Well after weeks of waiting I finally got my Leo. One problem I am having is the system indexing my music files. I have about 4GB on a 16GB card it takes ages finally when it indexes it has incuded hundreds of phone recordings. I use resco recorder which records every call I make.
The manual says:
Your phone searches for all supported music files from the following locations:
Phone: \My Music (including all subfolders)
\My Documents (including all subfolders)
Storage Card: \Storage Card (including all subfolders)
Is there any way to stop it searching a folder on the SD card ??
Any help greatly appreciated.
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There's a registry entry that declares a folder which is not scanned by Audio Manager. It is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config:ring_tone_path
By default it would be "\My Documents\My ringtones\" (don't know for sure, I'm on a dutch ROM atm). You can change this to another location if you like, but I it won't take a location on your storagecard, unfortunately. It means you will have to keep ring-tones in the device memory. For me this is no problem because I only carry a few dozen tones with me.
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I have a few ring tones that on my old PDA2K I kept on my SD card and yet was somehow (I cannot remember how) able to use them from my SD card as ring-tones.
On my bright and shiny new K-Jam I cannot find a way to use files on the SD card as ring-tones.
So to save space if I MUST have the files on the phone I want to use MP3's.
Well bugger me I cannot make this work either.
Any ideas out there please?
Cheers.
Robin
hmm i just copied them to my storage card.
sipepguru said:
hmm i just copied them to my storage card.
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Interesting.
All the other comments I have heard say they will not work if they are on your SD card unless you make some registry changes?
Something I don't really want to do.
So where on your SD card did you copy them and how did you make the phone recognise them as ring tones?
Robin
Windows\Ring\ is the default location for tones. Mp3s work. Just copy them to the Windows\Ring\ folder [use activesync on pc or file explorer on ppc] and you should be able to select them as tones. The registry hack actually changes the default location to a folder of your choice [i.e. on a Storage Card] this is useful if you have a lot of tones. From experiene with WM2003se sometimes this doesn't work well something about the Storage Card taking too long to initialize and therefore the Phone doesn't find the tones folder and just reverts to default. The work around was to have them on Storage, but now with WM5.0 everything is Storage I haven't tried the hack on WM5.0 though.
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Another thing is you could cut up your mp3 tones [30 secs is more than enough for a ringer] and re-encode them to a lower bitrate [I use 96kbps Stereo] it's around 360Kb per tone.
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Hope this helps.
try to convert to mp4....its work too....
If you don't want to change the default location for ringtones via the registry you can add your wav, mp3, mid to a folder called "My Documents" on the storage card. If it doesn't exist just create it. Thus far it is the only folder I have found that will work without changing the registry. Cant be in a subdirectory. Files get all cluttered up, but you don't have to do anything.
I tried it, and it doesn't work for me.
I did search for any topics related to this issue in this forum, none of them solves the problem.
So I did \Storage Card\Rings
or just \Storage Card\
I did some trial and error as well, I even put a folder that doesn't exist but strangely it didn't show an error at all. It just lists the rings inside windows\rings.
And I just noticed that it even lists all under windows\my Tones
any idea?
place ringtones in - storage card\my documents, this is the one that works, the others are wrong.
yea, so I did that, put my ringtones in: Storage Card\My Documents. I also tried these combinations:
\Storage Card\My Documents\
\Storage Card\My Documents\Rings
\Storage Card\
\Storage Card\Rings
none of the above works
see the problem is, even if I put a fake path, like for example:
Crazy Storage\Your Documents
that still lists ringtones under windows\rings for some reason.
it doesn't give me any error message.
so please please anyone help me?
thanks
Strange that works for me - what ringtone format are you trying to use.?
I might have guessed the problem - change the ringtones under settings\phone\ringtone NOT sounds ¬ifications\phone incoming call
Try reg tweak - goto HKCU\controlpanel\soundcategories\ring and change directory to the one you want (If that is not you have already done)
yea i did that already the registry hack, no luck for me.
i tried both but can't find the ringtone.
They are in mp3s.
It should be showed hough, cuz when i put it under windows/rings it would show.
yea i did that already the registry hack, no luck for me.
i tried both but can't find the ringtone.
They are in mp3s.
It should be showed hough, cuz when i put it under windows/rings it would show.
I tried a mp3 in my \storage card\my documents\ folder and it worked so something odd is happening for you. What rom are you using and what storage card is it?
I'm using the latest rom that is available in this forum (cingular?) and i dont know the brand of the storage card because it's an oem and it's 2 gb.
I can put files in it, I able to play music from my storage card. So I don't think storage card is the problwm, maybe it's the rom?
After changing keys in the registry soft-reset by holding down the power key.
This is what is working for me:-
I put ringtones in Storage Card/My Documents
I made NO changes to the registry at all
Ringtone are wav files
QTEK 9100
Rom 2.17.7.2 WWE
2Gb Sandisk storage card
adthor said:
This is what is working for me:-
I put ringtones in Storage Card/My Documents
I made NO changes to the registry at all
Ringtone are wav files
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Same with me. I'm using mp3's. No need for registry change
It works without changing the registry!
I also put a folder onto the storage card \My Documents and put the ringtones (mp3) in there.
But as stated already: Change the ringtone under Settings\Phone and NOT Sounds & Notifications.
BUT there is a limitation you are not able to see the ringtones on the storage card in Agenda Fusion ( where you can give each contact a personal ringtone ) :evil:
i have been busy for the past few days and just tested it now
and its working.
thanks alot guys
However I can only put it under Storage Cards\
If I create another folder under Storage Cards\My Documents\ it doesn't work.
Any ideas?
I dumped my MP3 ringtones under Storage Cards\My Documents\ and it worked fine. No reg hacks or anything.
