I have 2 problems related to the music player, and I think they're both related to each other.
The first one, is that when I look at the list or scroll through the songs that I have saved in my phone ( external SD ), many ( or maybe even all ) of them show up with 4 copies with each. How did this happen? and how do I fix this?
The other problem is that, when I play songs from the "songs" tab, it always says "cannot play this format" , and then moves along until it finds something that it can.
Any ideas on how I can fix these problems?
dotslashbin said:
I have 2 problems related to the music player, and I think they're both related to each other.
The first one, is that when I look at the list or scroll through the songs that I have saved in my phone ( external SD ), many ( or maybe even all ) of them show up with 4 copies with each. How did this happen? and how do I fix this?
The other problem is that, when I play songs from the "songs" tab, it always says "cannot play this format" , and then moves along until it finds something that it can.
Any ideas on how I can fix these problems?
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If you have a pc, take out the sd card and put it in the pc, in windows explorer make sure you can view system files, after that have a look in your sd where your music is and you will see lots of index files, delete them and that should fix your problem, after you plug the sd back your phone will generate new index files. there maybe an app that could remedy that but this is how I fixed it when I had the same problem.
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I have the multiple song problem. Easy to solve- clear the data under settings/ applications/ media storage. it'll force the media libray to be re-written.
I have no idea why this occurs.
kbm said:
I have the multiple song problem. Easy to solve- clear the data under settings/ applications/ media storage. it'll force the media libray to be re-written.
I have no idea why this occurs.
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Did this and it deleted the entire music library including playlist,gallery and other medias but I'm pretty sure that the pics, videos and other media are still intact via SD. Android probably can't see it so beware doing this. Backup media storage first and restore if you have problems
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It's all good, just waited a few moments and the galley and the entire playlist went back
chickentuna said:
Did this and it deleted the entire music library including playlist,gallery and other medias but I'm pretty sure that the pics, videos and other media are still intact via SD. Android probably can't see it so beware doing this. Backup media storage first and restore if you have problems
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It's all good, just waited a few moments and the galley and the entire playlist went back
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You do have a few moments of "oh shi......".oh hang on it all good! :good:
Just unmount and remount memory card. Worked for me.
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U can install 'SD maid' and check for duplicates file in ur SD card
And use 'power amp' best music player play all types of music files
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I had exactly the same issue in my note running miui. Un mounting and mounting the card solved the problem
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Out of interest...
Anyone know why this occurs?
Also, it only happended to me once i upgrded to ICS, never of GB.
Thanks for the replies guys. All I did was clear the data from 'Media Storage", and restarted the phone so that it'll recheck the SD card again.
bluerichy said:
Just unmount and remount memory card. Worked for me.
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How do you do this from the phone? this seems to be a shorter step, since it probably wont require a reboot
It happens because you have moved the media file.The original file index location table has not been updated by touch wiz(Music player) but the new location of same files has been appended to the file index table.
For phone, the previous located file also exists. But when you try to play that file it says "Cannot play media, unsupported file format" .
The more number of times you move each file, the more no. of copies you have.
Example: You move your files 4 times. " Redemption Song"
You'll have 4 copies of the same track " Redemption Song"
When you try to play the 1st,2nd or the 3rd track of "redemption song", it'll say unsupported file format.
But when you'll play the 4th entry, it'll play.
The problem is the index file. Delete is. Let it create another file after every time you move your song files.
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When I transfer songs to my phone I cant find them, nor does the music player detect them. First I tried just copy and paste them to SD Card into Music folder. Then I used Media Go but the issue is still there. My phone doesnt recognize any new music, but the songs are on my memory card. Any ideas?
Try use a different media player?
MishoB said:
When I transfer songs to my phone I cant find them, nor does the music player detect them. First I tried just copy and paste them to SD Card into Music folder. Then I used Media Go but the issue is still there. My phone doesnt recognize any new music, but the songs are on my memory card. Any ideas?
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Download the app "media rescan root" and you should be fine
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jman2131 said:
Download the app "media rescan root" and you should be fine
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tried that too, but still none of the songs appeared
What kind of file are your music files? MP3?
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Use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
About to jump ship from Iphone4s for an s4 because I fell in love with my new google all access subscription. My only concern is if there is a way to pin all access music to an external SD. This is really the deciding factor for which I would pick up this phone.
Supposedly it would save it to an ext sd card for offline use. I could sign up for a trial and let you know.
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squabbi said:
Supposedly it would save it to an ext sd card for offline use. I could sign up for a trial and let you know.
