Poweramp can't find music on microSD card /external storage
Poweramp is a great Android music player and I haven’t had any issue with it but recently some users have reported that their Poweramp won’t find music saved on SD card or external storage even when doing a rescan. When you search for the music files they do not show up. The reason why Poweramp can’t recognize/scan music files/folder stored in microSD card is because you haven't selected the music folders in the external storage in the "Folders and library" settings. In many music player apps all folders on your device are selected by default so that it can scan everything. However Poweramp scans the music folder in your device storage by default and then gives you the choice to select the music files/folders in other locations. This enables Poweramp to quickly scan for any new music files only in the selected folders. Here is how you can scan and play audio files saved on micro SD card, external storage or any location in Poweramp music player:
Now Poweramp will read all the music files in your selected folders in the SDCard. You can search for your music files or simply play it from the “recently added” section of your music library.
You can also enable “Auto-Find” from the Folders and library settings, but that will detect all music files (ringtones, game sound, recorded audio etc) in your device. You can then customize the “Music Folders” setting to select only some preferred folders.
How to fix Poweramp won’t scan music files/folders on microSD
- Go to settings
- Select “Folders and Library”
- Tap on “Music Folders”
- Scroll down to find this location “storage/MicroSD” (or any location in external storage)
- Now select the music folders in your SDcard or any location that you want Poweramp to scan
Now Poweramp will read all the music files in your selected folders in the SDCard. You can search for your music files or simply play it from the “recently added” section of your music library.
You can also enable “Auto-Find” from the Folders and library settings, but that will detect all music files (ringtones, game sound, recorded audio etc) in your device. You can then customize the “Music Folders” setting to select only some preferred folders.