Hi there, is there any way to change camera photos save location. Default is external storage/DCIM/camera. I use my NAS cloud to back up photos but it needs photos exacly in DCIM folder to backing up.
Dizzyrul3z said:
Hi there, is there any way to change camera photos save location. Default is external storage/DCIM/camera. I use my NAS cloud to back up photos but it needs photos exacly in DCIM folder to backing up.
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Hey.
Not a direct solution as such, but more a possible workaround.
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I bought a security camera system for my bar. The software allows for me to view it remotely through IE, and also allows me to save the video to computer. The problem is when I tell it to record a feed and select where to save it to, it bascially saves it hidden or something?? Because it shows up nowhere, even if I save them to an empty folder if i do properties on the folder show no files or space taken.
The only way I have been able to access them is if i go back to the brower and attempt to save another video I can hit browse to select folder and it the files will actually appear in there and I can open them in quick time through that folder. But if I try to copy or move them out of there somewhere else it says file moved or no longer at orginal location or something like that.
I've read the manual and it doesnt mention anything about that, and I see no settings or anything to change. I have no idea how to get access to these files! Any ideas?
What is the make and model of the camera? What is the location it's saving them to?
Is there a way to create new folders so that pics taken will go into that folder?
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Is there a way to create new folders so that pics taken will go into that folder?
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To my knowledge this can not be done in the native setup of the camera.
You may only select the storage location default of internal memory or SD card. The OS setups up standard folders in either case. This is probably done to keep to a simple standard and avoid potential errors and is common in digital cameras.
I would suggest that this is a better way of keeping files organized though. Have everything dump to one location and then sort them to appropriate folders from there. The gallery interface on the camera makes it very easy to move individual or multiple exposures.
Somehow I messed up setting up my wife's new Moto X. In the past I had some tasker tasks to transfer all the photos off our phones and onto our NAS every night. In setting up the task on her new phone I deleted a slew of pictures. I know the original photos are gone and I'll face the music on that one. However, if I go to camera and swipe to the left I can scroll through all the photos. I can't email or share any because the file is gone, but if I can see the photos there must be a low res image someplace on the phone still. Anyone know how to access these and possibly get me out of the doghouse? They're not in the DCIM folder at all. I poked around in the Android/Data folder a bit, but did not find them.
On the same note, is there a way to clean these out over time? Seems to me if I have a thumbnail of every photo ever taken it would eventually fill up the storage.
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Get an app like astro file manager, or root Explorer and go to storage then DCIM and your thumbnail pics should be there.
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Somehow I messed up setting up my wife's new Moto X. In the past I had some tasker tasks to transfer all the photos off our phones and onto our NAS every night. In setting up the task on her new phone I deleted a slew of pictures. I know the original photos are gone and I'll face the music on that one. However, if I go to camera and swipe to the left I can scroll through all the photos. I can't email or share any because the file is gone, but if I can see the photos there must be a low res image someplace on the phone still. Anyone know how to access these and possibly get me out of the doghouse? They're not in the DCIM folder at all. I poked around in the Android/Data folder a bit, but did not find them.
On the same note, is there a way to clean these out over time? Seems to me if I have a thumbnail of every photo ever taken it would eventually fill up the storage.
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Those are probably all cached. As for recovering them, I'm sure you can find them in the cache -- I don't know where they'd be saved (I believe there is a /cache partition but then there's also the possibility that the gallery caches those previews somewhere in /data/). It may be easier to to screen shot the ones you want.
EDIT: see above post - that's probably what you want
As for the cache growing, I'd imaging that the gallery app has some sort of maintenance. But there is always the option of using apps (I have SD Maid, personally) and/or periodically clearing the cache partition via a custom recovery
Thanks all. This was good info also. I ended up finding the files on my NAS which leads me to a whole other question which I will post seperately from this as it only related by symptoms.
Hey everyone
I have had some problems with regarding screenshots on my Note 8.
1. Screenshots are by default stored at a folder named DCIM/Screenshots.
can this, by any way, be changed? I couldn't find any normal way throughout the settings. My device is rooted with TWRP if that helps...
2. Google Photos automatically backs up all images in the DCIM folder and subfolders.
I like the auto backup thing. It's fine by me. But I don't like the fact that it backs up my screenshots. both for Clutter reasons and privacy reasons.
While you can go ahead and pick folders to be backed up by the app IN ADDITION to the DCIM folder, I can't make the app to not include the DCIM/Screenshots in the backup.
A solution to any of the issues will help.
If I can get my screenshots to be saved to a different folder - that's great. If I can make the Google Photos app to not include the "DCIM/Screenshots" folder in the auto upload - that would be even better.
Thank you for your help
Have a great day.
Actually - Seeing now:
Besides Screenshots folder in the "DCIM" folder, there's also a few more folders containing images other than pictures I took with my camera. Images which I have no interest in backing up.
Therefore I think the main problem is the fact that the Google Photos app is by default uploading the entire DCIM folder and not letting users decide if they want all subfolders included.
thanks...
First of all, sorry if this question has already been asked before. I've searched and searched but unfortunately, couldn't find a solution.
I'm okay with Google Photos automatically backing up my camera roll. But there's only an option to either turn it on, or off for the DCIM folder. I shoot a lot of video's which take up a lot of space in the cloud. I'd rather have videos automatically save in a folder other than 'DCIM' (which automatically uploads to Google Photos).
Haven't found a way to change the output folder of the stock camera app when taking videos to anything else, other than moving the files manually to another folder. Is there an easier/built-in way on the S21 Ultra? An automated workaround would suffice too ofcourse.
Leave the DCIM folder alone. Modifying the DCIM folder in any way will come back to bite you.
Simply copy out the files. Delete the copies in the DCIM folder after the copy is verified if you want. I use my SD card to store the pics. Every month or so I do what is described above.
I then redundantly backup the SD card. Don't forget your backups... trust nothing.