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[REF] HTC Album - how to hide folders from

not many responses to this thread, so i don't know if anyone cares
but here is the solution, not too hard
1. on your phone fire up your favorite Registry Editor
2. go to HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored
a. if Ignored key doesn't exist create it
3. create a new String Value and name it anything you like
example: igo
4. set the Data for the new value to the full path of the folder to be ignored
example: \Storage Card\iGO8
note: all sub-folders will be ignored as well
5. restart your phone
note: the folder and it's sub-folders will not show up in Album
now that i can carry thousands of my photos with me
i realize that HTC Album gets crowded with sub-folders/albums
most are sub-folders with my photos and i guess i have to live with that
but also some system and miscellaneous folders show up
simply put a lot of finger scrolling
is there a way to hide / ignore certain sub-folders from HTC Album?

bumping
because i'd like to know if this is possible
i figured if windows and program files are hidden from the list,
there has to be a way to hide other unwanted folders

I don't think there is a way on the HD without something like resco explorer but, on your PC change the folder or file attribute to hidden before transferring to your HD.

bumping the solution

Thanks, this is great tip

tagging this so I can find it after each reflash

If you just want to keep photos out of TF3D album (so it will still appear in albums if ytou launch HTC Album but not in the TF3D tab) and it's easier: http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=1789
yopu just pick a folder as your favorite.

Sir.B said:
not many responses to this thread, so i don't know if anyone cares
but here is the solution, not too hard
1. on your phone fire up your favorite Registry Editor
2. go to HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored
a. if Ignored key doesn't exist create it
3. create a new String Value and name it anything you like
example: igo
4. set the Data for the new value to the full path of the folder to be ignored
example: \Storage Card\iGO8
note: all sub-folders will be ignored as well
5. restart your phone
note: the folder and it's sub-folders will not show up in Album
now that i can carry thousands of my photos with me
i realize that HTC Album gets crowded with sub-folders/albums
most are sub-folders with my photos and i guess i have to live with that
but also some system and miscellaneous folders show up
simply put a lot of finger scrolling
is there a way to hide / ignore certain sub-folders from HTC Album?
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Hi Sir B, i am quite new to changing software on my phone, do you recommend a Registery Editor that i can use to hide an album as you described, its exactly what i need to do so home and work are kept seperate.
any help would be really apreciated

cr51spy said:
...i am quite new to changing software on my phone, do you recommend a Registery Editor...
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best thing i can recommend is to continue reading these forums,
you'll pickup many interesting new things and technics
many fine Registry Editors outthere
i personally use dotFred Task Manager it has a very good Registry Editor built-in
easy to use and powerful application

Hi, great tip by the way. Managed to hide the images coming from gAlarm. Is it possible to have the same thing for Music? I dont want those sound files from a third party app to be included in the ALL music tab, my quick fix is to use a playlist Thanks.

Excellent tip mate, surprised you haven't had many other responses!!

You are the Man!!!
I have been looking for away to do this for ages.

Ahh cool. Can this be made into some kind of batch file, so when you flash it can be added right back in?
Actually, is there a way to ignore everything and add the folders you want to include?

AndyCr15 said:
Ahh cool. Can this be made into some kind of batch file, so when you flash it can be added right back in?
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after you populate it the way you like export the Registry KEY
import after flash,
or
convert to XML or CAB and install
these topics are covered better elsewhere in this forum,
search for "UC or user customization" or SASHIMI
AndyCr15 said:
Actually, is there a way to ignore everything and add the folders you want to include?
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no, that i haven't seen

kieboy said:
Is it possible to have the same thing for Music? I dont want those sound files from a third party app to be included in the ALL music tab, my quick fix is to use a playlist Thanks.
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I am interested in that also. I have my phone record my calls as .mp3, and they show up as music in music player!

Excellent tips! Thanks a lot for sharing. Have been searching around for this solution. Some photos really cannot be seen by others, especially my kids. (U know what I mean?)

Wicked post!
This is a wicked post...
Been looking for how to do this for ages!

oh wow thanks hated seeing all those folders

This is a great info man, thanks.

tip tip
Thanks for sharing it.
Mike

tf3d album art app.

I have a ? is there an app. that would allow you to add album art to individual songs on tf3d..
I know u can use windows media player but lets say im away from home and i come across an artist picture that i like.. rather than waiting to get home this program would allow me to add it rite there on the spot.
Ive done alot of searching and have not come across anything.. (or i might just be using the wrong keywords) iether way im a total newbie at this so any help would be welcomed and appriciated
Thank you all in advance.

Mmmm...
I don't know of any app that can do this, but you can always do it manually at any time:
Take a picture, or download the one you want from the internet. Rename it to 'Folder'. Place it in the folder that contains the track you want to associate the image with... navigate to Internal Storage\Music\Band Name\Album Name - Place the image named 'Folder' here.
Hope this at least gives you one solution

k i went to storage/music.. but all i see is all my music but no band name or album folder...

