That mp3 file is causing problems with GStreamer itself. To replicate, simply do
apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps gst-discoverer-1.0 Existance.mp3 On the desktop it works just fine. On the phone this happens: Analyzing file:///home/phablet/mdtest/Existance.mp3 Done discovering file:///home/phablet/mdtest/Existance.mp3 An error was encountered while discovering the file No valid frames decoded before end of stream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348236 Title: Fails to scan mp3 and consumes all the system memory when scanning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner2/+bug/1348236/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs