I can't figure out how the phone decides where to place a string of photos taken in burst mode. When I connect my phone to USB and look in the folder where the burst photos are located, there are multiple folders that have already been created. Within those random folders are where my burst photos are located, but in no particular order. This makes it a pain to go through and transfer them all to my PC b/c I'm constantly having to hunt down the photos in random folders.
I hope I'm just being ignorant to how it works, but any help is appreciated.
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I can't figure out how the phone decides where to place a string of photos taken in burst mode. When I connect my phone to USB and look in the folder where the burst photos are located, there are multiple folders that have already been created. Within those random folders are where my burst photos are located, but in no particular order. This makes it a pain to go through and transfer them all to my PC b/c I'm constantly having to hunt down the photos in random folders.
I hope I'm just being ignorant to how it works, but any help is appreciated.
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That seems to be the way it works. From what I can tell, the storage is meant to be temporary...you're supposed to pick the best shot after the burst, then it dumps the rest. I guess if you want them all, you have to do a little hunting.
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Not the answer I was looking for, but I'm afraid you're right.
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Lame-o
Not the answer I was looking for, but I'm afraid you're right.
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I use dropbox to auto upload my pictures, and it also uploads all the burst pictures in order. Makes it easy to keep all pics or select just the ones I want to keep on the PC.
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If they have a common naming convention, then you could hook up your phone to a computer and do a search via filename (or date) then copy the images elsewhere
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I feel stupid to ask this!
Where are the pictures that I see in the photo gallery located! All I see in my astro file manager are the pictures I took with the camera but I can't find all the other albums that are in the gallery!
I have a g2x on 2.3.3 and I am not rooted!
Thank you for your help!!!
Everything Ive got is in mnt/sdcard/DCIM. Not sure where else they could be. Some are in a folder related to whatever photo app I used, or if its a picture for an app, its usually in a folder related to said app. At least thats what QuickPic says.
Ah! Maybe you could download the QuickPic app and it will show you all your file extensions?
I wish than I would find them! Quick pic does not find the albums that are in my gallery. I want to copy all pi tires in the main dcmi pi tire album! That's why I am asking.
Thank you for trying
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Different apps store pictures in different locations. i.e. - there is a /pictures folder, /mnt/sdcard/dccim has pictures, and there is a /camera folder on my sd card as well.
The gallery scans all media on your phone, and then shows it in the app itself. I would try to figure out what application the gallery is pulling that picture from, and that might help you locate it on the phone.
dbl3dge said:
Different apps store pictures in different locations. i.e. - there is a /pictures folder, /mnt/sdcard/dccim has pictures, and there is a /camera folder on my sd card as well.
The gallery scans all media on your phone, and then shows it in the app itself. I would try to figure out what application the gallery is pulling that picture from, and that might help you locate it on the phone.
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Thats why I thought quickpic would be a good app. It tells you the file path under the albums, making it easier to pull them up on the phone when looking through your SD card on a computer or whatever.
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Anybody know if theres an app that will automagically move pictures taken in a geo location and move them to a folder or highlight them somehow? Every day after work I end up full of pictures that I need either deleted or archived on a daily basis
Any help is very much appreciated.
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Anybody know if theres an app that will automagically move pictures taken in a geo location and move them to a folder or highlight them somehow? Every day after work I end up full of pictures that I need either deleted or archived on a daily basis
Any help is very much appreciated.
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The stock Gallery app does this.hit the menu button on top right and select 'Group by". You then have the option to set location as the sort method. I too have to delete boat loads of work photos and find this method a lot easier.
Ok, so here's the deal my wife was taking a bath and apparently her RAZR maxx HD decided to join her... In doing so it obviously stopped working, I took out the sdcard, and Sim and put those in the spare s4, and then put the RAZR in the rice bucket. I let it sit for over a week, and this morning hooked it up to the computer to retrieve all of her data from it...
This is where things get weird,
On the phone in the gallery she has around 1000 total pictures between screen shots, and actual photos, along with the various website pictures and what not... However, when I moved over ALL of her folders onto the computer and checked the dcim folder, there are zero items inside the folder. So I opened root browser to move the pictures from the dcim folder to a new one, but they aren't there... I then went back to the gallery where I can still flip through all of the pictures, checked the details and it states that they are stored in the dcim folder, neither the phone, nor computer can see them...
