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Exclude folders

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danbryan

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Does anyone know of a way to exclude folders from programs such as the music app, or tunewiki. I have some audio books i dont want the phone to see in the music folder, rather only in my audiobook player. both of the files are in mp3 format.
 
use a different mp3 player, i use the app called mixzing and its amazing. It also lets you speficy what folders to look into, so you can ignore your audiobook folders for example.
 
jimdroid said:
be careful with this! Adding a .nomedia file to a directory on my Hero deleted all media files in that directory, instead of not just displaying them. I think this is an HTC problem, but still, make sure you test it before using it.
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Oh thanks...think I might give it a miss then
 
jimdroid said:
be careful with this! Adding a .nomedia file to a directory on my Hero deleted all media files in that directory, instead of not just displaying them. I think this is an HTC problem, but still, make sure you test it before using it.
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I am having no problems. I noticed a couple of the new skins I downloaded for Beautiful Widgets were showing up in my gallery. These skin directories were missing the .nomedia file and since I added it by copying and pasting from some other skin directory all is well.
 
argh i just downloaded the paid ambling app.. it nice BUT the audio book still appears in the music player .. I know it is because its mp3.. I thought the music or book player had an exclusive folder? how can I fix this??? I do not want my audio books in shuffle or in music menu:(
 
hi same problem here..i saw the mizing app and did not like the loo and feel prefer the htc player :(. please tell me if you figured it out
 
aliciadroid said:
argh i just downloaded the paid ambling app.. it nice BUT the audio book still appears in the music player .. I know it is because its mp3.. I thought the music or book player had an exclusive folder? how can I fix this??? I do not want my audio books in shuffle or in music menu:(
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Try it with a dot in front of the name of the audio book folder (e.g. ".MyAudioBooks").

Harry
 
On a Samsung Galaxy 2 I've tried adding the .nomedia file, renaming directories and files with a dot prefix and none has worked keeping the files out of the Music Player and Play Music aplications.

The files are mp4 files produced by the phone recorder.
 
cyberpine said:
On a Samsung Galaxy 2 I've tried adding the .nomedia file, renaming directories and files with a dot prefix and none has worked keeping the files out of the Music Player and Play Music aplications.

The files are mp4 files produced by the phone recorder.
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Stock galleries and music player don't re-scan for media after be started.

When you have changed a folder's name, try a re-scan app like SDRescan or reboot your phone.

Harry
 
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