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At the Moment Groove downloads song to the on device folder Music/XboxMusic AND to Android/data/com.microsoft.xboxmusic/files/xmdc, basically taking up double the space.I assumed that the second folder is something that would be cleared out, and that the Music/XboxMusic folder would store the files, but that's not the case. If you delete the files manually from the xmdc folder,Groove redownloads them, completely ignoring the XboxMusic folder. And if you move the files over to the exact copy of the folder structurally (as in, all the folders with no files) created by Groove that's on an SD Card, it completely ignores the files.So basically it only plays from the folder on your device memory, but copies the files TWICE on your device, further deepening the massive space problem the app introduces by not allowing to store files orrun from an SD card.This needs to get fixed. Without this Groove is DOA on Android.
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There is no reason it should take up double the space for my downloaded songs. And no reason it shouldn't run from an SD card.This can't be intended behaviour, right? Is my Galaxy S5 causing this, or is Groove really storing two copies of all my songs in two separate folders it creates for absolutely no reason?I'll also note if you delete the Music/XboxMusic folder from your device, it still plays the songs from the folder in Android/data, so obviously both folders aren't needed.
The files in music/xboxmusic are stored as mp3s, even if they're actually m4a files,while the other folder stores them in an extentionless format in some database style folder/naming convention.Also, if you delete the Music folder itself, Groove doesn't continue to place the mp3s anywhere. However, seeing how the MP3 files are more useful if you want to use the music for any other reason on your device, and the music folder is used by other appsby default, this is just a stopgap solution. The real one would be the ability to tell groove where to store your music. This is really the only way to fix not only the problem of the double files for no apparent reason, but also that the files HAVE to bestored on your device instead of on an SD card like any sane person would expect. Actually it's a bit more complicated than that.Groove is storing each song twice. Once as an MP3 in the folder Music/XboxMusic, and once as files without an extention in the folder Android/data/com.microsoft.xboxmusic/files/XMDC under folders with two alphanumeric characters and what I can only assumeto be keys in a database as file names.Here's some screenshots to show what I'm talking about:These files are the files that Groove actually uses to play. They are the same files as in Music/Xbox Music, but without the proper name or any extension (I can move them onto my computer and they play just fine if I add the correct extension).
I can safelyremove the MP3s in Music/XboxMusic and still play music offline, while if I delete files in the XMDC (Xbox Music Downloaded Collection?) folder, Groove starts to redownload the files.So basically if I didn't know that I could delete the redundant copies of the songs in the Music folder, Groove would be storing two copies of each song, taking up double the space. And considering that, as you mentioned, SD card support isn't in there(hopefully it will soon be), half the space that Groove uses is completely useless. I'm not sure if this is a Galaxy S5 issue, or if it happens on all phones, but this obviously is an oversight or bug. There's no way that Groove is suppose to keep two copiesof each song on the phone in two different places, right?Edit: I'm going to test this out on my Nexus 7 to see if it's a universal problem or just on the Galaxy S5. Just need to get it charged up some. Doing an official delete from the groove app completely fails to delete either of the two files.
People, this is basic computing, create file, delete file. How hard can this be? I know it's not Microsoft software, but it cannot be that hard to delete a file.Also with the advent of 5.0 lollipop you can give apps permission to use any folder including the entire SD directory, so don't tell me it's not possible. I'll check back in 6 months.
In the meantime that is money Microsoft is not getting and someone elseis.Check this out, duplicate folder structure on SD card but with no files.