Hi everyone!
I used to use Gallery Enabler (later renamed into Media Hidden) to exclude folders from SD media scanning, but I seem can't find the app on Market anymore. Could anyone please post a download link to the app?
More information about the app can be found here:
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/media-hidden_gxdt.html
Thanks indeed!
You could try Pandora or Private Media as well. In my opinion pandora is better as it lets you play files without restoring them to their original location.
Otherwise a very simple way of hiding a folder from gallery is to insert a .nomedia file in the folder. Creating a .nomedia file is easy. Just open a text editor & save a blank file with the name ".nomedia".
Hope this helps.
seventyfivein said:
You could try Pandora or Private Media as well. In my opinion pandora is better as it lets you play files without restoring them to their original location.
Otherwise a very simple way of hiding a folder from gallery is to insert a .nomedia file in the folder. Creating a .nomedia file is easy. Just open a text editor & save a blank file with the name ".nomedia".
Hope this helps.
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Wicked!! Learn something new every day! I've been wondering if that was possible
You can also try Hide it Pro application. It can do all sorts of hiding like photos,videos,audio,application
I would like to hide certain folders from some applications but not others. In particular I would like to hide my podcasts from my mp3 player but not my podcast player.
Can this be done?
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Nexus One, Froyo, Stock
I've been using doubletwist now for a while for a music player, however, I haven't been able to find a way for it to point to a specific folder to play. It seems that it will play any type of audio file on my SD card and it's kinda funny yet annoying to hear Let's Golf soundtracks and files playing. Anyone know how to adjust this if possible or an app that will? Same thing happened with cubed.
Make a file called .nomedia (period included) and place it in the folders that you don't want to show up.
thanks i'll try that out and report back
Does the nomedia file work for doubletwist only or for any other player in android?
Any player. And it works for keeping pictures from showing up in the gallery as well.
Didn't know that. Thanks for the tip!
ajones7279 said:
Make a file called .nomedia (period included) and place it in the folders that you don't want to show up.
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Great tip. It's annoying for both pictures and audio.
There is a known bug with the .nomedia trick . If a .nomedia file is placed in a folder with existing content files in that folder will be deleted by the system the next time a media scan occurs. Try it on a test folder before you use it on a folder that has files you need (like the sound files for the GPS).
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There is a known bug with the .nomedia trick . If a .nomedia file is placed in a folder with existing content files in that folder will be deleted by the system the next time a media scan occurs. Try it on a test folder before you use it on a folder that has files you need (like the sound files for the GPS).
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That's weird. I've NEVER had that problem.
Hello!
I've got my Sensation yesterday
Loving it, despite of the bugsss
I see that Sensation can config SRS in the default player, wanna use it with speakers
But I rarely use the default player =\ .. mostly mSpot and I'm thinking of testing Google Music, both having their "custom" players
Is it possible to take advantage of SRS with any other streaming music player?
Or make the default player see the songs downloaded by mSpot? (yea.. I wasn't able to make it do that )
That's weird, cuz it can find musics downloaded by "MP3 Music Download". And it's not the codec either, it's m4a by mSpot.
Thanks in advance!
SRS and Dolby 5.1 are only available through stock apps from my experience. To get your media to show up in the stock app use an app that causes a new media search. SDRescan is free on the market. I use Extended Controls.
GorillaPimp said:
SRS and Dolby 5.1 are only available through stock apps from my experience. To get your media to show up in the stock app use an app that causes a new media search. SDRescan is free on the market. I use Extended Controls.
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Thanks for your reply.
I tried the SDRescan, but it didn't work =\
I've also rebooted the phone.. it just doesn't see the mSpot folder -.-
I'm not familiar with mSpot. You say it stores m4a files on your phone? Try to look for the directory with Astro or Estrong. I'm betting they aren't there or are in a hidden directory. Make sure you set the file manager to show hidden files. Check mSpot to see if there is a setting that allows you to hide media from the Android system. Subsonic has a setting like that.
I did a test copying the mSpot file to another folder.. it was able to see the music
So I guess the file is not the problem
But still can't make it to scan mSpot folder
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I'm not familiar with mSpot. You say it stores m4a files on your phone? Try to look for the directory with Astro or Estrong. I'm betting they aren't there or are in a hidden directory. Make sure you set the file manager to show hidden files. Check mSpot to see if there is a setting that allows you to hide media from the Android system. Subsonic has a setting like that.
