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This is what I have tried before finding the external storage trick. Renamed the Music folder into my_media and put a .nomedia file. Scan without Legacy mode was stuck at stage 2 with 80/16289 for 20 minutes and device became warm. Decided to abort it and reactivate Legacy mode and it found only 36 files in a full scan because somehow, .nomedia was not ignored. So I decided to play with parameters to find a satisfactory state since Hiby's implementation of Android seems dodgy. I wanted to try the playback of .s3m/impulse tracker module files that is a quite niche thing. Without that, I would be quite satisfied with the legacy file scanner which detects all the other audio files but it was a bit slow in a quick scan. As using a DAP from a chinese brand is already a niche... Anyways, props to @maxmp for implementing libopenmpt into Poweramp 😃

Sorry for double post. Found something on the Hiby r6 gen 3. The scan without File legacy access mode is working properly by turning off "All files access" for external storage (apps > special app access > all files access> show system). All files are found correctly unlike in legacy mode in which module files are ignored. Song count is identical to other DAPs (I have cloned microSDs for different devices beforehand). Playback works correctly except for modules which would fail to play. Giving file access back to 'external storage' system app makes playback of module files working. Full rescan takes around 10 minutes for ~15500 songs, ~300 videoclips and ~150 modules. Quick scan only takes 15 secs (much slower in legacy mode).

I can't seem to reproduce the scan behaviour on my phone either, FALM or not, but it doesn't have a sdcard slot. .nomedia files are always ignored as intended. So either sdcards are treated in a different way, or more probably it is a HiBy ROM thing. I can't scan library without legacy access mode on it at all.

Hello, I have noticed a difference of behaviour between legacy Android and Android 12/13. I have a Sony NW-A105 (android 9) and a HiBy DAP like the original poster. On the Sony, Poweramp ignores .nomedia well during scans. On the Hiby/Android 12, with file access legacy mode enabled, .nomedia files are parsed so the media inside the folder ignored.

Nice, this gets the consideration of the developer. I've thought I have made a thread about it years ago, but it was not the case. There are also a lot of music (mostly dance) which are spedup by 20% that are uploaded on Youtube and has it own genre. And by adjusting a few tones up and down, it changes the "mood" of the music.