A problem:
For some reason, my Android (HTC == DevPhone 1 with Android 1.6
"Donut" installed, 16 Gb SD card) was not indexing mp3 files. After I
first mounted Android USB on my PC and put mp3 files to a folder on SD
card, Android indexed some files, but not all of them. I tried
different things, and finally deleted all the albums trough Android
UI. As I saw after connecting through USB to my computer, actual mp3
files were still sitting on SD card. Then, no matter what I did
(deleted files, added them back, moved to a different location),
Android did not index mp3 files any more, leaving Albums/Songs/Artists
empty.
A solution:
I was told on Android-devoted Google Wave to install Meridian player
and to hit "refresh" forcing Android to re-scan mp3 files. It really
helped, thanks to Meridian developers.
A question:
Before installing Meridian I searched Google and posted questions on
numerous forums with no results. So, was it really a known Android
issue? If it is a known issue, I would appreciate providing me with
additional information. I'd like to post it on Android forums and my
blog, so other users will be able to fix similar problems on their
phones. Thanks!
Yes, it is an Android's media scanner issue, and I also don't know what's
the actual behavior of the auto scanning.
Before 1.1 it will do a full scan each time replugging SD card, but now it
does not. Even manually invoke (by Meridian) sometimes fail...Hope they can
fix this soon.
> A problem:
> For some reason, my Android (HTC == DevPhone 1 with Android 1.6
> "Donut" installed, 16 Gb SD card) was not indexing mp3 files. After I
> first mounted Android USB on my PC and put mp3 files to a folder on SD
> card, Android indexed some files, but not all of them. I tried
> different things, and finally deleted all the albums trough Android
> UI. As I saw after connecting through USB to my computer, actual mp3
> files were still sitting on SD card. Then, no matter what I did
> (deleted files, added them back, moved to a different location),
> Android did not index mp3 files any more, leaving Albums/Songs/Artists
> empty.
> A solution:
> I was told on Android-devoted Google Wave to install Meridian player
> and to hit "refresh" forcing Android to re-scan mp3 files. It really
> helped, thanks to Meridian developers.
> A question:
> Before installing Meridian I searched Google and posted questions on
> numerous forums with no results. So, was it really a known Android
> issue? If it is a known issue, I would appreciate providing me with
> additional information. I'd like to post it on Android forums and my
> blog, so other users will be able to fix similar problems on their
> phones. Thanks!
> Yes, it is an Android's media scanner issue, and I also don't know what's
> the actual behavior of the auto scanning.
> Before 1.1 it will do a full scan each time replugging SD card, but now it
> does not. Even manually invoke (by Meridian) sometimes fail...Hope they can
> fix this soon.
> > A problem:
> > For some reason, my Android (HTC == DevPhone 1 with Android 1.6
> > "Donut" installed, 16 Gb SD card) was not indexing mp3 files. After I
> > first mounted Android USB on my PC and put mp3 files to a folder on SD
> > card, Android indexed some files, but not all of them. I tried
> > different things, and finally deleted all the albums trough Android
> > UI. As I saw after connecting through USB to my computer, actual mp3
> > files were still sitting on SD card. Then, no matter what I did
> > (deleted files, added them back, moved to a different location),
> > Android did not index mp3 files any more, leaving Albums/Songs/Artists
> > empty.
> > A solution:
> > I was told on Android-devoted Google Wave to install Meridian player
> > and to hit "refresh" forcing Android to re-scan mp3 files. It really
> > helped, thanks to Meridian developers.
> > A question:
> > Before installing Meridian I searched Google and posted questions on
> > numerous forums with no results. So, was it really a known Android
> > issue? If it is a known issue, I would appreciate providing me with
> > additional information. I'd like to post it on Android forums and my
> > blog, so other users will be able to fix similar problems on their
> > phones. Thanks!
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