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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 5:32pm
Samsung S8 doesn't detect music
I have this problem i'm super frustrated with. I learned you could download music onto your phone and play it. So I googled a video. Downloaded music to my PC, then moved it to my phone. It shows up on my files. But when I go to Samsung Music which is supposed to detect downloaded music, it doesnt. Same thing for alarms and ringtones. I tried restarting and doing a cache restart. help?

I tried

Restarting
Turning it on and off
Having it in mp4
Using a different player
Deleying the songs and redownloading them
Last edited by ArcLight; May 21, 2019 @ 8:11pm
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Set-115689 May 21, 2019 @ 5:59pm 
Is it in a compatible format?
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Bad 💀 Motha May 21, 2019 @ 6:27pm 
They should be mp3 or mp4
Just use a better app
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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 6:33pm 
Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
They should be mp3 or mp4
Just use a better app
Yeah they are mp4. Mabye they have to be mp3? I dont know
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Bad 💀 Motha May 21, 2019 @ 6:34pm 
No, android supports both formats.
I have had an S1, S4, S9. Always have used mp3 and mp4 for audio, no problems
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; May 21, 2019 @ 6:35pm
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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 6:37pm 
I downloaded audify music player, same problem. Am I just dumb? I have it as .mp4, tried putting them in the downloadd folder and music folder. What am I doing wrong?
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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 6:56pm 
Also want to update im desperate for a fix, so if you have a idea that could fix it just tell me
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CursedPanther May 21, 2019 @ 7:06pm 
Originally posted by Aertew:
Also want to update im desperate for a fix, so if you have a idea that could fix it just tell me
Try VLC Media Player for Android. If even this app can't work on those files, then the problem likely lies with those files.
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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 7:18pm 
Originally posted by CursedPanther:
Originally posted by Aertew:
Also want to update im desperate for a fix, so if you have a idea that could fix it just tell me
Try VLC Media Player for Android. If even this app can't work on those files, then the problem likely lies with those files.
Yes that player works. I think it could be the location of my files, I do have an SD card. I dont know if that matters though
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ArcLight May 21, 2019 @ 7:32pm 
So I found the problem. I either have to remove the video part entirely, or change it into a .mp3 format which removes the video anyways. So now I have no thumbnail for the video, im not sure if you can even have a thumbnail for the video anyways.

Edit: found out how
Last edited by ArcLight; May 21, 2019 @ 8:11pm
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Bad 💀 Motha May 22, 2019 @ 5:21am 
Well if it's a video that tends to be a different player app. But yea VLC is good for any OS and offers playback for a very wide range of files, both audio and video types
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