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white_ranger is offline white_ranger
2010-01-23 , 08:29
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Like all of you, i also have some "videos" that i don't want everybody to see. I suppose you know what is it. So, is there some way to make them not appear in media player? That the only way to play them is to go to file manager and find them there.
 
thinh is offline thinh
2010-01-23 , 08:32
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lol, nope that from what i know of. You can change the extension to hide it but i doubt you can change it on the phone. But i never tired so who knows
 
araavi is offline araavi
2010-01-23 , 08:35
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1. Open X Terminal.
2. Type : cd MyDocs/.Videos
3. Type : mv yourvideo.mp4 .yourvideo.mp4

remember the dot in front of the video name. That will hide the file.
Only problem is the file will be completely hidden (even from file manager) unless you rename it back.
Last edited by araavi; 2010-01-23 at 08:38. Reason: Update
 
somekeystrokes is offline somekeystrokes
2010-01-23 , 08:37
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Originally Posted by white_ranger View Post
Like all of you, i also have some "videos" that i don't want everybody to see. I suppose you know what is it. So, is there some way to make them not appear in media player? That the only way to play them is to go to file manager and find them there.
yes,.,.i want a similar way as well.! :-D
 
white_ranger is offline white_ranger
2010-01-23 , 08:46
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i can't get this to work. It keeps saying no such file or directory. Here's what i did: entered X terminal, typed cd MyDocs/.Videos, typed mv fastandfurious.avi .fastandfurious.avi
The name of the file is Fast and Furious. But it's just for the example, can't write real name of the video . I tried every possible combination like fastandfurious, FastAndFurious, Fast And Furious, fast and furious,... but it keeps saying that. pls help
 
Thor is offline Thor
2010-01-23 , 08:52
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I've just tried adding a video with a dummy extension, but once you play the video in Media Player, it appears in Media Player from then on.
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white_ranger is offline white_ranger
2010-01-23 , 08:56
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that also happened to me. I made some weird way to enter the video in file manager. Like Videos/1/4/2/5/3/XXX. Those numbers are folders. And when i entered the video, after that it appeared in Media player.
 
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2010-01-23 , 09:10
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Embarrassing porn collection?



Also, next time, try to search first:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36395
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37369
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=22964
 
shyampagne is offline shyampagne
2010-01-23 , 18:23
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easy easy solution. instead of saving the videos to the video folder on your phone, simply put them into the .cities folder, this folder is not monitored by the media player so the videos wont show up in the player listings. And just use file manager to access the videos.

Simples...
 
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RevdKathy is offline RevdKathy
2010-01-23 , 18:25
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Ceiling cat knows where your videos are.
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