I have a cingular 8125
IPL 2.17
SPL 2.17
GSM 2.07.10
OS 2.17.72
After i installed the newer ROM for cingular in mine only works the WMA no more mp3 so maybe the same thibg is happening to you.
Try it and keep us posted!
Hi ALL
here is my question.
i like to use MANILA music player but i have a lot of ringtone files on my storage card and it always search the whole memory so i end up with many music files in my player which i don't want there.is it possible to choose folder for music player to use as the one and only?or any other idea how to stop music player to search on entire storage card?
thx
+1 for this!
A mod can probably merge this post with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5342869#post5342869
There's a registry entry that declares a folder which is not scanned by Audio Manager. It is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\C onfig:ring_tone_path
By default it would be "\My Documents\My ringtones\" (don't know for sure, I'm on a dutch ROM atm). You can change this to another location if you like, but I it won't take a location on your storagecard, unfortunately. It means you will have to keep ring-tones in the device memory. For me this is no problem because I only carry a few dozen tones with me.
thx for reply.i have done this by using Resco Explorer.all the folders that contains ringtones and files i do not want to show up in music tab i simply set as hiden.that did the trick for me.manila will no longer pick them up.
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There's a registry entry that declares a folder which is not scanned by Audio Manager. It is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\C onfig:ring_tone_path
By default it would be "\My Documents\My ringtones\" (don't know for sure, I'm on a dutch ROM atm). You can change this to another location if you like, but I it won't take a location on your storagecard, unfortunately. It means you will have to keep ring-tones in the device memory. For me this is no problem because I only carry a few dozen tones with me.
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Thanks for this, this has helped improve matters somewhat, but I still have a folder full of audio books (very large, so needs to be on storage card) that still show up and I would rather they didn't. Any one know of a way of hiding these from Audio Manager?
Hey!
Is it possible to define a folder where the music library should get all the music? I have files from G-Alarm and so on in it but can´t find a solution how to delete them outta the library..
Same problem here, every sound file type is shown there...
anyone an idea??
Annoying as hell... HTC needs to update this to allow us to point to a specific folder! I tried googling the issue but didnt come up with a solution...
Have you tried HIDDING the specific folder using an alternative explorer (like Resco explorer or Total Commander) ? In Total Commander, long press on the specific folder, choose "properties". There you can choose the attribute "system" and click on "recurse subdirs" so it applies to all files under that folder. This works to hide image files from the ALBUM, so there's a good change you'll fix this using the same method.
By the way, talking about Music library, do you experience some crashes of the music player after adding new files using mp3 cable? If so, this thread might interest you. I think there are problems with the way the player handles the ID3 tag of mp3.
Read this and relay the info, please.
I tried hiding some folders but then they get shown no where! For example: tried to hide g-alarm folder and the alarm tone also disappeared in the G-Alarm app... never expected crashes!
but the volume up & down buttons dont really work while i´m in the music app! when im on the home screen and mp3s are playing in the background, volume keys work perfectly no idea
I even went into the registry to HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config and changed the device scan path and fooled around with other stuff... nada... everytime after a soft reset, it still had ALL the system sounds and stuff in there.
Also, in that same registry folder, there is a ring_tone_path entry which probably explains why some of the ring tones don't show up....??
Can someone who knows a little more about this stuff enlighten us?
hello,
a workaround:
create playlist with one ore two files (songs).
after than close today-htc-sense.
open \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\playlists\name-of-your-playlist
and put all your wanted songs in it (i mean, you have to write/edit the file)
tip: use cmd (dos) for trickies like "dir c:\folder\with\my\songs\ > c:\playlist"
you will get on c:\ a file with name "playlist". this could be use for editing "manila-playlist". put this file after finished back to \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\playlists\ and starts your today-htc-sence.
i know, its a little bit grrrr and looks like work for end-of-life, but i say its a workaround and after three or four playlists you will be a profi.
Found a solution.
This will only work if you have your music on SD card. I also have tomtom maps there but no actual tomtom so for me it is only music on sd card.
1. Start from removing your card and then going to music tab so it rescans and states no music found. (Skip to step 3 if you are starting from clean rom)
2. Go to registry editor of your choice and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng (for german it will be AudioManager_Ger)\Information
Delete all items in that folder. You will not be able to delete Information it self.
If you are on clean rom you will not even have that folder it is created 1st time when music tab finds music.
3. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config
In there change:
"device_scan_path_path" from what ever there is to \Windows
"device_scan_path_path_0" from what ever there is to \Windows
"ring_tone_path" from what ever there is to \Windows
What this will do is exclude all files in windows folder. If you have any files in my documents they will show up. I assume if you just put "\" instead of "\Windows" it will exclude entire my device but did not test it.
4. Soft reset, insert your SD card and enjoy.
Hi Community,
I've had a good rummage around the forum and can't find what im looking for.
Problem: Samsung won't detect my MP3 files (in either stock music player or winamp).
What I've tried:
Drag and drop to my external SD.
Syncing with winamp.
Formatting the SD card in the phone and dragging music over.
Using mediafix.
Placing music on internal card (still not detected).
Retagging mp3's (all are on ID3 V1.x)
Nothing works. The music is on the SD card but no app will find it. All tagged correctly and working on my spare HTC desire.
Test make folder called Songs on External SD card drab & drop one MP3 in it .
Open stock music player .
jje
Did you make sure you did not dump your files into a folder that also has the little file called ".nomedia" ?
Solved
Hi
i found the solution.. the download service I had used to get my mp3's has prefixed each file name with a full stop i.e ".makeyoufeelmylove.mp3".
I didn't know this but anything prefixed with a full stop tells linux to hide that file. This media scanner was not detecting the music.
Hope this helps someone in future.