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media player problem reading memory card

my windows media player won't add files from my memory card. when I try searching for files it finds a very large number of files but when it starts adding them it hangs then gives up. I prefer using the windows media player since I can use it with the htc home plug in as well as the ability to still listen while in standby mode.
any suggestions?

This is a common problem, find the folder MSMETADATA on your SDCARD and delete it then media player should rebuild the library correctly.

^cool, thanks that worked!

markafreeman said:
This is a common problem, find the folder MSMETADATA on your SDCARD and delete it then media player should rebuild the library correctly.
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thanks i was looking for this!

Still not working
I've used that fix a number of times but now it doesn't work...
I've now flashed a new Rom Schaps 4.3 and formatted my SD Card. Still no luck!!!! Argggghhhh....
The card shows up in the camera app as well as file explorer, however both media players don't recognise it.....
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.....
Thanks
Sammy

And the answer was:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2362318&postcount=7
Mike

Phone can't find music

Phone is rooted and at first no problem, could play music from the embedded player. But now whenever I install a ROM, it says no music found. I have plenty of .MP3 files loaded on my SD card. What gives?

Same problem, with my android

I'd say try putting all of your MP3s into a folder located at /sdcard/Music/
Even though I'm running a modified version of CM6.1 and have music in multiple folders. Both on the root of the sdcard and in subdirectories of random folders... All of them still show up in the stock music app :/

Have you tried rebooting? or an app that rescans the SD card for media?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/rescan-media/com.addz.mediascanner

xNotta said:
Have you tried rebooting? or an app that rescans the SD card for media?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/rescan-media/com.addz.mediascanner
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I would rescan the card

SGS2 not reading music on sd card

Whatever I do the music app or any for that matter, just doesn't read the music off the SD card. Dunno what else to do. Tried formatting the card and naming the folder "Music", still no success. I'm not rooted, only got my phone about a month ago and exchanged it already but still the same problem. Does anybody else have the same problem? How can I fix it? Cheers

Are other apps able to pick up your music?

mateash2002 said:
Whatever I do the music app or any for that matter, just doesn't read the music off the SD card. Dunno what else to do. Tried formatting the card and naming the folder "Music", still no success. I'm not rooted, only got my phone about a month ago and exchanged it already but still the same problem. Does anybody else have the same problem? How can I fix it? Cheers
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I've just downloaded winamp from the market and copied an album to media folder on sd card and it found it straight away, try copying to media folder (if you have it) or just copying to sd root

odevans said:
Are other apps able to pick up your music?
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nope, not even stock alarm or the math alarm app
seanicca said:
I've just downloaded winamp from the market and copied an album to media folder on sd card and it found it straight away, try copying to media folder (if you have it) or just copying to sd root
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right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?

mateash2002 said:
nope, not even stock alarm or the math alarm app
right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?
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Does your folder either have a period at the beginning of its name, or does it contain a file named ".nomedia"?
Android will ignore any music/image/video files in a folder that has a period at it's start (like ".Music"), or any folder that contains a file named ".nomedia". (and any sub-folder it may contain)

Dude ur a genius!!! That ".nomedia" bastard of a file was in there. Cheers man

mateash2002 said:
right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?
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Glad your sorted
I created my media folder, inside the folder i have 3 more folders named ringtones, notifications and videos my music i just transfer the album to this and leave as is.
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Stock I9505 Music Player Won't Detect Song in ExtSD Card

Stock Music player just won't load or detect any music from my extsd card.. any workaround on this?
I'm on MG5.. is this some software restriction?

noypi_101 said:
Stock Music player just won't load or detect any music from my extsd card.. any workaround on this?
I'm on MG5.. is this some software restriction?
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Scan media with a media scan app from play store

Are the files in a folder named music? This happened to me once. The mp3's were scattered in the root directory of my sd card. So I made a folder named music put all the files in it and it worked. Dont no if it helps you but. Only thing I csn think of.
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Done all as suggested still the problem persist... transfer the music files to pc and transfer back to phone after, its still a no go...
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Won't stop scanning media files

There's nothing wrong with the SD card I'm using. It works fine on my computer and on my v10. But for some reason on my v20 it is constantly scanning the sd card. Media files still show up but I cannot open them until the never ending scan ends. Also the music player also does not read the music on the card. I know this use to be an issue with older Android phones but I didn't expect my v20 to have this issue.
It says:
"Scanning media files... try again after scan is complete"

More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?

@rbiter said:
More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.

Rexzon123 said:
200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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Depending on how much media you have (hopefully less than available internal space) transfer everything to internal memory using es file explorer (or Root explorer - my preference) (avoid the Android folder - but backup any app data you have cause if any apps save their data to the sd card, it will be lost in this method along with any apps you installed to the sd card *just redownload them from play store*).
Then format SD card using phone.
Then transfer everything back to the SD card
FYI doing this changes the modified date of any photos/videos so the phone will think they're new. Only drawback of doing this. I had an issue with my Samsung 256gb card and that was the only way I could get it to fix.

I had to backup my files with my 200GB Sandisk to my laptop, format card for hahas, then retransfer back manually. Did my 90+GB of flacs while watching a movie and the other 40+GB overnight while sleeping.

I transferred stuff onto my 200gb SanDisk card that I had been using in my tablet. The files all showed in file Explorer but wouldn't show in gallery or music players.
There was a lost.dir folder on the SD card (along with others from the tablet) the folder seemed empty (didn't check for hidden files) I deleted the lost.dir folder and the phone can now see everything. (pictures all in gallery now as well as mp3s showing in music players)
Worked for me... Not sure if it will apply to your situation but I figured I'd share...

Same issue but different scenario
Hi All,
I am experiencing a similar issue with a specific app (only so far) - 9gag.
Whenever I download an image from their feed with the dedicated 'save' button, it will save it onto my internal storage (can't change the location of that via app), but it won't show in my gallery.
When I try to open the imaeg in the file explorer it says 'scanning media files... try again after scan is completed' - however, no matter how long I wait, I can't open it and it never becomes visible in the gallery.
I tried following things so far:
- reboot: it works, every time I reboot, all files are scanned and in the gallery, however, if I save further images, the new ones won't show up until I reboot again
- stop media scanning service and clear data: no effect
- rename folder: no effect
- rename file: this works, it shows up in gallery
- copy/move onto sd card: this works too, it shows up in gallery
As you can see, there ARE ways I can make the pics visible, but none of them is a sustainable way. I can't reboot or rename after each image I save, that's pure madness.
Any ideas what else I can try?
Oh and btw, all other apps do work, for example if I save files from screenshots, downloads, Line or WeChat, the phone does create a folder in the same way it does for 9gag and it is visible in the gallery with no problems, so it might be app specific? I also reached out to 9gag already but i don't think they will reply...