Do you have all your music in the same folder? Then this might come handy.

you can try my method in my blog, the link is in my Signatures...
hopes this helps...

Thankx guys for all the great help.
I appriciate all the good help

grahamkdt said:
I don't know of any app that can do this, but you can always do it manually at any time:
Take a picture, or download the one you want from the internet. Rename it to 'Folder'. Place it in the folder that contains the track you want to associate the image with... navigate to Internal Storage\Music\Band Name\Album Name - Place the image named 'Folder' here.
Hope this at least gives you one solution
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Graham,
Thanks for your tip. It works a treat on my Diamond. I had been searching for something to do this. There are other solutions, but I couldn't get them to work properly and this is a very simple method.

[Solved] Playlists location

A number of people have PM'ed me about this so I decided to have a good search.
At first I thought it was simply in \application data\htc\audiomanager_eng but my playlist folder shows nothing
I had a good root round my reg which didn't help, lol, searches didnt provide any useful info either
I'm slightly mistified myself as to where else the playlists could be held, possibly in one of the manila files located in the windows folder?
Was hoping our fine members could possibly show me the light in this matter or could elaborate anymore?
Cheers Rick
EDIT - SOLVED
See post#4

Hi,
This may be way off but thought I'd mention it anyway. I have a couple of playlists which I created through Pocket Player. These seem to be saved under My Device/My Documents?
Cheers
Dave

Found mine in HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\Music
r
Andrew

Thanks guys, though I think I solved it.
It was in \application data\htc\audiomanager_eng afterall
There should be a file called AudioManager_Eng.vol located in path shown above. If you change this to a .txt you'll notice all your songs which are in your playlist should be listed within this file in a gobbledegook sort of way. This file just updates if you change or make new playlists.
What confused me was this file was already here before I created a playlist so I assumed another file would appear instead of this file updating
Thanks anyway
Rick

Was looking for this a while back! Thanks for the tip

Audio Manager Playlists- Where Located??

Hello all,
Long time fan first time caller
Can anyone tell me where the playlist you save with the HTC music player on the home screen tabs is located? Is it on storage card or phone itself? What folder / location?
Thanks in advance team.

You can find the playlists in Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng/Playlists.

maximus1111 said:
You can find the playlists in Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng/Playlists.
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Thanks for this thread, I've been wondering the same thing myself. I'm having a slight problem though. I've made a custom playlist from some tracks on the phone but the folder you've listed is empty. I checked if maybe it was a hidden file but but there is no playlist in there.I've had to do a few hard resets recently and it's a real bugger having to make a new playlist every time! If anyone can give a definitive answer as to where I can find the custom playlist that would be great, or am I doing something wrong? Any help would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance

Solved... kida
Hi and thanks for your reply maximus1111.
I have a solution, but its not idea.
The playlist data is stored in Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng/Playlists
If you look in the playlists folder it appears empty but its there.
If you go into the audiomanager folder there are two files in there. Copy them and go to your storage card. Make a folder- call it what ever you want (eg HTC Playlist) and paste the two files in there.
If you lose your playlists in the device for some reason you can copy the files back from your storage card to the phone and you will have your playlists back.
If you want to delete the playlist in your phone and use the ones in your storage card, soft reset the devic. When it starts up make sure you do not open the HTC Music application (very important or wont work). Using file manager go to audiomanager in the phone and delete the two files. Then paste the ones from your storage card there and it will work.
Less than ideal and a bit of mucking around, but I have confirmed it works with my HTC HD2.
Thanks everyone. This is a great forum.

Slick1974 said:
Hi and thanks for your reply maximus1111.
I have a solution, but its not idea.
The playlist data is stored in Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng/Playlists
If you look in the playlists folder it appears empty but its there.
If you go into the audiomanager folder there are two files in there. Copy them and go to your storage card. Make a folder- call it what ever you want (eg HTC Playlist) and paste the two files in there.
If you lose your playlists in the device for some reason you can copy the files back from your storage card to the phone and you will have your playlists back.
If you want to delete the playlist in your phone and use the ones in your storage card, soft reset the devic. When it starts up make sure you do not open the HTC Music application (very important or wont work). Using file manager go to audiomanager in the phone and delete the two files. Then paste the ones from your storage card there and it will work.
Less than ideal and a bit of mucking around, but I have confirmed it works with my HTC HD2.
Thanks everyone. This is a great forum.
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Ok,
Thanks for the tip. I've backed up the Audiomanager folder so hopefully, if I need to replace the playlist, it should work. You're sure that the playlist is in that folder though?
Thanks

gargon01 said:
Thanks for this thread, I've been wondering the same thing myself. I'm having a slight problem though. I've made a custom playlist from some tracks on the phone but the folder you've listed is empty. I checked if maybe it was a hidden file but but there is no playlist in there.I've had to do a few hard resets recently and it's a real bugger having to make a new playlist every time! If anyone can give a definitive answer as to where I can find the custom playlist that would be great, or am I doing something wrong? Any help would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance
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Strange, on my device i can see all playlists i made.

