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Hi all,
As obvious from the title, is there any tweaks available to make the HTC Audio Manager to search ONLY the My Music folder in the Storage Card? I have other applications which use lot of voice files, which are not actually music. So, the playlist on the Audio Manager is messed up. At the moment the audio manager searches all voice files in the Storage Card. Any input will be appreciated.
Cheers
i could use this to hide porn
Go with registry editor in HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
And edit : "device_scan_path_path" and "device_scan_path_path_0"
Type : "\storage card\my documents\my music" or the path to your music on sd card.
kheops_974 said:
Go with registry editor in HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
And edit : "device_scan_path_path" and "device_scan_path_path_0"
Type : "\storage card\my documents\my music" or the path to your music on sd card.
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Thanks. But it doesnt work. I tries soft resetting and also renaming the folder with voice files in it. AM was still clever to find the renamed folder on the SD card! Anything else???
jugulator said:
Hi all,
As obvious from the title, is there any tweaks available to make the HTC Audio Manager to search ONLY the My Music folder in the Storage Card? I have other applications which use lot of voice files, which are not actually music. So, the playlist on the Audio Manager is messed up. At the moment the audio manager searches all voice files in the Storage Card. Any input will be appreciated.
Cheers
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Anyone please?
after editing the registry.. shutdown the device with Power-Button (hold them ca 3-4 sec and click "yes")
Media Player has same problem . . .
kheops_974 said:
Go with registry editor in HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
And edit : "device_scan_path_path" and "device_scan_path_path_0"
Type : "\storage card\my documents\my music" or the path to your music on sd card.
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Can a similar thing be done with Microsoft Windows Media Player?
It does the same thing as AudioManager when you let it add music on its own - puts every ringtone and system sound in there too - what a mess!
The only way I've found to avoid this is to never click "Update Library" - instead always use Media Plaer 11 on my PC to sync and orgainize songs and playlists.
I don't see similar registry settings in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer . . .
kheops_974 said:
Go with registry editor in HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
And edit : "device_scan_path_path" and "device_scan_path_path_0"
Type : "\storage card\my documents\my music" or the path to your music on sd card.
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I did this but now my Touch shows double entries for every MP3.
mushipkw said:
I did this but now my Touch shows double entries for every MP3.
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I had the same results on my kaiser
jaygriggs said:
I had the same results on my kaiser
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You have to clear the list first.
How do you clear the list?
Double entries
jaygriggs said:
I had the same results on my kaiser
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Ditto for me and my Tilt
You get double results because it searches twice the same place. Try different registry settings for each.
For example for device_scan_path_path put \My Documents\My Music and for device_scan_path_path0 put \Storage Card\My Documents\My Music.
This way it'll search both your phone memory and your storage card. Basically so you can have two different places to store music.
chavonbravo said:
You get double results because it searches twice the same place. Try different registry settings for each.
For example for device_scan_path_path put \My Documents\My Music and for device_scan_path_path0 put \Storage Card\My Documents\My Music.
This way it'll search both your phone memory and your storage card. Basically so you can have two different places to store music.
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Someone tried this?
Not working for me - I've just set the two values to \My Documents\My Music and \Storage Card\My Documents\My Music, removed the card and started Audio Manager to wipe the titles (\My Documents\My Music is empty so it just shows "No titles found" and doesn't show any tracks), did a soft reset (proper power button cycle) and checked the values were still set in the registry, started Audio Manager again for good measure, closed Audio Manager, re-inserted the storage card and started Audio Manager again...
...and it's still pulling in tracks from my ringtones folder and the odd stray podcast hanging around in \Storage Card\program Files\RSS Hub .
this works for me
This works for me
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
"device_scan_path_path_0"="\my documents\my music\" or the path to your music on sd card (without \SD Card). must ends with "\"
"device_scan_path_path" leave as is or enter path on you phone memory (must ends with "\")
but be sure that AudioManager doesn't running while editing.
blondak said:
This works for me
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
"device_scan_path_path_0"="\my documents\my music\" or the path to your music on sd card (without \SD Card). must ends with "\"
"device_scan_path_path" leave as is or enter path on you phone memory (must ends with "\")
but be sure that AudioManager doesn't running while editing.
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tried that, didnt work either still finds everything
Why is Audio Manager so popular?
I can't play half my music files with it. I can't get it to find my library changing the registry values mentioned. It doesn't play anything over 192kbps. It doesn't even have the option to open a file directly! If it's not in the library then it can't play it.
