Hiding sound files from Nokia S60 music player

Hiding sound files from Nokia S60 music player

I have a Nokia S60 (v3fp2) phone that has the Nokia Music Player for listening to music. The problem is I have other sound material - one example is some audio books as mp3 files - on the memory card as well, along with music. Of course, these other files aren't in the Music folder of the memory card, they are organized into a separate folder. However, the Nokia Music Player doesn't seem to care - it just goes and scans the entire memory disk for suitable files, and adds them to the music library. I'd love to restrict it to only the music folder - I keep all my music files there - but that doesn't seem to be an option.

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"This ticket on Nokia Support Forum suggests that you change the attribute of files/folders that you don't want Nokia Music Player to find as system files, maybe you could try that approach.
Excerpt:

To prevent a file or folder with
ringtones from being listed in the MP3
player:
1. Get yourself a file manager that allows you to change file/folder
attributes. Y-Browser will do the job

Create a separate folder and place in it all the ringtones and melodies
you want to hide from the player. I
recommend using the memory card - this
will help you repair the file system
in case something goes wrong.
Open the file manager from Step 1 (not the build-in File Manager) and
navigate to the folder from Step 2.
Change the attributes of the folder to 'System'. For Y-Browser highlight
the folder and choose Options ->
Attributes then set 'System' to 'Yes'
and press Save.
Exit the file manager and refresh the library of the Music Player. Now
the folder/files are not shown in the
Music Player/File Manager but are
still listed on music file selection
dialogs (like 'Ringing tone' option in
Contacts)."