UplI have my TF700(which I nicknamed The Beast), for a few days and I need help with understanding setting up my 32 GB MicroSD card.
A few days after getting my TF700, my ordered SanDisk 32GB card came in the nail.
I did not reformat it, as it seemed to work fine.
Now comes my confusion.
With the new card inside, I did the USB connection thing to my Windows computer.
It immediately said loading drivers and in Computer, I. saw two new drives listed.
One the internal storage, the other the MicroSD card.
I created a couple of folders and copied over the contents of two CD worth of songs, all in Ogg audio format to the card. No problems.
I opened up Poweramp on my TF700, had it scan for music and it found my Ogg audio files.
Poweramp works great and plays everything. store my music in only Flac and Ogg formats.
Plugged in my headphones and the music sounded incredible.
Now the weird stuff.
I wanted to move some data files over to my card. Plan to have the volatile data files on the card and the more static apps on the internal storage.
I opened File Expert on my TF700 and it was bizarre. I see these folders showing that are shown as being on my external card, but in reality, they are not.
There is a mnt folder and inside that is the SDCARD folder.
Then when I go back in File Expert and select the Internal storage, I see a folder called removable and sub folder of that called MicroSD. I opened it and there are where my real MicroSD files are.
What the heck happened?
No problems redoing things, but I don't understand. Did I need to reformat my card inside the TF700?.
Thanks in advance.
Jon
That's just the way asus tablets handle external storage (it could be the same with other tablets but I only had a prime and this). You're fine. You could use asus's stock file manager app to get to your microsd card easier.
I don't use File Explorer, but ES File Explorer, but I don't think it makes a difference, but might.
Anyway, on the TF700T when using a file explorer the internal storage is SD card. The microSDHC is actually underable "removable" storage. You'll see both listed when you hit the root directory. It took me a few minutes to figure it out.
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I'm trying to copy over a Top Gear episode - it's 1.59GB. Explorer crashes.
Just copied over a 188MB video and it's fine. Took about 15 seconds. What gives? BTW I'm copying to the internal 16GB of memory instead of the external SD card because the r/w speed is way faster. Last resort I'll copy over the 1.59GB file to my Class 2 MicroSD
Tried renaming the extension it from .mkv to .avi(extension that worked on the 188mb file) and still crashes.
There's 10GB left on the TF(so not a space issue)
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bATmmM2BawM
update:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDiP3ID3fjg
wow... it works when I connected it to one of my Windows 7 VMs in VMWare.
Furthermore: I just copied over a 2.05GB movie file from my collection on the host pc(wanted to see if a different large file would cause it to crash). So what's up with this Top Gear episode???? Windows never fails to amuse me...
Did you find a solution to the problem? I'm experiencing exactly the same problem on my Acer Iconia A500 tablet. Also with an Top Gear episode.
Could it have something to do with NTFS vs FAT32 file systems? I don't know what the TF uses, but I assume it is FAT32. Just a thought.
Gawd knows what makes Explorer crash when trying to transfer MKV to the GS2, but I solved it by using Directory Opus instead of Explorer. Everything is then fine.
I wish someone could explain it to me, though. It makes no sense!
you can also rename mkv to avi
I've been using Google music for a while now. I've almost got my music uploaded from work.(Yes it is slow) But after listening a while my SD card gets full and causes all sorts of problems. Nandroid backups take up so much space on this phone, so my SD card is full and my EMMC storage is empty since nothing seems to use that.
Has anyone modified Google Music to make it use EMMC memory?
It only works with AOSP based roms. I'm thinking of switching to CM7 because of it.
I once had a problem where a video player app would only look on the sd card for videos and media. I wanted to store all my videos on emmc, but the app wouldn't search there. I ended up remounting emmc to a folder on the sdcard and whenever the app would look for files on my sdcard it would see the remounted emmc folder and scan those files. Basically, i made a folder /sdcard/emmc/ and i would run:
"mount /mnt/emmc/ /sdcard/emmc/" so whenever you navigate to the /sdcard/emmc/ folder you would see the contents of /mnt/emmc/.
Symlinks would be ideal for this, but I don't think they work on vfat.
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.
dburckh said:
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).
Marct77 said:
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.
Howdy guys,
I was looking for the way how to mount ext4 partition micro sd card, because I want to copy bigger than 4GB size of HD mkv movie file to my Tab. I got tired to bring a bulky laptop to copy a file from my computer, connect it to TV, and bring it back to laptop desk after watching a movie. If I can do the same thing on my small and light GTP instead of a bulky laptop, it would make my life easier.
So, I tried it, then failed! As you know, microSD card format supports ONLY fat32 format, so you can't copy a file bigger than 4 GB. HD mkv movie file is usually 4.5 ~ 15GB.
