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Prevent scanning for photos/tracks in specific folders
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Would it be possible to limit what folders Maps scans for photos/tracks - something like the '.nomedia' file Android supports? I have multiple external storages in NC that are CIFS/SMB mounts, and some of them contain a lot of picture files such as book covers, etc. that I would prefer Maps not scan since they're not relevant to what I'd like Maps to display.
Describe the solution you'd like The ability to place a file (something like 'no.index.maps') into a folder and have Maps skip scanning that folder and all subfolders for any pictures or tracks.
Describe alternatives you've considered I haven't been able to find any workarounds.
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Thanks - I created a bunch of .nomedia files and I'm running a scan right now.
Nope, it doesn't seem to have worked. Maps is still scanning folders that have .nomedia files in them.
p.s. I looked at my NAS logs and verified that the scan had actually read the .nomedia files, then proceeded to scan files/subfolders in that same folder.
p.p.s. as per another post I found I also added '.m.nomedia' files to each folder and it appears those are also ignored.
It's something I saw on another forum somewhere and I thought it was worth a try.