hey thanks for taking your time and reading this.I was wondering if there is a way to choose the images and videos that show up int he gallery without using any apps.or atleast is there a way to prevent them from showing up in gallery?
There are many apps to hide files shown in gallery. Search in the play store. Or like me, download any file manager from market, es file explorer or xplore, they have options to hide any file - whether it's an image, video, mp3, anything.
I don't think you can hide the files of your gallery without the help of any external app.
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anasdcool71 said:
There are many apps to hide files shown in gallery. Search in the play store. Or like me, download any file manager from market, es file explorer or xplore, they have options to hide any file - whether it's an image, video, mp3, anything.
I don't think you can hide the files of your gallery without the help of any external app.
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try hide it pro a.k.a. audio manager
its awesome app just try
Mahraf said:
hey thanks for taking your time and reading this.I was wondering if there is a way to choose the images and videos that show up int he gallery without using any apps.or atleast is there a way to prevent them from showing up in gallery?
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Yea try Audio Manager app.wch is brilliant.even d name of d app is kept so cos of not being noticable by any.
hit thanx if i help any
put a .nomedia file in any folder and the media scanner will skip it,
no apps needed,
just make a .nomedia with no extension in any folder
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Hi all,
is there a way to hide certain media (in this case: videos) from the media scanner so they do not show up in the media list?
I do not want my wife to know what kind of p.0n I'm wathing on my phone
To be precise: Nothin' illegal, just the usual stuff, but she's almost fundamentally catholic
Just make a file called ".nomedia" and put it in that folder
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone
I would be quite interested in this too..
And how do I re-run the media scan?
marty1976 said:
And how do I re-run the media scan?
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just delete, copy or move a file in the the stock browser . then it should do it automaticly
Falloutboy2000 said:
just delete, copy or move a file in the the stock browser . then it should do it automaticly
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Or connect USB and mount the drives, then dissconnect, scanner will run automatically
reboot phone, kill two birds with one stone, mostly reply in case this helps a future viewer.
Put said videos in a folder starting with . for example...
/sdcard/media/.secret/stuff/
The content in .secret will not be visible in any normal file explorer or file chooser, appear in galleries or media scanners. You will have to use a file explorer that has a "show hidden files" option to see these.
Optionally you may use .nomedia to hide these in a general sense. However not all third party software will honour these tags.
marty1976 said:
I do not want my wife to know what kind of p.0n I'm wathing on my phone
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LOL I like that you don't want her to know what kind of "p.0n" you are watching... presumably that means there are some kinds she would approve of, but they aren't the kind you have on your phone
danmullen said:
LOL I like that you don't want her to know what kind of "p.0n" you are watching... presumably that means there are some kinds she would approve of, but they aren't the kind you have on your phone
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LOL, ack! She's into the "normal" stuff that we watch together, but I also like... well, that doesn't belong here, but anyway I'd like to explicitly state it's nothing illegal...
You could also use "Vaulty Free" app that moves selected images and videos into a virtual vault which then requires a password to open and view. This also ensures that they do not show up in gallery and video player.
Hope this helps.
Look at my signature.
Put all your secret files in /sdcard/.secret/Secret Stuff.jpg
Then use my app to start the media scanner when you need to scan.
Look at the link in my signature.
so how would this work if you wanted to hide media in game directories? its quite irritating to have the media player list the thousand small wav and mp3 files that are part of games i have on my SD, and renaming the dir to one with a dot in the front will break the path to it.
any suggestions?
kanemari said:
so how would this work if you wanted to hide media in game directories? its quite irritating to have the media player list the thousand small wav and mp3 files that are part of games i have on my SD, and renaming the dir to one with a dot in the front will break the path to it.
any suggestions?
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Put a blank file named
.nomedia in the directory of the game sounds folder.
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Put a blank file named
.nomedia in the directory of the game sounds folder.
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Agreed....
I have several .nomedia files in different folder Apps that contain graphics.
Stops them showing up in the Gallery App.
Using a .nomedia file works fine for video game folders but if you add one to a music folder to hide the album art thumbnails from the gallery then this also hides the music files from the music player !
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gaelynx said:
Using a .nomedia file works fine for video game folders but if you add one to a music folder to hide the album art thumbnails from the gallery then this also hides the music files from the music player !
