That tells the system to ignore that folder in media searches, but if the gallery apps you use parse the folders themselves then it probably won't work. I've had mixed success with that, but it works for stock gallery apps.
simply rename the folder to .foldername(suppose the name is foldername). the app would simply skip the folder.
you dont need a special app for this.
Archer said:
I'm pretty sure that hides things by moving them. If they're folders generated by other apps then that would be a bad idea.
My advice would be to use a file explorer (ES, Root Explorer etc.) and create a file called ".nomedia" in each folder. That tells the system to ignore that folder in media searches, but if the gallery apps you use parse the folders themselves then it probably won't work. I've had mixed success with that, but it works for stock gallery apps.
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vinayakagarwal1996 said:
simply rename the folder to .foldername(suppose the name is foldername). the app would simply skip the folder.
you dont need a special app for this.
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Shame things like this need to be done in Android.
King Mustard said:
Shame things like this need to be done in Android.
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It's the same in all operating systems. Software does what it's told.
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It's the same in all operating systems. Software does what it's told.
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No, you're right, I understand, I just mean iOS's Photos app for example is very neat and tidy.
King Mustard said:
No, you're right, I understand, I just mean iOS's Photos app for example is very neat and tidy.
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That's because you're probably only capable of keeping images (photos & downloads etc.) in 1 folder so it doesn't parse the rest of the space for more
Archer said:
I'm pretty sure that hides things by moving them. If they're folders generated by other apps then that would be a bad idea.
My advice would be to use a file explorer (ES, Root Explorer etc.) and create a file called ".nomedia" in each folder. That tells the system to ignore that folder in media searches, but if the gallery apps you use parse the folders themselves then it probably won't work. I've had mixed success with that, but it works for stock gallery apps.
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this seems cool
King Mustard said:
I think QuickPic allows this. Any more?
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Yep, QuickPic can do it (long press >options >exclude).