tomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL you can name a file .nomedia on android to stop photo galleries and music players from searching a specific folderwww.file-extension.infoexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkTIL you can name a file .nomedia on android to stop photo galleries and music players from searching a specific folderwww.file-extension.infotomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoFile not folder. .nomedia file goes in the folder you don’t want scanned unless I am very much misunderstanding. You can also make hidden folders and files by putting a period at the front of the name but that hides it from everything not just the media scanners.
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoAh, thanks for the explination. The misunderstanding was on my end. I guess hiding the whole folder has always worked for me so I never questioned it.
File not folder. .nomedia file goes in the folder you don’t want scanned unless I am very much misunderstanding.
You can also make hidden folders and files by putting a period at the front of the name but that hides it from everything not just the media scanners.
Ah, thanks for the explination. The misunderstanding was on my end. I guess hiding the whole folder has always worked for me so I never questioned it.