Help Where to place songs/mp3s?

[opplife]

I notice in my new htc desire on one of the 7 panels there is a something you can click that says. Tap to go to music application, but there is no music there.

I gather you can either

1. Download Mp3s from the net and it will save them somewhere? but if i do it that way how do i load them in this program?

2. Hook up my phone to my pc and drag mp3s over onto my sd card, but do i have to place them in a certain folder for the app to find them?

Last is there a popular app people use to play their mp3s vs the one they give you?

thanks for helping a newbie out here

 

[Eugene's Mac]

I personally don't mind the one that comes with the phone, but MixZing is also very nice. You can make a folder on the SD and title it music. Simple as that. The music app on opening will do a quick search for music files on your phone and then add them to the list of music.

 

[KlaymenDK]

Actually, you can place any kind of media (music, pictures) anywhere and the apps will more or less be able to find them. For your own sanity (but not technical necessity) I would recommend you make a "/media" folder in the root of your "/sdcard" folder, and make a "/music" folder inside of it.

I also have "/ringtones", "/alarms", "/notifications" -- these folders must be named exactly so (but can be placed anywhere) in order for their contents to show up as ringtones etc.

Bonus: If you have sounds or images that you *don't* want listed, place a file called ".nomedia" (note the leading dot) in the same folder, and Android will not publish any media files in that folder to media apps.

 

[Rojhan]

Bonus: If you have sounds or images that you *don't* want listed, place a file called ".nomedia" (note the leading dot) in the same folder, and Android will not publish any media files in that folder to media apps.

Thanks for the tip; this should go in "Tips & Tricks"

 

[opplife]

Thanks guys