Is there a way to change where videos get saved? I use the auto backup feature and would like to exclude videos. The only way I see is by folder but the pictures and videos get saved to the same folder. Any ideas?
clarksonator said:
Is there a way to change where videos get saved? I use the auto backup feature and would like to exclude videos. The only way I see is by folder but the pictures and videos get saved to the same folder. Any ideas?
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I believe videos taken with the camera can only be saved to the internal memory, unless there's some mod I'm missing or forgetting.
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Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
You could try to find a Gallery modification that supports excluding folders (If your one doesn't). But I strongly advice QuickPic.
raylgo said:
Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
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No, it doesnt
raylgo said:
Is there a way to tell the Gallery to just scan a certain folder where all my pics are and not the pics that came with other apps like Skyscape? This also applies to the Music Player but there are other Music apps that can already do that...
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Download QuickPic from market
raylgo said:
The .nomedia technique excludes certain folders from media scanning but does it mess up the apps that use those pics? Like if I put a .nomedia file in the folder where the downloaded files of a Skyscape is so that it wont show in the Gallery when I look at pics, does it also prevent Skyscape from accessing its own files?
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Yes, for example, the gallery won't show, but if u use quickpic it has an option to show hidden files an the folders that it wiil or not scan
I've searched and can't seem to fine the option to change the folder destination of pictures and videos taken from the camera/video app?
The option was available on my galaxy s2 phone so its certainly not because of pics.
Anyone knows how to change them? I would like to change the folder destinations to my external sdcard. Much safer to have them there in case of a crash.
Anyone?
see this post
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/transformer-prime-general-discussions/17844-how-make-use-sd-card.html#post203543
One alternative solution is to install the Dropbox app and enable camera/gallery syncing. This will upload all your camera photos to Dropbox automatically. It has the added benefit of being an online backup of your photos in case you lose both your phone and SD card.
Hello,
I have tested some roms and after a while placed back my original using CWM restore. But whenever i take a photo it is saved under the folder camera under DCIM folder. Before it would save photo also under folders named after the month where the picture was taken. So when i opened up gallery is saw all the months folders instead of only camera folder with a lot of photo's in it.
Do i have to change a setting or am i doing something else wrong?
Thanks,
Francis
francisb said:
Hello,
I have tested some roms and after a while placed back my original using CWM restore. But whenever i take a photo it is saved under the folder camera under DCIM folder. Before it would save photo also under folders named after the month where the picture was taken. So when i opened up gallery is saw all the months folders instead of only camera folder with a lot of photo's in it.
Do i have to change a setting or am i doing something else wrong?
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Previously, were the photos saved to different folders or did the gallery app make this distinction?
On my stock 4.0.3 ROM all photos are dumped in DCIM. Just like you're experiencing now.
Cenobite_ said:
Previously, were the photos saved to different folders or did the gallery app make this distinction?
On my stock 4.0.3 ROM all photos are dumped in DCIM. Just like you're experiencing now.
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Into different folders under the camera folder.
Hello!
I know Dropbox for Android (and iOS for that matter) will automatically upload pictures you take with the camera. But I want to have it also upload pictures that I save, either from a text message or from a website. Those pictures are saved to the "Downloads" folder, which I don't think Dropbox is watching for pictures. If I move pictures to the "DCIM/Camera" folder, SOMETIMES pictures will upload, but not always.
So is there a way to force Dropbox to auto-upload the pictures I save? I want that to happen so the pictures will be renamed to the date it was taken, which is why simply sharing them to Dropbox won't do.
Thanks!
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Don't think so hmm. Maybe try to force a media rescan via one of those apps on the play store?
Alternatively use an app like Dropsync to do one way uploads or 2 way syncing to any folder to Dropbox.
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Dropbox does watch the Downloads folder. Actually, it monitors every folder on the USB storage partition of your phone. For example, screenshots I take on my phone get uploaded to my Dropbox as part of the "camera upload" function of the official Dropbox app, even though I don't get those pictures by using the phone's camera nor are they stored in the DCIM folder.
To see this, take a screenshot of any screen on your phone (for my wife's HTC Vivid it's Power + Volume Up, for my SGS2 Skyrocket it's Power + Home). It'll get saved to /storage/Pictures/Screenshots (your exact path name may be different depending on how your phone designates the USB storage partition of your phone - note this is note the SD card, but the accessible storage on your phone when you mount it as a USB drive when plugging it into your computer). You should eventually see that those screenshots are uploaded to the same folder on your Dropbox as all the photos you take with your phone's camera.
If you're not seeing that, I'm not sure what the issue would be. I'd recommend going to system settings > applications > dropbox > force stop > clear cache > clear data > uninstall, then reinstall Dropbox and set up camera upload again, take a few photos with the camera to make sure it works, then retaking some screenshots to make sure that that works as well.
by default, it upload to "Camera Uploads" dropbox, can I change the default folder to other folder in dropbox? sub folder?
Thanks
henry8668 said:
by default, it upload to "Camera Uploads" dropbox, can I change the default folder to other folder in dropbox? sub folder?
Thanks
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No feasible solution
I don't think dropbox watch ALL folders. I noticed pictures for Whatsapp / eye-fi / any other apps which stores pictures in their own folder do not get backed up. Please advise if anyone have solution as to enable users as to which folders they want to upload to dropbox from their Android.
I use these two apps to sync additional folders on my phone to Dropbox's Camera Uploads. It may not be the exact solution you're looking for, but it works for me.
DropSync & CloudPipes
Try pasting photos in camera folder and rename similar to photo taken with camera. That may work
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Hi,
I am very interested in these feauture. There is some solution to automatically upload pictures for other location in dropbox?
Many thanks
I had a bunch of images downloaded from various sources.. I stored them all in a folder called myimgs or something like that on internal storage. It really annoyed me that they showed up in Gallery. I moved them to my external storage and that solved the issue.
However, I downloaded a bunch of music videos so I don't have to use data. I stored them on my external memory card, but they all show up in my Gallery. 400+ videos. Any way to not have that happen? Not that I have anything to hide, it's annoying to scroll through that many thumbnails.
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I had a bunch of images downloaded from various sources.. I stored them all in a folder called myimgs or something like that on internal storage. It really annoyed me that they showed up in Gallery. I moved them to my external storage and that solved the issue.
However, I downloaded a bunch of music videos so I don't have to use data. I stored them on my external memory card, but they all show up in my Gallery. 400+ videos. Any way to not have that happen? Not that I have anything to hide, it's annoying to scroll through that many thumbnails.
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I believe you can just make a file named
".nomedia" (without quotes) in each folder you don't want scanned.
Then open gallery app info and clear the app's cache....
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Or use Samsung Secure folder to hide your videos from Gallery and only you can view it
The problem with using .nomedia is that the video players (at least the built-in one) won't recognize the videos as media, either.