I have scanned various threads regarding this topic and we all know how even if you place your ringtones/notifications in a different folder than your music files they still show up in Music Player
We also know about the 2 workarounds: Use a different music player that lets you pick which directories your music is stored (best solution so far) or put an empty file named .nomedia where your ringtones are. That is not a good choice since it hides the ringtones from media scanner and therefore will not be selectable as a ringtone or notification unless you use a third party app.
Workaround #3: (my preference)
I followed the instructions from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7375013
1) - On your sdcard, create a folder called "media", then create another folder in that called "audio".
2) - Inside the "audio" folder, create 3 seperate folders called "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones".
3) Convert your ringtones and notifications from MP3 to WAV. Yes they will be slightly larger, I converted PLAINRING.MP3 > WAV and it went from 74kb to 613kb. Not a big deal.
4) Copy the WAV files to the correct directories you just created and you've got tones! They will be hidden from Music Player but they will show up with all your other ringtones and notifications.
No need for root or any third party apps...unless you want to convert MP3 to WAV on your phone instead of a PC
Thanks for sharing...
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Create a blank text file on your pc and name it .nomedia (don't let it save the .txt extension) and place it in the directory you want to hide media from the player.
patriot1973 said:
Create a blank text file on your pc and name it .nomedia (don't let it save the .txt extension) and place it in the directory you want to hide media from the player.
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Tut Tut . . . You didn't read the OP before replying.
Yea I hate this too.even shows game sounds too. So I use MixZing player instead!
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Phrack said:
I have scanned various threads regarding this topic and we all know how even if you place your ringtones/notifications in a different folder than your music files they still show up in Music Player
We also know about the 2 workarounds: Use a different music player that lets you pick which directories your music is stored (best solution so far) or put an empty file named .nomedia where your ringtones are. That is not a good choice since it hides the ringtones from media scanner and therefore will not be selectable as a ringtone or notification unless you use a third party app.
Workaround #3: (my preference)
I followed the instructions from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7375013
1) - On your sdcard, create a folder called "media", then create another folder in that called "audio".
2) - Inside the "audio" folder, create 3 seperate folders called "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones".
3) Convert your ringtones and notifications from MP3 to WAV. Yes they will be slightly larger, I converted PLAINRING.MP3 > WAV and it went from 74kb to 613kb. Not a big deal.
4) Copy the WAV files to the correct directories you just created and you've got tones! They will be hidden from Music Player but they will show up with all your other ringtones and notifications.
No need for root or any third party apps...unless you want to convert MP3 to WAV on your phone instead of a PC
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Thank you very much!!! Best solution so far!
I tried the "ringtones" folder, tried the .nomedia file, and neither of those solutions really worked well.
Your idea did the trick perfectly!
Stock music players haven't been updated yet? So, we can choose just the directories we want.
freakpunker said:
Stock music players haven't been updated yet? So, we can choose just the directories we want.
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I am not sure, they might have updated by now - you resurrected a 3+ month old thread. Since you did not add to the solutions and your only question is something not directly related to fixing the issue and could have been easily checked out on your own, I am not sure for your reason for resurrecting this thread. Now that it has been brought back how about you check out the stock app and report back?
I just make a playlist that does not include the ringtones.
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How do I exclude folder on the stock Vibrant's music player?
I believe you can put a period at the beginning of a folder to hide it from being indexed from the Gallery or Music applications. (So a folder called ".Music" would be hidden.)
CappyQ said:
I believe you can put a period at the beginning of a folder to hide it from being indexed from the Gallery or Music applications. (So a folder called ".Music" would be hidden.)
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This is true. I tried this when I wanted to hide my custom ringtones from the music player, but when I did it hides the folder from the entire system. The result was I could no longer choose (see) custom ringtones from the system settings. I wonder if there's a way to hide files/folders from the media player while still keeping them available to the system sounds settings. On my mt3g, the media player ignores files in the directory sdcard/media/ringtones. On the Vibrant, the player shows all media files no matter where they are placed. Anyone?
XfooYen said:
This is true. I tried this when I wanted to hide my custom ringtones from the music player, but when I did it hides the folder from the entire system. The result was I could no longer choose (see) custom ringtones from the system settings. I wonder if there's a way to hide files/folders from the media player while still keeping them available to the system sounds settings. On my mt3g, the media player ignores files in the directory sdcard/media/ringtones. On the Vibrant, the player shows all media files no matter where they are placed. Anyone?
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I got around it by renaming my ringtones from .mp3 to .mid, seems the music player ignores .mid files.
But since the stock music player doesn't have a homescreen widget, i went ahead and bought MixZing, which lets you select what folders to play music from.
This is In the tips and tricks sticky at the top...
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raduque said:
I got around it by renaming my ringtones from .mp3 to .mid, seems the music player ignores .mid files.
But since the stock music player doesn't have a homescreen widget, i went ahead and bought MixZing, which lets you select what folders to play music from.
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Thanks. I'll try that if I repurchase the Vibrant after Samsung fixes the GPS/Compass.
achild said:
This is In the tips and tricks sticky at the top...
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...and the .nomedia file it recommends placing does the same thing as putting a period in front of the folder title, thus hiding its contents from the system settings.
so my dad just started using his vibrant for music, and it annoys the both of us that all of the ringtones show up. I tried the .nomedia file, and that did work for the music player,
but it also made picking the ringtone for the phone impossible.
so is there anyway to do this?
neok44 said:
so my dad just started using his vibrant for music, and it annoys the both of us that all of the ringtones show up. I tried the .nomedia file, and that did work for the music player,
but it also made picking the ringtone for the phone impossible.
so is there anyway to do this?
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place an empty file called .nomedia in the directories where the ringtones, notifications are.
I do as follow on the linux box
Code:
touch .nomedia
adb push .nomedia /sdcard/media/ringtones/
And so on
lqaddict said:
place an empty file called .nomedia in the directories where the ringtones, notifications are.
I do as follow on the linux box
Code:
touch .nomedia
adb push .nomedia /sdcard/media/ringtones/
And so on
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apparently you didn't read my post. I didn't use adb, but i created a .nomedia file, and put it in those folders. And it did work, they didn't show up in the music player.
however, it ALSO removed all those files from the entire system. If i go to pick my ringtone, they don't show up, not in the stock picker, or rings extended.
anyone have any ideas?
Back in the days...i had the same issue with the G1.....
neok44 said:
anyone have any ideas?
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I doubt if there is a solution to this, unless someone is hiding it from us. I also only know about the .nomedia file, but it does totally eliminate it from the system and not just from the player. The same thing with the picture Gallery - it shows all the icons and folder.jpg files also = VERY annoying.
As far as I know, it has always been an issue which I only have to live with. - any updates will be appreciated, please.
bert269 said:
I doubt if there is a solution to this, unless someone is hiding it from us. I also only know about the .nomedia file, but it does totally eliminate it from the system and not just from the player. The same thing with the picture Gallery - it shows all the icons and folder.jpg files also = VERY annoying.
As far as I know, it has always been an issue which I only have to live with. - any updates will be appreciated, please.
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I use an appacalled ES File Explorer to do any file management.
the .nomedia files appear to hide files from the gallery, music player and video player apps when that "media search" occurs upon disconnecting USB or powering up. Doesn't seem to remove them from the system.
Using the file explorer above I can very simply navigate to and play/view any such media in with whatever player I wish to. Suggesting trying ES file explorer out.
Nickarus said:
I use an appacalled ES File Explorer to do any file management.
the .nomedia files appear to hide files from the gallery, music player and video player apps when that "media search" occurs upon disconnecting USB or powering up. Doesn't seem to remove them from the system.
Using the file explorer above I can very simply navigate to and play/view any such media in with whatever player I wish to. Suggesting trying ES file explorer out.
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interesting, i'll give this a shot. I know manually adding the .nomedia file through windows or astro kills it from the entire system, except obviously for file managers.
well i tried creating a .nomedia file there, same thing.
but i really do like the UI of that app, so i guess the best thing to do now is just put .nomedia files everywhere and use that app to find my ringtone.