maximus1111 said:
Strange, on my device i can see all playlists i made.
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Nope, Mines empty. When I go to the music player though, I can select my custom playlist. Weird....

gargon01 said:
Nope, Mines empty. When I go to the music player though, I can select my custom playlist. Weird....
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hi, same here, no playlist in folder. i copied the audiomanager_eng.vol to my pc. when i look at it with a hexeditor, i see the names and path (eg. ZPlay \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\playlists\ZPlay) in the file. also i found all information about the mp3 files i have added to playlists (eg. \Storage Card\Audio\Music\ACDC - Backtracks - 08 - Snake Eye.mp3 Snake Eye). so i think htc stores everything in that file.
i think thats a good example how htc developers are ticking, instead of keeping it simple they make it as complicated as possible... spilling all the data the user have created all over the complete device. if i just want to save my settings i have to run around between a dozend different places on my hd2.
regards mad

gargon01
I know it sounds a bit wacky, but tried it twice and worked both times when I followed the procedure. As to why it works is above my limited intelligence.

Slick1974 said:
gargon01
I know it sounds a bit wacky, but tried it twice and worked both times when I followed the procedure. As to why it works is above my limited intelligence.
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Ok thanks,
Hopefully that's another problem solved! If/when I need to do a hard reset, I'll report back here with the results.
Thanks a lot

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665484
it could be usefull
bye

[TIP update] workaround for loadtime of HTC audio player library

A problem with the HTC audioplayer is that it rebuilds the whole library when you tap the music tab after a soft-reset. With a giant collection of music-files this isn't funny anymore You will have to wait for at least 1 minute until you can select a artist, album or song from the library.
A elegant workaround, although not a direct solution for the problem, is to rebuild the library automatically after a softreset and not to trigger it by the selection of the music tab. This can save a lot of time, because (in most cases) the library will be ready by the time you decide to play some music after a soft reset. For me that's enough...
(Still this will not help you very much when you immediatelyafter a soft-reset want to select something from the music library)
Now, to trigger the rebuilding of the library at start-up all one has to do is to place a shortcut to the AudioManager_eng.exe in the startup folder in the windows directory. You can do this yourself or you can use the cab that is attached to this post.
UPDATE:
added a cab that triggers a music library rebuild when the storage card is inserted (or what's the same, when you unplug the device from a "disk drive" connection with the pc)
If the cab doesn't work. Just unzip the attached zip file to the folder "2577" on your storage card. (If the folder isn't there you have to create it yourself)

Nice one - goes some way to avoiding that delay when you first want to use the music player.

Thanks mate. will gie it a try.
I dont really have that many songs bt i still hate the wait!

rumz82 said:
Thanks mate. will gie it a try.
I dont really have that many songs bt i still hate the wait!
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Nah, the worst is when you accidentally tap the music.
It just freezes. Freaking agrovating!

Updated the first post with a little cab that rebuilds the music lib when a storage card is inserted.
Really great workaround. I love it. I would give this thread 5 stars if I could

I will check it out,
and give it 5 stars if it works indeed

mmmalas said:
I will check it out,
and give it 5 stars if it works indeed
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lol I don't care. It's a five star workaround for myself.
Hope you enjoy it too.

Thx a lot!
The shortcut method works great

It does indeed work on the stock 1.61 ROM, cheers!

Cracking tip that, thanks a lot.

Thanks! it works..Great ! love u man

mccmjoon76 said:
Thanks! it works..Great ! love u man
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Love you too!

appelflap, could you make .cab file, which will reset changes to default, please?
First indexation wasn't succesful, so i want to reset this settings =(
(audioplayer indexate all 800 songs, but only 6 albums and 6 songers)

zahvatnik said:
appelflap, could you make .cab file, which will reset changes to default, please?
First indexation wasn't succesful, so i want to reset this settings =(
(audioplayer indexate all 800 songs, but only 6 albums and 6 songers)
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Hi, uninstalling the cab files will remove the files that were installed.
(if you want to be sure, you can do it manually by deleting the shortcut to audiomanager_eng.exe in the windows/startup directory and/or deleting the files mortscript.exe autorun.exe and autorun.mscr from the directory 2577 on your storage card)
To force a fresh indexing of your music files, try to delete the AudioManager_Eng.vol file in the directory Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng
it's a hidden file so you need to instruct file explorer to display hidden files.
BTW as a side note, your problem hasn't anything to do with the automatic indexing at startup. It's a general problem that sometimes occur with the music player. If it occurs use the above method...

Oh, i've forgotten about uninstalling
Thank you!

here is the final solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5937822&postcount=31

I'he intalled a new artemis Rom and the MP3 sens is not working properly, I can see every title but can't read more than 10 sec anx I have restricted access to artist liste

merci beaucoup