Maybe I am having teething problems but the only thing I like is that its free but since pocket player can play almost any format and any bitrate and picks up all my files in its playlists I thought for $20 it was worth it.
Is it because I have and older version of Audio Manager? Can't change it without flashing my ROM so don't want to do this at the minute especially if I am going to have all the same problems.
Sorry, saw this discussion too late and did already start one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462531
Please, where should we continue?
And how can we solve this problem????????
blondak said:
This works for me
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\Config\
"device_scan_path_path_0"="\my documents\my music\" or the path to your music on sd card (without \SD Card). must ends with "\"
"device_scan_path_path" leave as is or enter path on you phone memory (must ends with "\")
but be sure that AudioManager doesn't running while editing.
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Well, to approve this really works for you, can you please copy just one mp3-file to root of memory card and soft reset? If the single file is not shown afterwards, then this really works for you. Otherwhise it just scans all the audio-data on your memory... See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462531 I am trying really hard to get the problem solved....
Hello everyone,
audio manager searches the whole phone for mp3s. since i have quite a few mp3 ringtones it is very annoying when htc audio manager thinks the mp3 ringtones are music files too.
is there any way that i can make htc audio manager only search a specific folder on my wings for music? this way i wouldnt have to remove the entries everytime or i wouldnt have to make new playlists every time...
thanks
no solution right????????
Sure...
Place your ringtones in the path noted in the registry value:
HKLM\Software\HTC\AudioManager\ring_tone_path
Default value: \My Documents\My Ringtones\
Done.
Now help with my _setup.xml
this solution doesnt work because the sound files from the windows operating system are still included in the default playlist of the player. so for example im listening to music, then suddenly i hear the "battery empty" sound and it scares the **** out of me because i think my phone ran outta battery AGAIN
that's interesting. those sounds don't show up in my library.
That is very weird, I dont have those sounds either, could you have changed something somewhere that import's every music file on the phone & card?
Guys I have a about 1 GB of music on my memory card and guess what the HTC Audio manager does not play music anymore. It shows me all the tracks I can scroll through the list but as soon as I press the button to play it pauses and then reboots the phone.
Howevr, I can play the same music via the windows music player. So there is nothing wrong with the memeory of the music tracks.
Any suggestions
Call HTC Tech support, reset the phone to default settings. Sounds like something is causing an error and then a reboot. Or something infected the phone and now its sick. I would reset the phone first then call HTC and see if they can help. Plausable they shipped it out with a bug...
I think the newer versions of the HTC audio manager uses a different registry entry device_scan_path and device_scan_path_path0
just enter where your music files are located under these entries and put the ringtones somewhere else. this worked for me.
I too am look to solve this problem... I had downloaded a bunch of extra sounds for my verious notifications. currently I have them stared on my sd card \Storage Card\My Documents. My Music is on \Storage Card\Music. When I start up AudioManager it finds the files in both folders. I changed the 2 registry key and put them both the same witch place the songs 2x in the library and I also tried leaving the second entry black. both occasions the files from noth folders were in there.
macaraballojr said:
I too am look to solve this problem... I had downloaded a bunch of extra sounds for my verious notifications. currently I have them stared on my sd card \Storage Card\My Documents. My Music is on \Storage Card\Music. When I start up AudioManager it finds the files in both folders. I changed the 2 registry key and put them both the same witch place the songs 2x in the library and I also tried leaving the second entry black. both occasions the files from noth folders were in there.
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Have you tried moving your ring tones and such music off the SD card and into the handset location for that type of audio file? Also check in audio manager, I havnt looked recently but I thought you could tell it to check only the SD card? Maybe I am just loopy (wouldnt surprise me)...
10332007 said:
Have you tried moving your ring tones and such music off the SD card and into the handset location for that type of audio file? Also check in audio manager, I havnt looked recently but I thought you could tell it to check only the SD card? Maybe I am just loopy (wouldnt surprise me)...
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I really didnt want to move them to the device cuz there are so many i dont have that much room on the device... And I been through the registry and program itself all weekend with no luck.
macaraballojr said:
I really didnt want to move them to the device cuz there are so many i dont have that much room on the device... And I been through the registry and program itself all weekend with no luck.
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I'm not suggesting you move your music, just the files that are not for musical enjoyment, the other misc sounds that get used for ring tones etc off the card. Its been a while since I have been in audio manager and will have to play around with it.