What can we do? The answer is pretty simple. Format microSD card as EXT4 or NTFS and mount it on the tab! EXT4 or NTFS format supports bigger than 4GB file. This sounds pretty easy, but it took me 3 days to google it, and failed it.
I can't make this without your help, bydo! Thanks again!
The process is simple and easy.
1. Root your tab, and install "BUSYBOX" and "Drive Mount" app
2. Copy mkv files
2. Mount NTFS microSDcard and enjoy it
This process took me less than 15 min. So, even if you are a beginner, don't get scared and just follow my step. You can do that.
1. Root your tab. How to root? Thanks to bdigitalstudio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367249
If you have memory card reader or SD card slot on your laptop, you can do that way to copy root.zip file. I did it. As long as you have root.zip on your microSD, I guess anyway will be fine.
2. After root, go to the market (or Google Play), search SUPERUSER, and install it. After install, run it and update SU binary
3. Also search and install BUSYBOX. After install, run the app and install busybox.
Once you complete rooting, follow remain steps. Btw, I did not find or make this solution. I read Raziel_Sicily's instruction from GT 7.7 forum, and just followed it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493294
Thank you Raziel_Sicily!!!
4. Also search "Drive Mount" app and install it.
5. Format your microSD card as NTFS. (I didn't try ext4 format, but it will work as well) I used SD card slot on my laptop, and it kept showing format options only "FAT32" and "exFAT". So, I used Paragon Hard Disk Manager to format as NTFS. You don't have to use Paragon. Just try to find your way.
6. Plug in your microSD card into Tab
7. Tab will complain "This is not support format blah blah". Just ignore it.
8. Run "Drive Mount"
9. Uncheck "Device Filtering" at the top. You will see your microSD card as NTFS partition at the left side under "Unmounted Drives". Let's mount it. Select your microSD card, tap the mount icon on the top (2nd from right). Mount icon image looks like a External HDD with check mark.
10. When you see your microSD NTFS partition is moved to right side under "Mounted Drive", you done!
Your NTFS partition is located at /mnt/. You will see a new folder name.
Mine was /mnt/mmcblk1p1, and yours can be different.
Use Astro file manager, go to /mnt/your_mounted_folder, and you can use your files.
+ How to watch mkv movie with DTS codec?
Here is extra information. If you have the same purpose with me, you will meet some problem soon. DTS audio cannot be playable.
You use Astro, go to the mounted folder, and click the mkv movie file, it will be played with default video player or another video player app, sound won't play.
What can I make it? I use MX Video Player. Once movie is playing, you can see couple of icons on the right top corner. H/W, captions, audio, and menu from left to right.
Tap audio icon, and select "software decoding" or "blah blah blah blah (S/W)" or whatever 2nd one. Sound will be played perfect.
If I find more info, I will keep updating this post.
Thanks again, bydo, bdigitalstudio, and Raziel_Sicily
thanks man
thanks man, it is just what i was searching... i bought an onthego adapter and my problem was i can't(thanks to you is better couldn't - ) use with ntfs to see my MKV ( more than 5 gb )....
your explanation is perfect and i do all right...
thanks,
Andrea ( Italy )
Hi Andrea
I am happy that my post helped you. If you have any questions, let me know.
Thanks
Good job figuring out all the steps. I'll be trying this out soon.
Have you tested what happens to the NTFS or EXT4 formatted card when connecting the tab to a PC over USB? Can you still access the sd card over the USB connection and copy files to it directly without removing the card from tab?
bydo,
Sorry for late answer. Yeah, I connected it with PC over USB, but could not recognized. I think it makes sense because even GTP cannot recognize MicroSD card.
So, I usually use SD card slot from my laptop. Most laptop has SD card slot. So, actually, it is easier to use than connecting GTP via USB. Just pull out MicroSD card from GTP, plug it into adapter (MicroSD -> SD), plug-in SD adapter to laptop slot. Then, you can use faster speed than slow MTP mode!
SD card slot gives you 1GB per 2 min speed.
Ezymount is another alternative
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hokikoki.ezymountcontrol&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Is there a way to get this to work on s3? the app just crashes when i insert sd card.
On my Galaxy Core, since a few days ago, .nomedia files keep auto-forming on the external SD card, making it impossible for apps like play music or even the stock gallery app to detect any media . I delete them (the .nomedia files), format my sd card and put all my stuff back and it works for a few hours, then stops, and when i check it using root explorer, there's another .nomedia file. This is getting extremely annoying. There's hardly any point for me to even have an external sd card if I don't get to put my media on it. Does anyone know the solution to this? any help would be awesome. :crying: