XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 04:16:33 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :   
      
      
   > So media (such as images & video) I think is a special case in this regard.   
      
   To further add value...   
      
   Given editing of multimedia files is a special case... and since this is   
   all about editors finding their files when the storage is doubled, we   
   should note that editing on phones is often far better than on desktops.   
      
   Why, I don't know - but free cartoonify editors, in particular, seem to be   
   vastly more powerful on phones than they are on any desktop I've ever used.   
      
   Given media editors are sometimes far more advanced on mobile devices, it   
   behooves all of us to better understand *how* phones tread multimedia files   
   *differently* than all other file types (as far as I'm aware anyway).   
      
   That is, even if I doubled my portable storage without bothering to match   
   the old sdcard volume name (aka volume label), the editing apps *still*   
   seem to find the special class of files known as multimedia files.   
      
   That's great but why does Android treat only multimedia that way?   
   Why not scan for all file types?   
      
   Why does Android have a special system to scan *only* for multimedia files,   
   such that doubling your sdcard portable memory causes no ill effects.   
      
   Editors can still *find* your multimedia files even after doubling storage!   
      
   I'm well aware of the trick to have the operating system *not* find them:   
    /storage/0000-0001/0001/.nomedia   
   But why does Android treat *only* media differently (using the media   
   Scanner Service)? What about other files that we often edit?   
       
      
   For example, if we double the portable storage, the media scanner system   
   service is automatically triggered to scan the new portable storage for   
   media files (images, audio, and video).  When it finds a new "media" file   
   (e.g., a .jpg, .png, .mp3, or .mp4, etc.), the media scanner extracts its   
   concomitant metadata (like artist, album, title, date, resolution, etc.)   
   and adds this information to the Android MediaStore SQLite database.   
    /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/   
   Specifically, in a table containing a separate section each for   
    MediaStore.Images   
    MediaStore.Video   
    MediaStore.Audio   
      
   In summary, we probably need to clarify that there are two kinds of   
   editors, only one of which is severely impacted when we double storage.   
    a. Editors have no problem finding impacted media files   
    b. But editors can't find all other impacted file types   
      
   Unless you know the trick. :)   
      
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