Why aren't my songs showing up in the media player?

[AC Question]

songs won't show up in media player

A song I've downloaded won't show up in the media player. I've tried the default player and also several other media players. I downloaded the song from the play store and I can find the file in my music folder and manually play it from there using the media player but that's the only way I can get it to play. Help?

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: songs won't show up in media player

Welcome to Android Central! Are you downloading the song directly to the SD card? Usually, a song from Google Play Music downloaded directly to Internal Storage is very difficult to find, and has a coded filename. Or did you download the song from your Google Music Library site on your computer, then transfer that mp3 file to your phone?