MMA 2.1 is around the corner and has numerous scanning/DB improvements. Can you let us know if the issue persists once it becomes available (hopefully later this week).

-Rusty

Doesn't look like anyone can help but there has been progress...
I noticed the endless scans were showing 52k comes, which is twice as many as the real file count of 26k. I also noticed the old filenames were greyed out and the same files found (without any corrections in their metadata), this was also true of the playlists (I had hundreds), the old ones were still there but grey and replacement ones (same names) were empty.
This did not seem a good way forward as all the data updates, playlists etc were broken and the scanning continued. My guess at this point was the SD Card had got it's path renamed after the phone restart?
I killed the MMA App and waited for the latest beta update, then tried again. I also restarted the phone so the SD card memory was checked by the Android OS at startup.
This seemed good and I kept an eye on that first scan that seemed to be replacing the original files and original playlists so I started to be optimistic that the MMA database could be repairing itself. However, the scanning restarted as soon as it had completed and then I noticed it was now scanning a total of 78k files, that is now 3 times the real total.
It would seem that I have to delete the old database and start again but I really don't want to lose all the data from the original database, all the file corrections and updates I've made manually over the past few years and my playlists...
Think I'll go back to VLC and give up correcting anything in future, just live with the original file info as that's all that's left once MMA fails.
If there's any real help here please let me know.

Is there a fix for continuous scanning yet?
I am using MMA Version 2.0.5.1248 with a 500G SD card.
The problem started following a phone restart after the phone crashed.
Any help appreciated

Hi, thanks for your Log. Based on your log I was able to replicate the issue too.
The fix will be included in the next build.

rusty wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2025 4:53 pm Hi Daryl & Flan & tregina,

I haven't been able to replicate this, but I'm testing with an S10 with SD card running Android 12.

Can you confirm whether the issue occurs when you synced content to the SD card? OR is it only when you manually copied content to an SD card, inserted it into the device and MMA started scanning endlessly?

We've just released version 2.0.4.1230 to the Beta channel on Google Play. Can I ask you to try it out and generate a debug log when this occurs?

Tap Options > About > Register for test builds. Once registered, go to MediaMonkey in the Play store and tap 'Update' to install build 2.0.4.30. Then run MMA, replicate the bug, and submit a debug log (in the menu, tap Help > Send logs) and share the log ID here. That should help us understand the issue.

Thanks!

-Rusty

Ver. 1230 freezes in the middle of scanning metadata from the SD card.
Log ID: VXS9RRQR7B

Thanks.

1) If you open MMA, it will check for new changes.
If there are no changes, it should only take a few seconds.
2) During the scan, you can click on the progress circle and expand the information panel to see what is being scanned.
3) If you sync in a card reader and then insert it back into the device, it is important that MMA has access to the MediaMonkey folder on the SD card. This will give it access to the database containing metadata about the copied media.
Otherwise, MMA scans the media from the system and some metadata (e.g. rating) may be missing. Moreover, such media must be paired during the subsequent Wifi sync.
5) If you feel that MMA is scanning for a long time and the expanded information panel does not explain the situation, you can send the log for analysis.
Options/Help/Send logs and write down Log ID
6) Wifi sync is the best option to sync media with MMW.

Rusty,

I tried to follow the Wiki guidance:

1. I inserted a blank formatted SD card into my Sony Walkman.
2. I connected it to my desktop via a USB cable.
3. I opened MMW and created a sync profile on the SD card.
4. I removed the SD card from the player and inserted it into a card reader.
5. I plugged in the card reader to my desktop and ran a sync to download all the files onto the card.
6. I removed the card and placed it into the player and the MMA app immediately starts the long process of reading the files, folders and downloads them into its library.
7. After the process is completed, I attempted to open the app again and a new process starts again.
8. Once I finally get to syncing, that process is another mess of downloading and deleting files.

Hi Daryl & Flan & tregina,

I haven't been able to replicate this, but I'm testing with an S10 with SD card running Android 12.

Can you confirm whether the issue occurs when you synced content to the SD card? OR is it only when you manually copied content to an SD card, inserted it into the device and MMA started scanning endlessly?

We've just released version 2.0.4.1230 to the Beta channel on Google Play. Can I ask you to try it out and generate a debug log when this occurs?

Tap Options > About > Register for test builds. Once registered, go to MediaMonkey in the Play store and tap 'Update' to install build 2.0.4.30. Then run MMA, replicate the bug, and submit a debug log (in the menu, tap Help > Send logs) and share the log ID here. That should help us understand the issue.

Thanks!

-Rusty

I am also having similar problems with version 1226.

It keeps scanning files and folders from my SD card into the library even though the task was already completed and nothing has changed. It does this whenever I open the app on my Sony Walkman Android player.

It also adds and deletes files from the server and library at the same time. It's the same files going back and forth!
It even changes some of the file names on my SD card by adding an *_1.m4a to the titles. It should NOT be altering my file names.

The app also uploads a playlist from the SD card (Recently Added Songs) that I never created or asked for. I did used to have that playlist on MMW, but I deleted it, so it should not request it from MMA. I am going to start with a clean database file for both programs and see if that resolves the issue.

This version is clearly broken. I've never had issues with MMA in the three years I have been using it until now.
I am going back to version 1222.

Hi

Ver 2.0.3.1226 Monkey Pro

Brand new Samsung S9 FE Plus tab, with 1TB Samsung pro micro SD card and 490g of Flac files.

Been scanning for 3 days now! no end in sight, duplicate records , albums empty.
Have the same collection as external drive on my PC and Media Monkey has no issues at all.

Is this going to be fixed?
I want too use Media Monkey with my offline music collection but I'm going to have to give up soon.

Hi,
What is the speed of SDCard, What is the model of your phone and OS, What is the max bandwidth of SDCard slot and number of files MMA scans.

This is happening to me now after upgrading my SD card to 512gb. It's been scanning for a week now.


What can I do?

Continuing the thread
Ok so scanning stopped after 72 hours. I just tried a phone reboot after that, scanning started again another 72 hours to wait? Will report back here

OK, so moving to a previous release didn't help much, I have the same issue. Scanning hasn't stopped since the message I posted 2 days ago.

Hi, any updates on this one? I´ve 1.4.3.0950 installed again, i´ve upgraded the 512 Go microSD to a 1To, loaded with approx 510 Go of audio files (about 22,000 -mix of flac and mp3) and 20 playlists (i am running my sync on playlists). I have not seen any changes on the issue tracker.
Last screening, still ongoing, has been started 48 hours ago and is draining my battery. i have managed to keep the phone constantly charged so that the process didn´t get interruped.

Any feedback: much appreciated. Thanks!