Copied several videos, now most are missing!!!

[spidergirl]

I'm using Astro file manager and MX video player.  The videos are not showing up on both the file explorer and video list.  They were definitely there!

[S.Prime]

Have you compared the free space on your Nexus 7 after you move videos to the tablet verses after they are no longer visible. If the free space has not changed then I would suggest ES File Explorer and make sure the show "." option is enabled in settings. There are multiple ways of hiding files and folders in Android like creating a zero length file named, ".nomedia" , in the folder that you wished to not have indexed or renaming a folder to have a "." before the folder name.

[bjs229]

Hi,

I copied about 10 videos over, mostly mp4's and when I turned my N7 on the next morning they had disappeared!!! 

I copied and pasted direct from my PC to the sdcard0 location and now only 2 videos are showing.  I did a search and could not find the rest, what is going on???

We're they really there at one point? Meaning, You saw them take up the huge amount of storage space on the tablet and then they actually disappeared later on? That is bizarre.

That is my question.

[spidergirl]

Yes, they were really there!  In fact, I noticed today that the videos I copied over again have disappeared.  I did a search and they are definitely not there.  You can see the recent videos in the file manager but they are physically not there as they won't play.

I'm not sure why this is happening.  Could some of you test yours out?

[S.Prime]

1. Please verify that the free space on your device actually changes after the videos are gone.

2. What video player app are you using and what are the decoder settings?

3. What file manager are you using to verify that the video files are deleted.

4. Is your Nexus 7 rooted?

When there is a situation like you have, we need to make sure we are not talking in generalities.


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