Apps can't see media files

[two_cents]

I don't know why but all my media apps cannot see the files but when I browse the file tree I can play them from there... this started happening about 2 weeks ago... I have tried different ROMs, reloading the files from my computer and fixing permissions but it still is broken...

Any advice would be great...

Apps in question are Google music, n7 player, win amp...


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[noneabove]

Check for a file called .nomedia I think it is, and if it exists, delete it

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[two_cents]

What folder would I look for this file ...

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[h4uw1n3]

I think the. Nomedia files is not the problem... cause i remove it already... n it didn't work....

U have to transfer the data using on windows 7 or 8...
they'r support it... files u'r copying from usb, from cloud will not show up on gallery.... it happens to me.. but, i can play it tough.... try this apps... wifi file transfer....
Upload the data depend on the files type... it should be work....

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[two_cents]

So I decided to crack flash some ROMs and for some reason after flashing miui my files are back and visible... I flashed back to paranoid android and it works again... not sure why but thats how I got it to work

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[ckl_88]

I had the same problem the other day... not with the N7 but with another android phone. It turns out after a google search that somebody said the recent ROM Manager update sticks a .nomedia file at the root level of the sd card causing nothing to be found. Low and behold, there was a .nomedia file at the root level. So I deleted it, but it seemed not to work. I gave up and decided to back up the sd card and wipe it... but after several minutes of copying files over usb to the pc, the media files appeared again after I unplugged the phone. I guess it just takes a bit of time.

If it is in fact the fault of ROM Manager, whatever possessed the developer to put a .nomedia file at the root level of the sd card is beyond me. Nevertheless, I've uninstalled it - not because of this, but because I rarely ever use it.