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Music folder for TouchFlo 3D

Currently I have my music synced (by Windows Media Player 11) to /Storage Card/Music folder (and subfolders). Windows Mobile Media player can see it and play fine, but TouchFlo 3D plugin does not seem to look into this folder at all.
Is it possible to force /Storage Card/Music folder as default for HTC player as well?

I can install it anywhere and TF3D Player finds it:
I got music in:
SD Card/My Documents/My Music/(any album oder artistname)
Or as WMP11 did by sync:
SD Card/Music
Nevertheless, TF3D finds it.
May try a softreset?

Flanders said:
May try a softreset?
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Did that, multiple times.
Anyway, moving files to \Storage Card\My Documents\Music seems to work.
I probably need to "reset" just the HTC Library to make it work under \Storage Card\Music, but I am not sure how.
// edit: disabling TOuchFlo 3D a deleting /Application Data/HTC did the trick

Radek Hulán said:
a deleting /Application Data/HTC did the trick
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Can you please explain what you mean by that??

Just refresh librairy in windows media player and it should be done
Working for me...

This is explaining it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459596
Disable TouchFlo 3D and then you can delete the folder.
Then soft reset
Enable TouchFlo 3D again and then the library should refresh again
This is how it solved my issue .
Be patient too : if you have a lot of songs, it can take a while before the library loads up completely

Radek Hulán said:
Currently I have my music synced (by Windows Media Player 11) to /Storage Card/Music folder (and subfolders). Windows Mobile Media player can see it and play fine, but TouchFlo 3D plugin does not seem to look into this folder at all.
Is it possible to force /Storage Card/Music folder as default for HTC player as well?
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The are two keys in the registry:
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config\device_scan_path_path
and
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config\device_scan_path_path_0
You can define search locations for tf3D player there.

Still a Problem
I started the tread referred to in one response above but am still having problems. I tried all the recommended options with varying degrees of success. So far I have managed to get the music file recognised but showing the wrong album cove in the library and now allowing you to flick through them on the first screen. Soft reset allowed flicking but still wrong cover. Wipe SD card, hard reset and still the same. Am I doing something to do with the cover jpg file? And is there a way to convert the standard cover file to a folder jpg other than renaming as they are a lot smaller.

You just need to add an AlbumArt to your mp3s files' tags. You can do it with windows media or, for example, mp3tag.

same problem. i have added an album art to a mp3 file and stored it on the device, but still there is no album art.
(added album art with winamp 5.5 and refreshed with windows media player.)
is there a difference between saving an album art with media player and winamp?
EDIT:
I think there is a difference. the mp3 i added album art still dont have an album art in windows media player (on desktop). if i add the album art in windows media player the alum art is also available on my Touch HD...

Help! Adding mp3 album images

In my playlist only for some songs are album images. Is it possible to add images for mp3 songs in original built in htc touch hd music player? If yes pleas write replay. Thanks.

Really no info about this?

Solution
In my playlist only for some songs are album images. Is it possible to add images for mp3 songs in original built in htc touch hd music player? If yes pleas write replay. Thanks.
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That's possible yes:
HTC FAQ Page
Simple answer: Add a image file (in JPeG) to the folder you store the album in and call the file folder.jpg (you may hide it if you want).
One thing: You need to re-add the files to the player, meaning all files you have in your current playlist (on the TF3D page) will not get updated untill you reselect them.
KilZone

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That's possible yes:
HTC FAQ Page
Simple answer: Add a image file (in JPeG) to the folder you store the album in and call the file folder.jpg (you may hide it if you want).
One thing: You need to re-add the files to the player, meaning all files you have in your current playlist (on the TF3D page) will not get updated untill you reselect them.
KilZone
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Thank you very much.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=449824&highlight=display+Album+art
Media Monkey is really a great app!

KilZone said:
That's possible yes:
HTC FAQ Page
Simple answer: Add a image file (in JPeG) to the folder you store the album in and call the file folder.jpg (you may hide it if you want).
One thing: You need to re-add the files to the player, meaning all files you have in your current playlist (on the TF3D page) will not get updated untill you reselect them.
KilZone
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no it doesn't work. at least for me.
look what i am doing:
1. i set my usb connection as disk drive
2. i load to my winamp the songs from album Crises - Mike Oldfield and with winamp i download the artwork from internet named "Mike Oldfield-Crises.jpg"
3. i connect my hd to my laptop and copy into folder Music from my sdcard the folder crises. inside this folder i have the album "Crises - Mike Oldfield" and the "Mike Oldfield-Crises.jpg"
4. on my sdcard i rename "Mike Oldfield-Crises.jpg" artwork as "crises.jpg"
5. set my usb connection asa activesync
6. start tf3d music player and wait until it finds the new album
7. after a while it finds it but the artwork is not displayed
please tell me what am i doing wrong!
thank you!

You have to name the artwork folder.jpg
Not the name of the folder, not the name of the artist. It actually has to be called:
folder.jpg
That's f-o-l-d-e-r-.jpg
Weird i know but it does work.

meanwhile i figured out myself.
but thank you anyway!

Keep in mind that TF3D player doesn't use the file folder.jpg to display the image. It uses a file named hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg. If it's not present but there is a file named folder.jpg, TF3D player will create a file hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg from it.
Therefore you can create your AlbumArt directly under the name hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg.
(however, WMP still uses folder.jpg, therefore I've kept both).

