More information on this is available at this 3rd party web page.

To hide files or folders from the Android Media Scan database, you can use a '.nomedia' file/folder. In addition, audio files in the root directory larger than 1MB in size will be added.

All audio files in other folders will be ignored and not added to the library database. The service runs in the background to index all media files and can also be triggered by mounting/unmounting in USB Mass Storage mode (available only on older devices), rebooting, or if an app such as Rescan Media (Android 4.3 or lower only) triggers a rescan.Īudio files from folders named amazonmp3, download, music, mp3s, and mp3 will be imported into the doubleTwist library database. For any files not synced by the doubleTwist computer application, doubleTwist will also read information from the Android Media Scan (AMS) database created by the Android Media Storage service.This database file is stored in the doubleTwist folder. The MediaDatabase.sqlite3 library database created/updated by the doubleTwist computer application during a sync.***ĭoubleTwist Music Player uses two sources to recognize files (& the associated metadata) and playlists on devices. Please go to this help page for a summary of these changes. Because of this limitation imposed by Google, there were changes that were needed in the doubleTwist Music Player app.

*** With Android 4.4 (KitKat), Google blocked apps from writing to the SD card except for a very specific sandboxed location. How does doubleTwist Music Player locate music files?

Desktop doubletwist music player