Why are some of my songs missing?
Short answer: four things usually explain it: the library needs a rescan, the short-clip filter is hiding them, they sit in a hidden or ignored folder, or their file tags are broken. Check each in order below.
How to find your missing songs
- 1. Rescan your library. Newly added files sometimes need a manual rescan before they appear: on the More tab, open Scan Media and tap Start scan.
- 2. Check the short-clip filter. Scan Media’s “Ignore audios less than” hides songs shorter than the length set there (30 seconds by default). Lower it, or set it to 0, if it is catching real tracks.
- 3. Check hidden files and ignored folders. A song, album or folder you hid or ignored won’t show. Check More → Hidden files, and the Ignore folders list on the Scan Media screen.
- 4. Confirm the folder isn’t excluded. Make sure the folder holding the songs isn’t under Ignore folders on the Scan Media screen — whole folders can be excluded at once.
- 5. Fix broken tags. Files with no title or corrupt tags can slip out of view. Open the tag editor to repair them, then rescan.
Where Audify looks for music
Audify builds your library from Android’s MediaStore — the system index of audio on your device. If a file isn’t indexed yet (just copied over) or is filtered out, it won’t appear until you rescan or adjust the filter.
This is also why a file can be “on the phone” but not in the player: presence on storage and presence in the library index are two different things. A rescan reconciles them.
Common questions
Why are songs missing after I added them?
They may not be indexed yet. Trigger a rescan in Audify, and check the short-clip filter isn’t hiding them by length.
Why are my SD-card songs missing?
Confirm the SD-card folder isn’t under Ignore folders and that a rescan has run. Audify reads SD-card music through the system media index like any other folder.
New downloads aren’t showing — what do I do?
Rescan the library. If they still don’t appear, check they aren’t under the short-clip length filter or in a hidden/ignored folder.
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Sources
“The framework provides an optimized index into media collections, called the media store, that lets users retrieve and update these media files.”Android Developers, Access media files from shared storage
- Storage updates in Android 11 — Android Developers
- Access media files from shared storage — Android Developers
- Supported media formats — Android Developers