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The files are there. Didn't find any setting like that.
I think I'm just gonna try Google Music (to sync) and play them with default player
Thanks, though!
Oh.. I found a file named ".nomedia" inside mSpot's folder
After deleted that file, it was able to scan the folder ^^
But the song's properties (song name, singer, album..) are encrypted, so they're all messed up XD can't use it!
Just gonna try Google Music..
Use Volume+.
ercliou said:
Oh.. I found a file named ".nomedia" inside mSpot's folder
After deleted that file, it was able to scan the folder ^^
But the song's properties (song name, singer, album..) are encrypted, so they're all messed up XD can't use it!
Just gonna try Google Music..
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That sucks man. DRM sucks. Yeah any folder with a file .nomedia or any folder that begins with a . is hidden from a media scan. The period first in the name is how you label a file or folder hidden in Linux.
My xoom is not working nomedia.
I installed the osu, the music game,
that game has many images and music.
so i copy and paste the nomedia that folder, but it can't work it.
so those files are still scanning the music app, and gallery app.
How can i solved it???
Thx to read my post.
kokjsch said:
My xoom is not working nomedia.
I installed the osu, the music game,
that game has many images and music.
so i copy and paste the nomedia that folder, but it can't work it.
so those files are still scanning the music app, and gallery app.
How can i solved it???
Thx to read my post.
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I would like to help you but I can't understand what you are saying.
What is "nomedia?"
What is osu-the music game? Can you be a little more clear?
okantomi said:
I would like to help you but I can't understand what you are saying.
What is "nomedia?"
What is osu-the music game? Can you be a little more clear?
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.nomedia is a file that works disable the media scanning in android.
If the '.nomedia' is in folder, that folder disable the media scanning.
You see the page - http://osu.ppy.sh/p/about
osu need to many pictures and mp3 because of running games
So, If the '.nomedia' is not in Osu folder, their all files(musics, pictures) are scanning,
and therefore i can see their music in music app, and can see their picture in gallery.
If i put the .nomedia to Osu in android 2.2, 2.3, that files didn't scanning.
but, xoom it's not.
I used tiamat 2.1 hammerhead.
I'm having the same problem, rooted on stock Rom. Pictures still show up in Gallery although the .nomedia file has been used.
Is there a fix for this?
You should just be able to open your gallery, highlight the folder that they are in and click Delete. It will not delete the files. Just their entry into the gallery. Shouldnt show up again unless you do another media scan. Not sure what happens then. I usually just delete the folder after removing it from the gallery first. Never tried scanning again to see if they come back
Hi all, I have try using Google Music and Shuttle Music Player.. it's quite weird that it even detects my mpg files or my recording files which are store inside other folders ...
It's frustrating that I have to go through the Song list and start to blacklist one by one...is there a way around this ? I can't see it in the app Settings ...
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Hi all, I have try using Google Music and Shuttle Music Player.. it's quite weird that it even detects my mpg files or my recording files which are store inside other folders ...
It's frustrating that I have to go through the Song list and start to blacklist one by one...is there a way around this ? I can't see it in the app Settings ...
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This isn't a Google Music/Shuttle Player issue. This is how Android hunts for media.
To prevent any app from indexing a location that has media files (and by extension, showing up in any music/gallery/movie player app), you have to add a .nomedia file inside the directory that contains the files.
You can do this one of two ways; you can open a blank notepad file, save it with the filename ".nomedia" and set the filetype to "all types", or you can download this one which I made here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xat4bgykd5tugvl/nomedia.zip
Extract from the above folder, and copy and paste the .nomedia file into any folder that contains things you don't want to see in your media players. Then close Play Music/Shuttle or force close/clear data on them, and open them back up again. You won't see them anymore.
thank you so much ... that helps a lot
I have an SD card which includes many folders of CDs and Scans.
When I opened the Gallery, the pictures of CD scan will appear but I want to hide them.
Here comes the problem: I know I can creat a .nomedia file to make it hiden but that will also prevent the music file in the same folder from being scanned by the music player. Besides creating those files is such an exhausting work.
So is there's a way I can hide pics in gallery but not influence my music? Or make media scanner scan the specific folder only.
PS: Why the stock Gallery App doesn't have a hide function. (-.-
Sorry for my bad English. Appreciate for your help. (^_-)
You could download an app like secrecy which can be used to hide and encrypt photos and videos.
Photo Hide
Use Photo Hide App From Play Store