The album covers can all be hidden from gallery by calling the files AlbumArt.jpg - Im still looking for answer to hide music from player
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Im still looking for answer to hide music from player
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This method works perfectly for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9452218&postcount=1
I cannot get my custom ringtones to show up in any of my listings for notifications or anything, I have even done the sdcard/media/ringtones/notifications/alarms option withing the media folder but to no avail I cannot find them? Any suuggestions
Well, the correct order of the folder to create is: media inside this create a folder called audio. In audio folder create three folders called: alarms, notifications and ringtones. Now into these folders put your files to play as a ringtone, notification or alarm as well.
I have a little problem with this, the media scanner do its job and the sounds appears in the media player too! Damn , I tried to fixed with the ".nomedia" file into the folder but then the media scanner doesn't put the files as ringtones.
I'm looking for a solution for this, as soon as I have it I'll tell you!!
I have a Nexus S running Android 2.3, but I don't understand why it is so difficult to place your ringtones, notifications, or alarm sounds so they are recognized in the sound settings. I have searched around and people are saying to put in media/audio/ringtones or alarms, etc, but it just doesn't work for me.
Where in the world are my ringtones and stuff suppose to go in? And is there a place where I can dump all those sounds in so I can use them as either ringtones, notifications, and alarms without having to make copies of them?
If this helps, you can put your sound files in any folder, use ringtone maker advanced from the market, then you can access all your sounds on your phone and then allocate your preferred sound for your requirement.
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There's gotta be a way without having to download third party apps in order to get these custom sounds working. Why does google have to make it so unintuitive?
folders habe to look like this :
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
/sdcard/media/audio/alarms
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
place your files in the folders
Reboot!!!!!!!!!
UnitedOceanic said:
folders habe to look like this :
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
/sdcard/media/audio/alarms
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
place your files in the folders
Reboot!!!!!!!!!
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I said that already =.=
And is there a way to place only one copy of my sounds so that it is shared among ringtones, alarms, and notifications?
No there has to be a copy in each folder if you want to use it as ringtone, Alarm, notification sound.
the thing is you need to reboot the phone.
ones Android boots up the media scanner starts, if it doesn't your files won't show up.
if you use cyanogen you have an app called spareparts (it's in the market too)
with that you can manually start the media scanner.
if that does not work, this could be the possible problems :
1. file is corrupt. does it play in the music app? which filetype is it? mp3 and ogg should work without problems
2. typo in the folders
3. media scanner is disabled, any system tweaks installed? autostarts, frozen apps, uninstalled system apps?
4. your system is different and the files need to be placed somewhere else
It seems I can not figure out how to keep Google Music (GM) from playing all my ringtones and notifications. Now, because I downloaded the 640+ 7z file that's floating around here on XDA (thanks BTW) it can go for several minutes playing various beeps and whistles.
So, I guess I am looking for a bailout for GM... :-!
(I know that was pretty bad.)
Anyone know how to prevent this without putting a .nomedia file in each folder?
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I think Google Music ignores the "blessed" folders where tones are normally kept (media>ringtones/alarms/notifications) but may pick up music stored in other folders under media.
I have several tone folders under media that are picked up by GM, but the standard folders are ignored.
I had the same problem, even with the old i8000. The solution was to name the folder with the music - "Music", and ringtones - "Ringtones".The same SD card is now in my RAZR and the phone does not use ringtones in player.
Well, the folders are media>Music and media>audio.
I try both solutions, thanks.
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In case you don't know yet, the standard operation is to add an empty file titles ".nomedia" to any folder you don't want to be scanned for media. This works with most mustic players I've tried, including Google/Play Music.
In Windows, you can't name a file with just an extension but you can with cmd prompt. So just create a text file with right-click->New->Text file called "nomedia.txt" and use cmd prompt to do "ren nomedia.txt .nomedia"
then copy that folder to your ringtone folders, regardless of name.