tomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up183arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 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-up3·2 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.