topic Re: Albums in Tablets

Albums

SVWatt — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:39:54 GMT

Dear Sony,
Please fix my Sony Album App.
Albums are for photos. I dont want mine taken up with my music videos and movies.

Please stop the next release displaying non photos.

Re: Albums

Uliwooly — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:52:09 GMT

What do you mean by music and movies on the album app?

Re: Albums

SVWatt — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:58:48 GMT

I mean when the Sony Album app is opened, it includes thumbnails of movies and music videos that I have on my Z. It does not show ONLY thumbnails of photos.

Re: Albums

SVWatt — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:03:52 GMT

Any thoughts?

Re: Albums

Sam — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:25:00 GMT

To prevent specific files from appearing in this application, you need to create an empty file called “.nomedia” or “.nomusic” and place it in the folder containing the unwanted files.

To create and save an empty file
Use a text editor application on your computer, e.g. Notepad. Make sure to set Save as type to All files instead of Text document. Name the file “.nomedia” or “.nomusic”.
Connect the phone to the computer using a USB cable. Copy the empty file to the folder or folders that contains the unwanted audio files. Disconnect the phone and restart it.

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Re: Albums

DRevil — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:33:58 GMT

I have similar problem. I don't want video files to be displayed in album app. I fallowed what you wrote, created file .nomedia and copied it to folder with video files, but all I succeeded is that my video player (MX Player) as well as build in movie player can't see the files, but I can still see them in Album app mixed with my photos. Any other suggestion to fix this issue to be able to display only photos and pictures in Album and no videos and movies?

Re: Albums

Sam — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:42:51 GMT

Now that you have done this you may need to clear the generated thumbnails used by the Album app: Main Menu > Settings > Apps > All Album > Clear Data.

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Re: Albums

Stavros — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:56:22 GMT

I have the same problem. And your answer is to do all that? Really? Open a notepad and start typing to solve a problem that YOU sould have solved???? PLEASE, fix the album app.

Thats the right answer from you. "We will fix the album app"

Re: Albums

Sam — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:12:25 GMT

The difficulty is that it is not broken; it is operating as designed by showing a wide variety of media data and allowing you navigate through it in one location. Many people enjoy and use this feature and would find it annoying to have to open multiple applications to view the photos/videos taken with the phone separately. What I have offered above is a work around for people who would like to alter how this application works.

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Re: Albums

djsat21 — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:05:59 GMT

I dont understand why Sony includes seperate music and video viewing/organising apps if these media types also appear in the 'Album' app. TBH it just seems a bit lazy. In the least, the developers could give the user the option to decide what media types/formats or folders are or are not displayed in the Album app. This would be a lot simpler than having to create blank files and copying them into the file system. Wouldn't it Sony??

Re: Albums

SVWatt — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:23:01 GMT

Djsat2 nailed it.
Users should be able to choose have video in/out of the photo album.

A photo is not and has never been a video.

Please fix Sony

Re: Albums

Ter — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:22:09 GMT

Hi Sam,

perhaps you could do something for the UI of the album because other phones like Samsung and Apple are offering simplicity on their albums.

However, what xperia does is clutter photos and videos together. it could be very annoying to see whatsapp images/videos and other photos on the front page instead of seeing them organized. I have been a xperia user since arc S and what Sony did like thumbnails images was almost perfect.

it's such a pity that we have every photo now cluttered on the front page. A cleaner layout would be amazing if you guys work on the UI.