But why don't use mp3 artwork tag to display album artwork ?
Also eventhough you have hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg in that folder, TF3D music player sometime never display the albumart.
TF3D music player suck.
Still like itunes that create playlist easily by drag n drop.
Even I create the playlist manually, it sometime didn't work.

Playlist creation - help

Hi! Can anyone say me how to create playlists in Media Panel and Windows Media Player?
I know I can create a playlist and add single tracks to it in Media Panel, but I want to put in the playlist whole folder. Help pls

use any player on PC, select tracks and savelist as m3u

But I have music on X1. Is it possible to make a playlist with folders in X1? Most SE phones have easy setup of playlists... Even if its HTC made with WinMo it shouldnt make problems with music...

Sense Music Playlist Import?

Is it possible to import a playlist created on your PC i.e. .m3u into the HD2 and make it appear in the sense music player?
Can you sync music/playlist on your PC with the HD2?

Yes, use Windows Media Player and right click on the playlist and press "Add to sync list" and it will appear in the sense player when done.

Thanks...I'll give that a try

Just tried this but only music being transferred and found by sense music player...NOT playlists...Are you sure this works??

I'm wondering this, too...how can I get my fifty gazillion song playlist onto my phone without sitting down for hours and manually re-creating it? This is very frustrating. Can't we stick a text file or xml or something into the phone system to get sense to recognize it?

h++p://mobisapienz.com/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=82&task=view.download&cid=52
Not exactly what you are looking for, but give it a try.

PlaylistMgr is simple playlist editor for managing Windows Media Player and Sense playlists and also can import different playlist created on PC

markecpda said:
PlaylistMgr is simple playlist editor for managing Windows Media Player and Sense playlists and also can import different playlist created on PC
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Doesn't work. I've got a Windows Media Player playlist on my pc that I want to copy to my phone and have Sense or at least WMP recognize it...anyone know how to do that, specifically?

mfrey0118 said:
Doesn't work. I've got a Windows Media Player playlist on my pc that I want to copy to my phone and have Sense or at least WMP recognize it...anyone know how to do that, specifically?
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Did anyone come up with a solution to this?
I have tried all sorts to get a playlist from my PC into my HD2 and to show up in the sence player to no avail
I've been playing with different ways to get my music on and seem to have a working solution using MusicBee which gets all my music including tags and album art into sense perfectly. It copies playlist over but I can't get sense to recognise them. Getting fed up with recreating playlists every time I change my music over on my phone
If anyone knows a way to get playlists into the sence player it would be most appreciated.

Music?

I just got my HD2 a week ago and love it. One problem i have is all the music i put on my Sd card won't play down the list in the music player it will just play the song i selected, what am I doing wrong?

semso said:
I just got my HD2 a week ago and love it. One problem i have is all the music i put on my Sd card won't play down the list in the music player it will just play the song i selected, what am I doing wrong?
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what is the folder structure under which you put the music. It should look something like this:
\Storage Card\Music\Offspring - Americana
\Storage Card\Music\Offspring - The Offspring
\Storage Card\Music\Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
A folder for each album under a general "Music" folder...

MUSIC
I just made a folder in my Storage Card and called it "Music" obviously without the quotes and used a Micro sd Adapter and put the card reader thingy into my laptop like a usb and transfered over my music. I have a bout 5GB of music and when i when to the music tab it said searching and found all my songs.!?

I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, (please be more specific if this isn't what you're talking about).
When you select a song to play, how are you selecting it?
If you go to Artists or Albums, it will only play the songs under the respective artist or album.
If you go to Library>All Songs and then press on a song, it should then play all songs. Is this what you're doing? What happens when you do this?

Do any of your music players freeze?
I have had it freezing once I loaded about 4gb of music onto it.
Storage Card\Music\*.*

I know just what he means. In the music tab you get the album view which is pretty useless/cumbersome, so, instead of playing music from there, he's going into "Library" and then possibly Artists>Album>SongName. Problem is, when you do that, HTC's music player creates a new (temporary) playlist with only that one song, so, if you want to skip to another song, you have to go back to Artists>Album>etc...
With HTC's player, you HAVE to create playlists to get the most out of it (or just stick with the default "All Songs" playlist (painful if you have over 1,000 songs because, again, of the lame UI for the music player)) and just switch playlists as you go.

Is there any way to get the HTC media player sort the albums in landscape mode to Artist then album like how its sorted in an ipod touch or iphone?

egzthunder1 said:
what is the folder structure under which you put the music. It should look something like this:
\Storage Card\Music\Offspring - Americana
\Storage Card\Music\Offspring - The Offspring
\Storage Card\Music\Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
A folder for each album under a general "Music" folder...
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When i uploaded 6 gb of music all in different folders, the player showed it to me all in one giant list, is this going to fix the problem, or do i have to do something else?

goldt said:
When i uploaded 6 gb of music all in different folders, the player showed it to me all in one giant list, is this going to fix the problem, or do i have to do something else?
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The player can show it to you listed by album, artist, genre, or composer...just use the slider when in "library" view. However, this is dependent on the ID3 tags on your music files being filled in correctly...

Is there a way to create ID3 tags for all my music based on folders?
I don't care about the albums as long as i can have folders and not a one giant list of mp3's

goldt said:
Is there a way to create ID3 tags for all my music based on folders?
I don't care about the albums as long as i can have folders and not a one giant list of mp3's
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BTW i just downloaded ID3 tag editor and its great, so if anyone has these same issues try it, its free Stamp ID3 Tag editor

Hey im having real issues getting ANY music to play, it is in .mp3 format but my HD2 just wont play it?
Can anyone help?