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i was able to trick google music by creating a "music" folder on the sd card, and then creating a shortcut to this folder in place of the folder where google music usually stores stuff.
wtfdroidlol said:
i was able to trick google music by creating a "music" folder on the sd card, and then creating a shortcut to this folder in place of the folder where google music usually stores stuff.
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Where does google music usually store stuff? and im guessing you have to root the device to replace the specific folder? Also have you\ confirmed this to work with all access music and not just purchased songs?
Hello!
I'm using Google Play Music. Is there any way to save the files and use them in the stock player? I use the S View cover and would like to use the music widget on there but it only works with stock. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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teejaymarx said:
Hello!
I'm using Google Play Music. Is there any way to save the files and use them in the stock player? I use the S View cover and would like to use the music widget on there but it only works with stock. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Do you have the files in a music format stored on your PC/available somewhere? I would recommend to create a Music folder on the root of your SD Card and play /shuffle from there is what I do, yet I use beat music player.
lmike6453 said:
Do you have the files in a music format stored on your PC/available somewhere? I would recommend to create a Music folder on the root of your SD Card and play /shuffle from there is what I do, yet I use beat music player.
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Thanks for the suggestion. That option is available, but I'm trying to manage it all from my device, so I can "pin" or make songs available offline, but play them in the stock player because I want to utilize that widget on the S-View case.
Thanks!
Hey xda!
After days of trying to get a decent solution out of the Sony support guys, I gave up and turned to the only place I know I'll probably find my anwser!
So here's the scenario: I've recently purchased a Z2 (yesterday) and immediately started syncing my music up with the provided application which is Media Go. The unfortunate thing is, that my music refuses to show up in the WALKMAN app. I've looked up some probable solutions on the web such as clearing the data and cache of the WALKMAN app, restarting the phone several times, doing a factory reset, but I ran into a dead end every time. I've also heard that the WALKMAN app cannot recognize music which are in the external storage, but that's not the case here since I dont have an SD card inserted at the moment. I've also read that the app cannot recognize music without proper ID3 tags, but I don't think thats the case here since every music player, even Media Go, can recognize every single mp3 I have on my PC.
Anyone else Xperienced (pun intended) this problem and found a solution?
Thanks in advance!
-Khemist
First thing: The Z2 does recognizes Music in the external storage. From Kitkat and beyond, that's almost the exclusive use for it, without root.
Second: does other players recognizes songs? Download one of the most used, are your choice, and see if they find it.
Third: Seems obvious, but everyone forgers, sometimes, the most obvious stuff. Use a file manager, on the phone (there should be one called File Commander built in), and check the Music folder to see if your media files are there.
Forth: Use the file manager in Windows, and transfer a few music files to the Music folder. Reboot the phone, wait a few minutes (just to make sure), and check if the music is now on Walkman...
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The good thing about android is that you can just copy and paste the files onto your phone storage without using a syncing app.
Have you tried copying one of the music files onto your storage straight away into a new folder you create? (the name of the folder doesn't matter at all)
In addition, check the folder with your music files. (The one music go created) Chances are...there is a file in it called '.nomedia'. It's usually a hidden file, so make sure you select 'show hidden files' when you use a file management app. (I recommend Es file Explorer. You can find it on google play store, but others are fine too as long as you get to see hidden files) The file is there to stop media files in the folder from being recognised.
P.S the phone does recognise media files on external storage. That's the whole point of having one really.
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Felimenta97 said:
First thing: The Z2 does recognizes Music in the external storage. From Kitkat and beyond, that's almost the exclusive use for it, without root.
Second: does other players recognizes songs? Download one of the most used, are your choice, and see if they find it.
Third: Seems obvious, but everyone forgers, sometimes, the most obvious stuff. Use a file manager, on the phone (there should be one called File Commander built in), and check the Music folder to see if your media files are there.
Forth: Use the file manager in Windows, and transfer a few music files to the Music folder. Reboot the phone, wait a few minutes (just to make sure), and check if the music is now on Walkman...
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Hey! Thanks for the extremely fast response!
First, the music is located in the internal storage. It's in the root/Music folder. The structure looks like /Music/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONGS
Tried what you suggested and strangely , none of the downloaded music players recognize any kind of music on my phone!
Also tried manually copying files (by following the "/Music/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONGS" and by simply copying individual files into the /Music/ folder) but still refuses to recognize my music.
Have you tried creating a NEW folder and put some music files into it?
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khemist92 said:
Hey! Thanks for the extremely fast response!
First, the music is located in the internal storage. It's in the root/Music folder. The structure looks like /Music/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONGS
Tried what you suggested and strangely , none of the downloaded music players recognize any kind of music on my phone!