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I think you can get around this by embedding the folder art into the music files themselves - I had to do this to my entire collection as my car player would only see them in the MP3s and not as separate files
Taomyn said:
I think you can get around this by embedding the folder art into the music files themselves - I had to do this to my entire collection as my car player would only see them in the MP3s and not as separate files
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That's exactly what I do. Mp3tag is a good, free program for doing this.
gaelynx said:
Using a .nomedia file works fine for video game folders but if you add one to a music folder to hide the album art thumbnails from the gallery then this also hides the music files from the music player !
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Try changing the album image's name to albumart.jpg (or watherver file type it is). It is no loger shown in the gallery. Only problem is you can only have 1 image per folder. I have not tried with variantas such as albumart_1 and so on, but it may work...
Thanks, .nomedia worked fine for me, but I think there really should be an option in the OS to either leave the scanner on auto (so it could scan all the phone's storage), or to manually select the folders that contain my media files.
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EDIT: I opened-up a ticket here (I took the liberty to include some other ideas I found in this thread).
How do I prevent certain folders from showing in gallery and music app?
I also have this problem. The images of music albums appear in the gallery =/!
Here you go
http://tinyurl.com/3aczmgw
Using a file manager program, rename the folder that you do not want displayed and put a "." preceding the name of the folder.
For example:
rename:
"Folder that should be hidden"
to
".Folder that should be hidden"
made a text file and named it no.media and placed it in a directory that contains album art . I wen to the gallery app and it still shows that album as a folder with pictures in it.
. in front of the folder name works. thx
This is a problem since there ae too many folders to id as such. I even DnId nomedia manager and tried that. If you ID ever folder then you will not see anything. I posted my results on this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799735
If someone finds a real solution, please let us know. Thanks!
It's actually quite simple...
Download "Gallery Enabler" from the market. This app will let you choose which folders to show and which to hide...
Now.. wasn't that simple??
Open Notepad and save a blank file as ".nomedia" (select "All Files" in the "Save as Type" option).
Then simply put that ".nomedia" file anywhere you want to hide images/ringtones from applications.
OR
just download ".nomedia" file straight from your phone
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9986997/.nomedia
edein said:
Open Notepad and save a blank file as ".nomedia" (select "All Files" in the "Save as Type" option).
Then simply put that ".nomedia" file anywhere you want to hide images/ringtones from applications.
OR
just download ".nomedia" file straight from your phone
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9986997/.nomedia
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Holy crap, this worked perfectly. THANK YOU! I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to keep the gallery from showing all my album art. It was getting really annoying to have to sift through it everytime I wanted to find a picture.
superfuffo said:
It's actually quite simple...
Download "Gallery Enabler" from the market. This app will let you choose which folders to show and which to hide...
Now.. wasn't that simple??
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Gallery Enabler app is renamed to Media Hidden. FYI. It works well. Also there is nomedia app in the market as an alternative.
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Gallery Enabler app is renamed to Media Hidden. FYI. It works well. Also there is nomedia app in the market as an alternative.
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Just DnId and selected all Folders shown by this app. I only allowed DCIM, Movies, Music, Photos and Screenshots folders to be allowed.
However, the following folders/files/categories were still displayed using 3DGallery app:
Browser 11, Calcpro 2, Common 24, Controls 22, FrmAddAlarm 22, FrmAlarm 45, FrmOptions 4, ...........S2 18, S1 19, etc.......
This app sure does not work for me? Any suggestions?
the .nomedia files work but it also removes all the phones searching for all media in that folder..
i tried this to keep the music player from playing the ringtones and it worked but then my phone didnt ring
i would say putting the . infront of folders is the easiest way to keep the pictures private.
it will keep the gallery from showing your pics and you can still browse them with astro.
i installed media hidden and it worked perfectly however I noticed one issue that if I hide my muaic folder because it was showing my album covers in gallery, then it would hide my music all together and then I get a message in music player app that no music found
Other then that this app works fine
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Why can't it just play/show pics from a specific folder like the other Music/Photo apps allow? To me an app doesn't work unless it does what it is suppose to. This does not work.
todd69 said:
here you go
http://tinyurl.com/3aczmgw
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hehehehe :d
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hehehehe :d
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Thanks, read the link and still don't think that is the answer. I am looking for something that allows me to tell an app what folder(s) to view/open for pics/music. I don't need an app that scan my entire SD Card looking for that stuff.
Thanks again!
For music I now use a program called Meridian player. This lets you load certain folders to play.
Can anyone post the .apk for Media Hidden? I can't get it to download off the market for some reason. It's a free app so it shouldnt be a warez violation or anything.