10332007 said:
I'm not suggesting you move your music, just the files that are not for musical enjoyment, the other misc sounds that get used for ring tones etc off the card. Its been a while since I have been in audio manager and will have to play around with it.
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THats what I am talking about also... I dl a zip file with a bunch of sound (not music) too much to move to the device
Hmm I recall Audio Manager having more options, but I am not always with it
If I have the time I can take a peak into the registry but others are more aptly suited for such an adventure.
For now my suggestion (if you have not already done this) is make play lists, I dont know how much you have as music and how much is random audio clips. You can also try going through and removing some of the audio clips you are not using? With playlists at least while the program may list all the music files on the card the ones you dont want to hear wont be in your playlists so you wont have to worry about them quite as much...
I have the same problem. I've modified also the registers but there is no effect.
Thx for help, i had the same problem on HD2
Is there a way to keep ringtones out of the library in WMP? They are in there on my main memory library. I have tried deleting them, but the won't go away.
the main problem is that if I use MS voice command and say "Play anything", the darned ringtones start playing.
I have tried setting library to Storge Card, but apparently that setting doesn't prevent MS voice command from grabbing stuff off the internal memory library.
What a pain.
Any solutions/suggestions?
Delete your ringtones
you should try moving your ringtones to the appropriate location where ringtones "should" be kept on the device. try moving them to your windows/rings folder. then update your library. the ringtones should disappear!
that's what happened to me when i scanned my device for music, it picked up all audio files since i had my ringtones on my storage card. i tried moving my ringtones to my device, and it still picked it up in scan. then i moved it to the rings folder in windows directory, scans didnt pick nothing up anymore.
Remove ringtones from WMP library without moving or deleting from storage
ewingr said:
Is there a way to keep ringtones out of the library in WMP? They are in there on my main memory library. I have tried deleting them, but the won't go away.
the main problem is that if I use MS voice command and say "Play anything", the darned ringtones start playing.
I have tried setting library to Storge Card, but apparently that setting doesn't prevent MS voice command from grabbing stuff off the internal memory library.
What a pain.
Any solutions/suggestions?
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People are making this too complicated and/or painful.
I agree that it is stupid that WMP imports ringtones in the first place, but it's a stupid computer program and all it knows is to search for file types.
So, here's what I did that eliminated them from library without moving or deleting them on my Storage Card:
1) Menu>Update Library... adds frickin' everything 'ya got
2) Library>Storage Card>My Music>Artist . . . you will see first listing (at least in my case) is "Unknown". Check this out - this is all the ringtones, alert sounds, etc. Delete all from Library, but not from Device.
3) Repeat step 2 on "My Device", deleting all Unknown from Library, but not from Device.
I hope this solves the problem for you as it did for me.
Well here's a suggestion. Since the library for "My Device" and "Storage Card" are different, place all music on storage card and all ringtones on my device. Then you won't have to see the ringtones and it will only play songs from your default library (which you should set to Storage Card via AdvancedConfig)
Kraize
you should try moving your ringtones to the appropriate location where ringtones "should" be kept on the device. try moving them to your windows/rings folder. then update your library. the ringtones should disappear!
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This sounds reasonable, but updating the library, they still come in from the 'new' location, which is My Ringtones.
1) Menu>Update Library... adds frickin' everything 'ya got
2) Library>Storage Card>My Music>Artist . . . you will see first listing (at least in my case) is "Unknown". Check this out - this is all the ringtones, alert sounds, etc. Delete all from Library, but not from Device.
3) Repeat step 2 on "My Device", deleting all Unknown from Library, but not from Device.
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Well, as I noted about deleting them they wouldn't go away, I do find that deleting them the way you say, they appear to go away form Unknown. But they are still in the library somehow, because they do play.
There is no way in the library to search for a song to locate it. Bringing up all songes, they don't come up sorted. And not knowing how/where else they are in there, I can't delete them.
This is so frustrating. Something must be wrong with the WMP library. Moving down through the list of songs, I see some listed 3-4 times.
Well here's a suggestion. Since the library for "My Device" and "Storage Card" are different, place all music on storage card and all ringtones on my device. Then you won't have to see the ringtones and it will only play songs from your default library (which you should set to Storage Card via AdvancedConfig)
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I was actually thinking this was the solution, and thought I was setting my default library by select from the pulldown in the LIbary of Storage Card.
