hey there, hoping for a quick answer.. basically I read in a review that I won't be able to use an external SD card to store media.. like music on and use it, what I read was this:
'the microSD slot works out of the box. It supports up to 32GB and shows up as a notification giving you two-press access to it. This is both good and bad. The way Asus implemented microSD support is to label it as removable storage. Android will ignore it and consider the internal memory the SD card. This is not too much of a problem. However, if you think you are going to run your music off of a microSD, you are mistaken. The Transformer will not look to the microSD for media files. Some apps will let you add folders from the microSD card into their libraries. Yet many will not.'
could anyone who has one confirm if this is true or not please?, as I plan on buying one soon as but if this is the case I won't be buying one . thank you for any answers
Craig
Maybe see this thread.
The stock music player by Asus (already installed on the transformer) see the contents of the microSD just like if it was on the internal..you have only a little notification in the bar..
For the SD in the dock I don't know..maybe someone else has tried..
If you want to use only a microSD go and buy the transformer !
EDIT: maybe not all the music player will see files on external SD but for me the stock player is good enough..
thanks for the replies guys , I also heard 3.2 supports media from external sd cards natively so maybe this addresses that issue
ordering it this evening
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I am considering buying a transformer and had a question about the sd card reader. I have heard that it doesn't work properly? I was hoping to put a 32gb sdhc card in this to store movies/music and the like, will I be able to?
It works fine.. just remember that unlike older version of android, Honeycomb does not let you move apps to sd card (but hey they tend to be really small) but you can use your SD card to store your music, photo, movies, comics stuff like that.
Hope this aint already been answered... I got the 16 GB version of the Transformer cause I had a spare 32 GB microSD card. Put music and video there. Third party dedicted players (PlayerPro and Moboplayer) find it fine. However, Google Music and Spotify do not, causing me to need to redownload tracks onto my limited 16GB.
Seems to me that Removable/MicroSD needs to be joined to sdcard. Is that possible?
Guess I would also like to map /sdcard/Dropbox to /Removable/MicroSD/Dropbox. Again, possible?
Note: Running 3.2 with the elite overclock kernel, if that matters.
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I am trying to do what I thought was the most basic task but I am failing. I have some albums on a USB stick stuck into the dock that I would like to play. I have tried stock, PowerAMP, WinAMP but nothing works. The best I can do is to browse via File Manager and select a track but this will only play 1 track. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
try ubermusic?
Also maybe bind mount your flash drive to the sdcard (Google it)
jcarrz1 said:
try ubermusic?
Also maybe bind mount your flash drive to the sdcard (Google it)
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Yeah, easiest is to double-mount the drive to a folder on the sd, but you'll need the Android Media Scanner to reindex before it will show up.
There must be a music player that lets you set the home folder...
Instead of a usb stick use a sd card and card reader? Some of those are freaking small. I got a really tiny sdhc card reader that I carry around in my bag just in case someone elses laptop doesn't have a sdhc reader.
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And besides that, sd cards are cheaper then usb flash drives I think
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All of my USB drives are now tiny USB card readers with MicroSD cards. Before I had that, I had a USB SD card reader that was slightly larger than a normal thumb drive. Maximum flexibility is my motto.
But it is a ridiculous shortcoming that you can't just plug a USB stick in and have it work the way it does on any PC. I dunno if it's Android, developers like Winamp or the Transformer, but its an absurd shortcoming.
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Yeah, easiest is to double-mount the drive to a folder on the sd, but you'll need the Android Media Scanner to reindex before it will show up.
There must be a music player that lets you set the home folder...
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Thanks for your help guys but I just cant seem to find any information on the net regarding bind mounting the usb to a folder on the SD card Could you point me in the direction of an explanation or site? I can find some useul apps in the Market but they all require Root which I am a bit apprehensive about doing. If I can avoid rooting for what should be a fairy simple task I would much prefer it. Any further help uch appreciated.
Wahooo! MortPlayer will allow you to set the library folder as \mnt\usbdisk1! Hope this helps someone. I am amazed I seem to be the only one needing this functionality. Thanks for your help guys.
When I had my Acer Iconia PowerAmp was able to see the files on my thumb drive. I had to tell it where the fioles were about four or five times before it took but it finally worked. I finally had to point it to the directory exit the app and restart it to get it to work.
No PowerAmp will only see files on SD card but not for some reason any mounted USB. As far as I know MortPlayer is the only player to allow you to index files from USB. Happy to be corrected though because whist Mortplayer is functionaly awesoe it is woefully lacking aesthetically!