Is it possible for someone to create an app which stops certain media folders which contain files like splash screens, game videos, game music album art showing up in the gallery and the music player. Would be very useful for alot of people.
Btw I'm not sure if here is the correct place to post this so please don't criticise me too much. Lol
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rizzy123 said:
Is it possible for someone to create an app which stops certain media folders which contain files like splash screens, game videos, game music album art showing up in the gallery and the music player. Would be very useful for alot of people.
Btw I'm not sure if here is the correct place to post this so please don't criticise me too much. Lol
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No need for an app. Just put a . in front of the folder name. This makes the folder "hidden" and the content will not show up in the gallery.
Example:
"Pictures" as a folder would show up in the gallery.
".pictures" would not.
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orkillakilla said:
No need for an app. Just put a . in front of the folder name. This makes the folder "hidden" and the content will not show up in the gallery.
Example:
"Pictures" as a folder would show up in the gallery.
".pictures" would not.
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Thanks mate but would this stop the apps from reading the folder as the shortcuts will have been changed?
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Yes, that will.
So instead, if you put an empty file named '.nomedia' in a folder, it prevents mediascanner from listing that folder and any subfolders media. Not an ideal solution, but unforutnately there are no alternatives.
To automate this task, there is an app in the store, but I cant remember its name now.
I put some tv shows on my Nexus 5 but now they show up in the Gallery app. How do I make it so only photos show in Gallery? Under my storage settings the videos show up as Misc. storage instead of videos. I just used Android File Transfer to drop the files.
Badd_blood said:
I put some tv shows on my Nexus 5 but now they show up in the Gallery app. How do I make it so only photos show in Gallery? Under my storage settings the videos show up as Misc. storage instead of videos. I just used Android File Transfer to drop the files.
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Make sure the videos are in a different folder than your photos.
In the videos folder, create a file (I use ES File Manager, you can use a computer too) called .nomedia (just like that, starting with a period).
Restart the phone and the videos won't show up, but you can access them thru a file manager or media player etc.
edit: If any of that was confusing, I have attached a .nomedia file. Just extract the zip file and you will have the file I am talking about.
Any folder you put this file into the contents will not show up in the stock gallery app.
Badd_blood said:
I put some tv shows on my Nexus 5 but now they show up in the Gallery app. How do I make it so only photos show in Gallery? Under my storage settings the videos show up as Misc. storage instead of videos. I just used Android File Transfer to drop the files.
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This is because Gallery is the stock Android video player, so it is supposed to show videos!
My personaly recommendation is to ditch the stock Gallery and use QuickPic instead (free on store) which as well as being a far better image viewer (including immersive mode statusbar hiding!) also has the ability to hide videos from the main list, plus the ability to hide any specific folder your want from the main view.
orangekid said:
Make sure the videos are in a different folder than your photos.
In the videos folder, create a file (I use ES File Manager, you can use a computer too) called .nomedia (just like that, starting with a period).
Restart the phone and the videos won't show up, but you can access them thru a file manager or media player etc.
edit: If any of that was confusing, I have attached a .nomedia file. Just extract the zip file and you will have the file I am talking about.
Any folder you put this file into the contents will not show up in the stock gallery app.
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Thanks it seems to have worked even though no file showed up in the folder. How would I remove the .nomedia since it seems to be invisible?
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Thanks it seems to have worked even though no file showed up in the folder. How would I remove the .nomedia since it seems to be invisible?
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You can see it on a computer, also there should be a setting in ES Explorer to view hidden files.
Found it.
If you use ES File Explorer.
click on the top left, hit Tools, then near the bottom there's a "show hidden files" option.
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You can see it on a computer, also there should be a setting in ES Explorer to view hidden files.
Found it.
If you use ES File Explorer.
click on the top left, hit Tools, then near the bottom there's a "show hidden files" option.
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Thank you I found that setting works great now.
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Thank you I found that setting works great now.
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Awesome, glad we got that sorted.
In the Samsung native gallery app, it shows folders like whatsapp images which I don't want to see. Please advise how to hide it. Any help?
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anshkhanna said:
In the Samsung native gallery app, it shows folders like whatsapp images which I don't want to see.
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Place an empty file named .nomedia in the directory that you don't want to be visible in the gallery. If it's already in the gallery, then also rescan media afterward. Or simply reboot.
The .nomedia flag tells media scanner to ignore that directory.
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