But...Advanced Config? Where is that? I have searched though the menus, and options of WMP, and find no Advanced Config.
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But...Advanced Config? Where is that? I have searched though the menus, and options of WMP, and find no Advanced Config.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070
Kraize92 said:
Well here's a suggestion. Since the library for "My Device" and "Storage Card" are different, place all music on storage card and all ringtones on my device. Then you won't have to see the ringtones and it will only play songs from your default library (which you should set to Storage Card via AdvancedConfig)
Kraize
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I've installed Advanced Config. I do not see any option on that to set the Default Library. I do see an entry for Default Location for Audio files. I don't interpret this to be the same as a 'default library'. The only entry there for anything to do with WMP is an entry to establish teh default music player.
Do I need to customize it or something to set teh default Library location?
just take the easy route like i stated earlier, just move all your ringtones and custom sounds to the windows/rings folder or straight to the windows folder and it solves this problem. no need to config anything.
NguyenHuu said:
just take the easy route like i stated earlier, just move all your ringtones and custom sounds to the windows/rings folder or straight to the windows folder and it solves this problem. no need to config anything.
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You must have missed my reply that I tried that and it didn't work, post # 6. Thanks for the advice though.
Hi,
after try and fail of the Vibe player (or something similar), because i don't like the media player the fileassociation is lost.
How can i rearrange the files back to the MP?
And another question is there any player wich is similar to Winamp?
or any other good advice for playing mp3?
THANKS!!
OK... To find out how to change the File Assocs was easy. When i start investing some more time in it.
But(Why is there always a but?) when changing the File Assoc now mediaplayer starts, but with an error. It says that the Path is not correct.
In the properties of the playlist item i can see that "/Internal Storage/Music/ is missing so i entered these values manually in front of the %1 parameter.
But... that doesnt change anything. The Path will no be recognized.
How can i do that?
Thanks!
So... at least i found out myself...
Just set the %1 in parameters into doublequotes (").
That was all...
And for refreshing WMP library just close WMP.
Delete MSMETADATA and WMDRM directories from Internal Storage.
Start WMP again and refresh library.
mp3 file associations - RSS Hub and TF3D player
1st_Xypher,
I have a related issue with mp3 file assocations.
For me, I use RSS Hub to automatically download my mp3 podcasts, but the problem is, is when I click on the podcast in RSS Hub (after it is downloaded, WMP is launched to play it).
I don't want WMP to launch and play the podcast, I want TF3D player to play the podcast.
So, I think I have to:
1) change the mp3 file assocation in Windows mobile to TF3D - but I have no idea where to do this. I have looked in the registry but I am a bit of a lamen.
2) Mod the registry for RSS Hub, but again, I don't know how to do this.
Do you experience similiar issues with RSS Hub? and do you have any suggestions?
Thanks.
I have the same problem.
My file association for MP3 is gone. No idea how to get it back.
All my ringtones that ive used now dont work and the phone uses the default windows ringtone when i get a call.
sigh
The same thing happened to me when I installed a media player. I used total commander to fix the association, it worked.
However, media player can play .mp3 but I cannot use .mp3 as ringtones???I can select them, but they will not play. The default phone ringtones are .wma, how can I use .mp3 ones??
Bump...this is so important..!!
Garret said:
The same thing happened to me when I installed a media player. I used total commander to fix the association, it worked.
However, media player can play .mp3 but I cannot use .mp3 as ringtones???I can select them, but they will not play. The default phone ringtones are .wma, how can I use .mp3 ones??
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Use the File Explorer(Not 3rd party File Explorere) from /Start/Programs, goto the Music folder where you place your .mp3 file. Click & Hold, a drop-panel appeal select "Set as ringtone"
Hmm...thanks man, but there is no such choice...
I only get:
"cut,copy, rename,delete,send, beam file" .....
any other ideas guys??
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Why don't you try Schaps Advanced Config?? on the right context menu there's an option File Associations??
That should do the trick....so start advanced config and tap on 'menu' and then File associations
Hope this will help you all..
Greetzz Jeroen
...the association is fixed, I can select and play .mp3 files now with media player BUT when I select them as contact ringtones (in the contacts information tab) they WON'T FUNCTION...no sound, NOTHING...while the default .wma ringtones work fine...
other ideas??
i got a similar problem but its with image files. I recently installed coreplayer and it took the file extentions jpg jpeg png etc over i removed them from coreplayer and now none work with i click on them. I will give this mentioned total commander a try and that other one. I hope one of them works!!!
