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[Q] Play music

I uploaded all my music to google, but a few apps I use have mp3 files installed on the sd card of my droid charge. How can I set the Play music app to look only at my online music and forget the music on my phone?
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Media files placed in root folders

Could you please help me how to make my music player/ galley recognize media files placed in root folders.
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shkrs said:
Could you please help me how to make my music player/ galley recognize media files placed in root folders.
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what do you mean by "root folders"
if you mean the internal storage, like /data and /system, it really just depends on the app. I think poweramp will let you select other folders, but others may not.

Jet audio also let's you select other folders

Yes, i meant internal memory. Is it possible to make music player/ gallery recognize media files placed in internal memory....
Currently i can use internal memory to save data just as in a flash drive. And if i want to play any media, i have to manually browse to the media location using an explorer and play.
Simply put, Is it possible to play music/ videos in stock apps without an sd-card inserted?
I want music files preview to be shown in music player, pictures and videos preview in gallery.
And poweramp and jet audio are showing a message that an sd-card is not inserted.
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shkrs said:
Yes, i meant internal memory. Is it possible to make music player/ gallery recognize media files placed in internal memory....
Currently i can use internal memory to save data just as in a flash drive. And if i want to play any media, i have to manually browse to the media location using an explorer and play.
Simply put, Is it possible to play music/ videos in stock apps without an sd-card inserted?
I want music files preview to be shown in music player, pictures and videos preview in gallery.
And poweramp and jet audio are showing a message that an sd-card is not inserted.
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There is no way. The internal storage is for apps only. You have to use a external sd for all media.
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Im just curious to know how developers of htc-one-x without an sd-card and others like samsung-s2 on at&t carrier have managed to make the same possible.
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shkrs said:
Im just curious to know how developers of htc-one-x without an sd-card and others like samsung-s2 on at&t carrier have managed to make the same possible.
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One x has cloud, sgs2 has internal and external sd card plus internal space for apps.
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local music files not showing up

I have been trying to get some music on my one s with liquid smooth. I originally put an album on my phone in flac. I loaded it at /sdcard/music/[artist]/[album]/[track#]-[song].flac. I've been trying three different apps, play music, stock music app, and winamp. The files would not show up in any of the apps but I did noticed if I browsed to the files with root explorer and "open with" winamp that they would play within that app but the app showed no recognition of the file other than being able to play and pause it.
Next I decided to convert some albums to ogg and put them on my phone. Still have the same issue as with flac, but notice that all three apps would play them if I opened it through root explorer.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here? Obviously there is support for the file types as I could get them to play, but why will they not show up within the apps?
Btw, my initial goal was to get music to play in zombies, run! Which uses an external music app to play music from what I understand.
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You have to clear then data on your media storage which can be found in apps. Open settings/app and find media storage.. It will have an android icon.
Clear the data and cache and reset your phone. This should work. Let me know if it doesn't
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Try the APP "rescan SD" or sth like this.
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do what the guy above said
and check your sd card for ".nomedia" file in your music folders

Took a while before I had a change to try your suggestion, but it worked, thank you! Downloaded "rescan media" and rebooted and now I see the files
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glad i could helP!

Play music can't play song after I relocated them

Hi all.
All my music players seem to be unable to play the songs that I moved from internal storage to external SD card. When I try to play. Play music says "couldn't play the track you requested"
But when I use total commander. The song is there. And when I play from total commander. All the music players were able to play.
I have tried reinstalled the apps but doesn't seem to help. My guess is the music players stored the previous songs' location, and are unable to find them now since I relocated them. (I tried to refresh on the music players list doesn't seem to help either)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks you
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Try to clear the app data/cache. Or remove you sd card and put it back in.
Sounds like all you need is to make the music player do a media scan so it recognizes the files from their new location instead of searching for them in their old location...
I've dealt with that before, usually the methods I mentioned above solved the issue right away. Good luck.
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Clear the cache. Works like a charm. Thank you!
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music on SD card

My phone does not show any music files that are on the SD card!

zaki67 said:
My phone does not show any music files that are on the SD card!
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More information please.?

It is an S4 9500 unrooted and i have a 64 GB card.
I created a folder called music but its contents do not show up on the Google or the Samsung music player,only the music that is on the internal memory shows up in both players.I tried to clear cash and force stop the music player but nothing changed.
Thanks!

zaki67 said:
It is an S4 9500 unrooted and i have a 64 GB card.
I created a folder called music but its contents do not show up on the Google or the Samsung music player,only the music that is on the internal memory shows up in both players.I tried to clear cash and force stop the music player but nothing changed.
Thanks!
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I have synced all the music from my itunes to my sd card successfully including the playlists. I use "easy phone sync" available in play store. Give it a try.
Though I have not tried playing music by simply copy pasting into my sd card.
Cheers!!
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Try downloading another music player on google play and see if it does detect.
I use MXPlayer, although it is primarily used for playing videos, they added the audio function as well. You can give it a go. Go to settings and check "Use as an audio player", then go back to the list and refresh. All your songs should show up.
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Probably wrong format try power amp?
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