Anyone experience this issue or have a solution?
After adding music files (via usb) i can see the files on the device, but the stock music player & 'PlayerPro' don't see them (or Google play). If i navigate to the music folder and click on one of the files they play (with generic artwork), but will not show up in the music library in the player. I tried a couple of 'media scan' apps from the market (trying to force a internal sd re-scan) still no luck. Conversely apps such as FBreader have no issues with finding ebooks added via usb at all. Seems crazy to include a music player and not be able to add music!
The files are on the internal sd card (i have no external installed as of yet).
I have android v 4.0.4 rooted.
Any suggestions?
- Tom
tomX2 said:
Anyone experience this issue or have a solution?
After adding music files (via usb) i can see the files on the device, but the stock music player & 'PlayerPro' don't see them (or Google play). If i navigate to the music folder and click on one of the files they play (with generic artwork), but will not show up in the music library in the player. I tried a couple of 'media scan' apps from the market (trying to force a internal sd re-scan) still no luck. Conversely apps such as FBreader have no issues with finding ebooks added via usb at all. Seems crazy to include a music player and not be able to add music!
The files are on the internal sd card (i have no external installed as of yet).
I have android v 4.0.4 rooted.
Any suggestions?
- Tom
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I guess i'm the only one. No worries, i give up.
- Tom
tomX2 said:
Anyone experience this issue or have a solution?
After adding music files (via usb) i can see the files on the device, but the stock music player & 'PlayerPro' don't see them (or Google play). If i navigate to the music folder and click on one of the files they play (with generic artwork), but will not show up in the music library in the player. I tried a couple of 'media scan' apps from the market (trying to force a internal sd re-scan) still no luck. Conversely apps such as FBreader have no issues with finding ebooks added via usb at all. Seems crazy to include a music player and not be able to add music!
The files are on the internal sd card (i have no external installed as of yet).
I have android v 4.0.4 rooted.
Any suggestions?
- Tom
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Download rescan media root from play store that should fix your problems
sent from my lovely phone....hmmm wait its a tablet...waaa i dont really know.....im PARANOID NoW!
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I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I can’t seem to find any posts about it anywhere.
I can easily access my SD card through a file manager and play music files through that. However, whenever I try to open any of my songs (stored on my external SD) with Google music it simply cycles through each song in the list displaying the "cannot play the requested track" error over the album art in yellow.
This only occurs when the music in question is stored on the external SD card. Any music I try to play from the internal storage will play, and any music I attempt to stream will play. (Music that I have both streaming copies of and copies of on my external SD do not work).
I read somewhere that ICS handles file systems differently, but as I remember Google music worked when I first installed the rom. I have tried every combination of uninstalling and clearing the data in Google music, both with and without the SD card inserted. Any thoughts or recommendations?
(Afterthought: I also get the notification that "Music has stopped working" every time I reboot the phone)
(Afterthought II: I have been using these forums for nearly two years and have yet to be disappointed, thanks guys)
I had the same problem. Solved by uninstalling power amp - somehow it must have been conflicting. So try and uninstall any third party music players. Hopefully someone else has a better solution?
Clear your music cache/data again and change the file path. If your music is on external, it is now called emmc. I use PowerAmp and you can configure what files you want it to scan.
I don't have any other third party music players installed. And Google music does not give the option to scan certain paths :/
My external sd is 32 gigs, but that's not all of my music, so I like the option to stream.
extravillager said:
I don't have any other third party music players installed. And Google music does not give the option to scan certain paths :/
My external sd is 32 gigs, but that's not all of my music, so I like the option to stream.
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You are right, Google music doesn't provide an option to scan certain folders but in my case, clearing cache and data worked and I know this sounds crazy but I removed my SD card and re-inserted and that seemed to work.
Also, what I also did was install a third party app that does allow you to scan a particular folder and once it worked on that app, GM seemed to also work
You have probably tried these options but perhaps this will help
Will give that a try today
easy fix
settings, apps, music storage, clear cache / data.
been covered many times. someone ought to put it in the ics passion op.
So i'm at a loss here...
I copied alot of music to my prime (internal storage, into sdcard/music/) when i first got it. Worked perfectly. I was using the stock Music player for a while then it got on my nerves and i installed PlayerPro which i also use on my mobile phone. Works great.
Now a few months later i got some new music and i copied it to my prime. The only thing:
The music is not showing up in any player. Not the google player not playerpro. I can play the files from my file manager but in the actual music app it wont show up.
I rebooted, reinstalled music apps, used a sd card rescan app, cleared cache on all involved apps, deleted the music and copied again, used iSyncr and manual copy... And it cant be the music itself because on my phone the same files work fine.
Dont know what more i could do now any ideas?
[e] Gets even stranger, if i copy it with MyPhoneExplorer over wifi, it works the music gets recognized by all players. Strange, but at least a workaround.
Btw is there a way to enable Harddrive mode? This medialayer mode kinda sucks^^
So I'm trying to load my phone up with music since my connection is not great in the virgin islands... Can't stream off google music with confidence... When I connect my phone to the computer I transfer the music.. I run out of space so then I go into root explorer and move the music to the other sd card that has more space.. (From sdcard2 to sdcard)
When I play a song through winamp or music or google music it says cannot playback file not recognized... Is there a specific directory the files have to be in? Also song titles show up 2 or 3 times in the programs... Ugh just want my tunes to play.. I bartend and play the music through my phone...
Blacksantron for mayor
EVO 4G LTE
Fresh 5.1.1
Since obviously no one can answer me why some apps detect where my mp3s see and some don't...I found my own crappy workaround...
The app Music Folder Player scans your storage when ya start it... But you can't create playlists, which I need for the bar.
Found an app Cloudskipper... Scans storage and I can create playlists... Yay problem solved for now...
I've deduced that if there's a way to scan storage in the main apps (google play, music) my problem would go away...
So... How to Rescan Storage In Google Play, Music?
Blacksantron for mayor
EVO 4G LTE
Fresh 5.1.1
are you rooted? Normally media refresh is triggered by taking the external card out and putting it back in, or a reboot. Seeing as how you've moved the music from the external card to the phone's own storage, you can do it by using an app like "rescan media". There is a root version that i've used and solved my N7 player not seeing my music issue, as well as a non root version that im not sure if it works or not. Either way what you're looking for is anything that triggers the media rescan.
If all else fails try clearing google play music's cache and data in your settings > manage apps and start from scratch.
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My Evo's unrooted. Google Play music was doing fine finding the music on my external SD card and playing it, but all of a sudden, last week, it can no longer find those songs. If I use a file explorer, I can still find the music. 3rd party players are able to find it (even the HTC music player), but google music can't. I've cleared data on the app, I've downloaded and used the Rescan Media app..nada.
Anyone else have this problem? or a solution?
Thanks!
Mine has trouble finding music until I restart the phone. Also, google music has its own folder on sdcard(1). Try putting the music in there and rescan media.
Anthonicia said:
Mine has trouble finding music until I restart the phone. Also, google music has its own folder on sdcard(1). Try putting the music in there and rescan media.
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Hey guys
My S3, running Jellybam 6.3.0, works fine, but there is a little issue that I'm experiencing
and it's become pretty irksome.
I had 8gb of music on an iPod that I transferred to my PC, then to and SD card, which I now use for my GS3.
All of my past music appears in music players and play fine, but any new music that I download from the phone doesn't show up.
I thought maybe the music players weren't scanning for mp3 files in the download folder, so I decided to move them from the downloads folder
to my Music folder with all my other files.
Here's the problem:
The file manager doesn't seem to "see" for find any of the old music, despite all of the media players finding it no problem.
Also, any new music I download can be searched for an played in a music player, but it is never added to the library.
I decided to mount my phone to my PC do double check, and all of my music is there in the Music folder, which is on the root of my sd card.
Has anyone else had this issue
zarnell said:
Hey guys
My S3, running Jellybam 6.3.0, works fine, but there is a little issue that I'm experiencing
and it's become pretty irksome.
I had 8gb of music on an iPod that I transferred to my PC, then to and SD card, which I now use for my GS3.
All of my past music appears in music players and play fine, but any new music that I download from the phone doesn't show up.
I thought maybe the music players weren't scanning for mp3 files in the download folder, so I decided to move them from the downloads folder
to my Music folder with all my other files.
Here's the problem:
The file manager doesn't seem to "see" for find any of the old music, despite all of the media players finding it no problem.
Also, any new music I download can be searched for an played in a music player, but it is never added to the library.
I decided to mount my phone to my PC do double check, and all of my music is there in the Music folder, which is on the root of my sd card.
Has anyone else had this issue
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Did you try to wipe data and install everything again??
Might be a DRM issue?