samsung phone wont play music files

[dave2]

i put some music files on a friends SD card yesterday after checking they worked in my computer i put the card in the phone and it comes up with a message cant play this file

has anyone any idea why please ?

i also put some mp4 videos in the same file and it plays them ok !

dave2 .. baffled

[SoiBiker]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[dave2]

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Have you tried turning it off and on again?

yes ... tried that .. no joy

i downloaded vlc media player and it plays the mp4s no problem

but the music files no

i put all the files in the phone memory to see if they would play from there

and again the mp4s played ok but the music files zilch

dave2

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[Daffy D]

What file types are you trying to play?

Your phone can play music files that come in any of the following formats: FLAC, WAV, Vorbis, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MID, AC3, and XMF. All you need to do is tap Save, and the file is saved on your phone and accessible from the Music Player app.

[SoiBiker]

MIne does the same thing, but a reboot generally fixes it.

[Aussie69]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Enough of your highly technical solutions

[dave2]

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What file types are you trying to play?

here ya go

dave2

ill ry that save and play idea when i see my mate !

[mtls2005]

What is the exact model number?

Does it have a music player?

Sometimes you have to tell the app. where your music files are located.

Maybe hook up the phone to your PC via USB, drag mp3 files to the Music folder - maybe the phone/app can't play music off the uSD card?

Assuming these mp3 files are not corrupted and play on other devices, they should play on the phone.

[Jdiddy]

Some things to try

Put a folder called samsung in the directory ie sdcard...\samsung\music\(music files)

Go to your music players app settings and clear data/cache/

Reformat sdcard and start over

[Chicog]

Probably need a music player that can handle that format. Try PlayerPro.

[kevc]

Isn't mp4 a video file not a music file, vlc plays both video and music but Samsung music player probably only plays mp3 style audio files or such like.