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Audio files not wanted in media player

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Scary

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I'm still trying to get to grips with the folder/filing system of the Desire's SD card.

I have yet to put any of my own MP3's onto the phone but have put on a few short audio clips which I created at work. These were on the phone mainly so I could transport them home but I also occasionally play them from the phone

However I don't want them cropping up amongst music in the music player app/widget, but it seems no matter where I put them on the SD card they appear. The only exception is if I put them in media => ringtones which isn't ideal.

Are there any other places where i can put them where they won't be found by the media player?
 
If you got a pc & card reader you could try putting a folder on the card & name it shorts, then put a folder inside that one & name it tracks.
Put your short music clips in there, that may do the trick
 
Make a txt file named .nomedia (including the .) on a pc and drop it into the folder the sounds are stored it. This SHOULD stop the sound files appearing in the music app.

KYI
 
anoniemouse said:
If you got a pc & card reader you could try putting a folder on the card & name it shorts, then put a folder inside that one & name it tracks.
Put your short music clips in there, that may do the trick
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That just creates another album called 'shorts' with the audio clips in.

It does look like it includes any audio clip on the card
 
Scary said:
That just creates another album called 'shorts' with the audio clips in.

It does look like it includes any audio clip on the card
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I suppose thats the thing with a media player its designed to ferret out music files, just a matter of finding a way to trick it though
 
Killyouridols said:
Make a txt file named .nomedia (including the .) on a pc and drop it into the folder the sounds are stored it. This SHOULD stop the sound files appearing in the music app.
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Aha, that seems to work.... but only if you put the audio clips in after the .nomedia file. When I tried it the other way round the media player remembered the clips it had already seen.

Thanks for that, that's great :)
 
Scary said:
Aha, that seems to work.... but only if you put the audio clips in after the .nomedia file. When I tried it the other way round the media player remembered the clips it had already seen.

Thanks for that, that's great :)
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if you were to reboot and it would re-scan your media and not find the files with the .nomedia file in it.

There`s also an app that rescans without you having to reboot
 
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