I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
Hi,
My first post on this forum but hope it is of help.
Using an mp3 as a ringtone is cumbersome in winmo6.1 but possible. The problem is that it will not use mp3s from the internal storage card but the internal memory is very small.
My suggestion would be to use a program of some sort to trim the mp3 to just the 20s or 30s you need (winmo has a program called "MP3 Trimmer" but I haven't had need to use it so can't comment on it). Then copy the mp3 to My Device\My Documents\My Ringtones\.
Or you can just use "File Explorer", find the mp3 you want, hold-click on the file and choose "Set as ringtone". This will copy the file to the above-named folder and set it as ringtone.
Hope it helps!
will work from storage
gm1980 said:
I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
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I use mp3s from storsge card (4gb internal storage on Diamond) for ringtone, text alert, etc. Works fine. Just make sure you have a MyDocuments folder on your storage card, then copy mp3 to storage card/myDocuments. Then when you open sounds & notifications tab to select ring & alert sounds, your mp3s will show up in the dialog box that you scroll through to select sound. Has worked just fine for me on my diamond for the last year
(until yesterday, when I used a new file exp
lorer to force file association of mp3s to win media player, forgetting that my system needs em for tones & rings. now now any mp3 file in my device will ONLY work thru media player, not rings/alerts. Trying to figure how to fix that now)
but you should have no problem with ringtones from storage card(internal storage)/MyDocuments. Same is true with wallpaper for today screen, anything you put in storage/MyDocuments, will be selectable. hope you check this thread back.
Nice but possibly untidy?
That sounds much simpler than my suggestion! However, it also means giving up the My Documents folder to music, or making it untidy as it is mixed with other files.
I suppose I could have a different folder for my actual documents. But will the camera still save in its default storage\my documents\my pictures location within the folder with all the music?
On a slight side note, is it possible to change the folders used by the TouchFlo 3D music app? My app has decided to list all the mp3s in the TomTom folder & in any games folders
@ meister2681...
Your folders don't need to be terribly untidy. For example, on my storage, I have , the root has folders for Zips, Cabs, Program Files, MUSIC, My Documents, etc. My Documents has subfolders for My Videos, My Pictures, I think maybe 1 more folder, I forget. Anyhow, MUSIC, is where I put all my mp3s. The few that I use for ringtones and alerts, I copy them to storage/My Documents (I use only about 5, so it's not too messy or cluttered).
Yes, camera will still save to storage/My Documents/My Pictures
Don't know about htc music folder. I don't use Touchflo (don't like all the scrolling required), and just don't really have time to examine it right now (my 3yr old is demanding attention )
Long press on your mp3s should give you a 'set as ringtone' option. Mine doesn't anymore, but it's because of something dumb I did
Cool!
I will have to try it that way once I've put the latest ROM on (I'm sticking with official ones at the moment, I have 1.93 but just downloaded 2.03). Will be upgrading soon, hopefully to HD2, then will mod the diamond to oblivion!
Thanks for the advice, hopefully the original thread author will log in and check!
FWIW...
WooHoo, I finally got all my menu options back. Wiped my device. It turns out, the Clear Storage option under Settings restores your device to factory settings BUT, leaves your storage card/Internal storage in tact. So I still have all my music, and all my cabs for easy reinstall of all my programs. Cool! I thought it would wipe my entire device AND mass storage. But no. Just wish I woulda backed up contacts somehow :/
Activesync
I use activesync (or Mobile Device Centre on Win7) to synchronise contacts with Outlook. Find it works a treat and also makes it much easier to send emails - I use Outlook as my primary email program. Also synchronises calendar / notes etc.
will look
I'll look into that for next time. I've actually never playedwith/figured out activesync. Or Outlook, for that matter. The computer at my house doesn't have any Office progs, butjust did some digging and found it has Outlook Express (it's my roommates desktop, set up mostly for gaming, I guess). Will have a look, thanks.
My Phone
Not sure about Express, I remember it worked with my Nokia's sync software but dunno about activesync.
I also recently found that MS have a download called My Phone, which backs up everything to their server (cue conspiracy theorists!!). I've used it for text messages and I can now access them all through my hotmail account. Should work for all the rest as well, and I think it allows for restoring.