Do you guys mean that I could by a USB sdcard reader and my nexus 7 would think it has a built in SD card slot? Or does it still treat it like any old USB stick?
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No PowerAmp will only see files on SD card but not for some reason any mounted USB. As far as I know MortPlayer is the only player to allow you to index files from USB. Happy to be corrected though because whist Mortplayer is functionaly awesoe it is woefully lacking aesthetically!
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My poweramp sees the usb drive in the dock fine.
Check the Poweramp settings for what folders it'll scan!
Anyone have issues with the pre-installed "Music" app failing to recognize files on the external SD card? (in the Dock)
I have an SDXC 64g card in the dock, and I can navigate files within it fine, using the file explorer.
But the built-in music app only shows the sample tracks, never any on the SD card.
Restarted several times. Unmount-remounted the SD card within android too (several times).
Several other posts suggested "rescan for music" but I cannot locate such a thing in any of the music player's built-in menus.
I've also tried several 3rd party music players, such as WinAmp, Powerplayer, etc (in fact, I've tried all the ones with good ratings from the market) but these apparently are just layered over the built-in player's information.
I can play one song at a time, by using the file explorer, so it's not an access issue or formatting issue-- and while playing, the tags appear fine.
It appears to be a problem with the music database? I have no idea where that may be found.
Stock TF101, not rooted, 16gb, with keyboard dock.
Try Meridian Media player,
working for me
I have found a couple that permitted folder-browsing, and awkward playing via folders.
What I would prefer is fixing the basic issue: the built-in media library does not scan either external card for music content.
If there is a hidden way to refresh this engine, I'd love to learn about it.
In question to your answer...nope mine sees the micro sd card music files just fine in the stock Music app,haven't tried using the card reader slot for storing or reading music files.
I have the same problem with pictures. I did a little research into it.
Android has a concept called the MediaStore. On boot-up or insertion the OS scans all the memory (cards) and puts media (MP3, Images, Video) records into the MediaStore. Honeycomb didn't support SD card pre-3.2, so Asus had added this into their kernel.
Enter honeycomb 3.2: There must have been a conflict so either Asus intentionally or unintentionally disabled everything, so now only apps that don't use the MediaStore work.
In short, apps are only going to half work until Asus can fix their kernel.
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I have the same problem with pictures. I did a little research into it.
Android has a concept called the MediaStore. On boot-up or insertion the OS scans all the memory (cards) and puts media (MP3, Images, Video) records into the MediaStore. Honeycomb didn't support SD card pre-3.2, so Asus had added this into their kernel.
Enter honeycomb 3.2: There must have been a conflict so either Asus intentionally or unintentionally disabled everything, so now only apps that don't use the MediaStore work.
In short, apps are only going to half work until Asus can fix their kernel.
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Thanks for clearing it up-- I will now take it up with Asus, by entering a trouble-ticket.
At the very least, if enough people complain, maybe they will fix their kludge (to the Android OS).
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In question to your answer...nope mine sees the micro sd card music files just fine in the stock Music app,haven't tried using the card reader slot for storing or reading music files.
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I have not tried the microSD, just the SD card.
I have only 32gig on my micro-- not enough room.
My SD card is a 64gig one (SDXC), and has all of my music files on it.
I verified I can access the card and it's content via File Explorer, and I can play songs on the SD one at a time that way...
I haven't tried to play any mp3s via the dock but i use playerpro and there is a folder play option where you can just navigate to folders. I'm not sure if it can go high enough to hit /removable/ for you to get to the SD slot but i'm gonna guess if you can get to microsd you can get to sd.
I purchased the 8GB Tab 2 7.0 because of the expandable storage but now I'm questioning whether the 16GB on the Nexus 7 would suit my needs better.
I know that apps cannot be moved to the SD card but I was wondering about rented Playstore movies? I downloaded a Play movie and it went right to the internal storage and I couldn't find a way to move it. I mainly use my tablet for DroidTV (which will not download to the SD card - they say Samsung doesn't allow it) and rented movies when I travel. And with just a few tv shows and my apps downloaded I'm down to 2GB of the internal storage left which isn't enough to download one Playstore movie.
I've thought about rooting but I've never done that before and I'm a big chicken so if anyone has any other way for me to utilize the 32GB storage card I bought I would really appreciate it!
I think you could use app called directory bind, have not tried it personally, but i think it allows to bind directories of external sd card as if they are in the internal sd
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Thanks. I can't find it on Google Play but when I searched for it online I found a thread here on XDA that says ROOT is required.
Any other solutions out there? I love my Tab 2 but I definitely need more storage .