MaxRavenclaw Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have a sync set between the My Music folder on my PC and another folder on my Android's MicroSD Card (all the way into the application's directory, because Google is dumb and won't let me sync a folder further anywhere else on the card). For some reason, the Android folder includes pictures (I'm guessing cover art). The same pictures aren't present on the PC (not hidden either), so I'm guessing they're embedded on the audio files.Is it normal for Sync to copy those pictures over to the Android? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 If the cover art is indeed embedded in the audio files, then yes it is normal for them to be copied over. Sync doesn't pick and choose parts of a file to copy, it just copies the entire file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxRavenclaw Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Yes, but should I see it as a separate file? I now have folders on my Android that have more pictures than songs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxRavenclaw Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Bump? I really don't like having a ton of pictures in my music folders. Is there no way to avoid this problem with Sync? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erenoglu Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 No you won't see them as separate files. Android media daemon probably scanned those files and decided to show you the album arts. You can try to exclude the folder from media scanner. Just put an empty file named .nomedia to the root of this folder. Note that some media players may use this media scanner database to show you your music, so you will need to use one that can scan folders on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxRavenclaw Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 No you won't see them as separate files. Android media daemon probably scanned those files and decided to show you the album arts.You can try to exclude the folder from media scanner. Just put an empty file named .nomedia to the root of this folder.Note that some media players may use this media scanner database to show you your music, so you will need to use one that can scan folders on its own.Oh, I guess that explains it. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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