best file browser for playing sounds in flows?

[evebrea]

i currently use ES file explorer because i like it's browser interface for finding files to play via flows.

However i am finding that sometimes automagic forgets the locations of said sounds, and i have to re-set them over and over.
This is bad for me, since i use automagic as a custom alarm clock.

Is there a better file explorer to use to make sure it keeps track of the sounds?
could it be that es file explorer is updating and something is getting messed up in the links to the files?
of note, the files are on my external SD card, mounted at /storage/external_sd/sounds/(alarms, notifications,single play sounds,ringtones)/

just tried another flow with a shortcut to play a sound. here is what the log said on fail.


action 'sound : notification encounter'
java.io.IOexception: setDataSource failed : status = 0x80000000
at android.mediaplayer._setdatasource(nativemethod)
at android.mediaplayer._setdatasource(mediaplayer.java.1010)
at android.mediaplayer._setdatasource(mediaplayer.java.998)
at android.mediaplayer._setdatasource(mediaplayer.java.951)
at android.mediaplayer._setdatasource(mediaplayer.java.903)
at ch.gridvision.ppam.androidautomagic.d.a.fu$1.(sourcefile:396)
at ch.gridvision.ppam.androidautomagic.util.gj$1.run(sourcefile:39)
at java.lang.thread.run(thread.java:856)

in fact, looking back through the log...this is the exact same bit it does every time the sound fails and i re-set it.

[Martin]

The next update of Automagic allows to select arbitrary sound files on the external memory in action Sound (and also allows to use variables) so it's not required to pick the sound using ES File Explorer anymore.
This also has the advantage that the sound action should work as long as the sound file is not moved or deleted.

[evebrea]

The next update of Automagic allows to select arbitrary sound files on the external memory in action Sound (and also allows to use variables) so it's not required to pick the sound using ES File Explorer anymore.
This also has the advantage that the sound action should work as long as the sound file is not moved or deleted.

awesome. when will you release it?

[Martin]

I have no planned release date yet, there are still some new functions I would like to add.
The EAP version already contains this feature but I'm still making changes in this area so it might not be very stable in the next few days.