Also tried manually copying files (by following the "/Music/ARTIST/ALBUM/SONGS" and by simply copying individual files into the /Music/ folder) but still refuses to recognize my music.
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The other guy pointed some important information. Kudos to him
Try using a more powerful file explorer (the recommended ES File Explorer is a good one. You can try Solid Explorer too, if you like it better) and do a search on the whole storage (remember to activate the Show Hidden files/folders) for .nomedia files.
PS: That isn't the root of the storage, in theory. From a user standpoint, it is, but technically there are a few other folders before you reach the actual root.
Again, don't forget to thank the other guy. I kinda just repeated what he said, but in another way. From the time O am writing this, I haven't saw a reply from you to him...
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Tried creating a folder of my own and putting some music files into it, but nothing sadly, I've checked for a .nomedia file in the /Music/ folder but i dont see anything in there. However, there is a .nomedia file in the root of the internal memory. Maybe that's the root of my problem?
khemist92 said:
Tried creating a folder of my own and putting some music files into it, but nothing sadly, I've checked for a .nomedia file in the /Music/ folder but i dont see anything in there. However, there is a .nomedia file in the root of the internal memory. Maybe that's the root of my problem?
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Most likely yes. Delete it and it should work. I wonder why that file was there in the first place...
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Hey everyone!
Thanks for the fast responses. The solution was indeed to delete that dreaded .nomedia file there... I too wonder why did Sony put there in the first place! Thanks again for your help!
-Khemist
Felimenta97 said:
First thing: The Z2 does recognizes Music in the external storage. From Kitkat and beyond, that's almost the exclusive use for it, without root.
Second: does other players recognizes songs? Download one of the most used, are your choice, and see if they find it.
Third: Seems obvious, but everyone forgers, sometimes, the most obvious stuff. Use a file manager, on the phone (there should be one called File Commander built in), and check the Music folder to see if your media files are there.
Forth: Use the file manager in Windows, and transfer a few music files to the Music folder. Reboot the phone, wait a few minutes (just to make sure), and check if the music is now on Walkman...
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Wooah wait there...Z2 has always been reading the music from SD card how can you say that it doesnot...?
I dont think the native music player has any problem reading it from the SD card...even though KK 4.4 has restrictions
Also throw the music file anywhere in the phone either internal or external inside any folder it recognises automatically unless the database is corrupt...
unmaskedfalesh said:
Wooah wait there...Z2 has always been reading the music from SD card how can you say that it doesnot...?
I dont think the native music player has any problem reading it from the SD card...even though KK 4.4 has restrictions
Also throw the music file anywhere in the phone either internal or external inside any folder it recognises automatically unless the database is corrupt...
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But I said it reads music from SD Card...
"The Z2 does recognizes Music in the external storage."
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But I said it reads music from SD Card...
"The Z2 does recognizes Music in the external storage."
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My bad...
What version is Walkman? The version that came with my phone wouldn't load up my music either but once I updated it worked as expected.
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unmaskedfalesh said:
Wooah wait there...Z2 has always been reading the music from SD card how can you say that it doesnot...?
I dont think the native music player has any problem reading it from the SD card...even though KK 4.4 has restrictions
Also throw the music file anywhere in the phone either internal or external inside any folder it recognises automatically unless the database is corrupt...
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My Z2 sees all the music, I have the MUSIC folder created on my SD Card.
The only explorer which can do it is File Commander.
Jumping in on this thread....
I use to play my music unlimited through the Walkman, but all of a sudden it seems to have stopped doing so when I try to log back in it doesn't allow me to do so, I click on music unlimited within the Walkman it loads up the screen to login but neither the "login" button or "create account" button will do anything if I click on them they make the tap sound which is registering that they are being clicked but nothing else, the other two links on the page will open ( Learn more and Terms and conditions )
I've tried removing both apps, clearing all the data and reloading everything back on but it's still the same, anyone got any ideas.
Walkman plays my 70gb library on my sdcard1 just fine...
I use Google play music and Walkman does not see my music.
Kmac_thp said:
I use Google play music and Walkman does not see my music.
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Oh yeah, that's cause Google play music downloads your music to the device and stores it in some cryptic way. I forgot about that.
But, if you put your music on your phone yourself via pc, EVERY music player will be able to see it.
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Oh yeah, that's cause Google play music downloads your music to the device and stores it in some cryptic way. I forgot about that.
But, if you put your music on your phone yourself via pc, EVERY music player will be able to see it.
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Google music sucks. It will only let you download the music and it's stored in some secret way. I use amazon mp3 at least you can actually put the files on your added card. Shame on Google.
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