The MediaScanner is way too obsessed with restricting the files to be scanned. (b2d69e3d) · Commits · e / os / android_frameworks_base

media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java

+1 −19

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		@@ -500,22 +500,6 @@ public class MediaScanner
		doScanFile(path, mimeType, lastModified, fileSize, false);
		}

		private boolean isMetadataSupported(int fileType) {
		if (mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_MP3 \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_MP4 \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_M4A \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_3GPP \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_3GPP2 \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_OGG \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_AAC \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_MID \|\|
		mFileType == MediaFile.FILE_TYPE_WMA) {
		// we only extract metadata from MP3, M4A, OGG, MID, AAC and WMA files.
		// check MP4 files, to determine if they contain only audio.
		return true;
		}
		return false;
		}
		public Uri doScanFile(String path, String mimeType, long lastModified, long fileSize, boolean scanAlways) {
		Uri result = null;
		// long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
		@@ -531,10 +515,8 @@ public class MediaScanner
		boolean music = (lowpath.indexOf(MUSIC_DIR) > 0) \|\|
		(!ringtones && !notifications && !alarms && !podcasts);

		if( isMetadataSupported(mFileType) ) {
		if (!MediaFile.isImageFileType(mFileType)) {
		processFile(path, mimeType, this);
		} else if (MediaFile.isImageFileType(mFileType)) {
		// we used to compute the width and height but it's not worth it
		}

		result = endFile(entry, ringtones, notifications, alarms, music, podcasts);