On another note. Trying to share any of the pictures via drive, email, Bluetooth, anything, all fail.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks
Josh
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88gt said:
Ok, so here's the deal my wife was taking a bath and apparently her RAZR maxx HD decided to join her... In doing so it obviously stopped working, I took out the sdcard, and Sim and put those in the spare s4, and then put the RAZR in the rice bucket. I let it sit for over a week, and this morning hooked it up to the computer to retrieve all of her data from it...
This is where things get weird,
On the phone in the gallery she has around 1000 total pictures between screen shots, and actual photos, along with the various website pictures and what not... However, when I moved over ALL of her folders onto the computer and checked the dcim folder, there are zero items inside the folder. So I opened root browser to move the pictures from the dcim folder to a new one, but they aren't there... I then went back to the gallery where I can still flip through all of the pictures, checked the details and it states that they are stored in the dcim folder, neither the phone, nor computer can see them...
On another note. Trying to share any of the pictures via drive, email, Bluetooth, anything, all fail.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks
Josh
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Maybe try a adb pull?
adb pull /storage/sdcard1/DCIM <current working dir>
Of course substitute the right path on the device above.
EDIT: My wife would do something like this too, except she'd do it so she'd get a new phone
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Maybe try a adb pull?
adb pull /storage/sdcard1/DCIM <current working dir>
Of course substitute the right path on the device above.
EDIT: My wife would do something like this too, except she'd do it so she'd get a new phone
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Yeah I guess I could give that a shot, I just figured that since I couldn't even see them on the phone through root browser that doing an adb pull wouldn't help.
And my wife actually blamed it on the dog, stating that she, the dog, jumped up and ninja kicked it into the tub
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88gt said:
And my wife actually blamed it on the dog, stating that she, the dog, jumped up and ninja kicked it into the tub
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It happens. If I had a quarter for every time my dog ninja kicked something...
Good luck.
Sometimes i get weird isht like that , pc not seeing things in the phone as if the phone is protecting itself and considering the data as "system file" regarless of electing to show hidden files....try and zip couple px and check if the pc sees them...
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Sometimes i get weird isht like that , pc not seeing things in the phone as if the phone is protecting itself and considering the data as "system file" regarless of electing to show hidden files....try and zip couple px and check if the pc sees them...
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That happens to me too, usually when the filesystem (int/ext) is updated and you won't see any new data until you unplug and plug back in to the PC but even in such cases, locally, I can see the files from the phone.
Ok guys I figured it out... And I feel pretty stupid. It appears that the phone is "holding" the pictures thumbnails and not the actual pictures themselves. Earlier when I was checking the file paths for the individual pictures I assumed that the sdcard being shown was the internal, I was mistaken it was the external. So I can see the pictures in the gallery but they are only thumbnails... So my wife actually already had all of her pictures on the sdcard.
Thanks for all of the suggestions, hope you all have a good weekend.
Josh
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I love taking portrait photos on Google Camera app. But non-Pixel users like me can only use the modded version of Google Camera and one major annoyance is that it takes portrait photos only in burst mode. You then need to open gallery, find the sub-folder which it created for burst mode, copy the portrait image and delete the rest. And you have to do this every time you take a portrait photo.
With GCam Tool, all this happens in the background. After you take a photo with Google Camera, you will find it in your camera roll when you open Gallery. You can:
Choose source and destination folders
Move portrait or regular or both photos
Delete sub-folders created by Google Camera every time
By default the app copies photos to your photo gallery. If you buy the $1 upgrade, it also deletes the files and sub-folders (thereby actually moving the photos instead of copying).
Your upgrade will help an indie developer like me survive. Please spread the word and let me know your thoughts.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptuners.gcamtool
I will this app could move photos from the default internal storage folder used by gcam to a folder in the external SD card!
@Apptuners
really good app, does exactly what it promises. As this was something I was looking for since quite some time now, I purchased the Pro version. Keep up the good work :good:
Thank you very much for the support, Portgas D. Ace.
I just pushed an update (1.02) that adds manual batch moving feature. If you don't want the app to monitor in the background, you could just open the app once in a while, click the Batch Move option and move all files in one go to the chosen target folder.
if the possibility also to port folders with DNG(RAW) format?, because GCam also creates a separate folder
Apptuners said:
I love taking portrait photos on Google Camera app. But non-Pixel users like me can only use the modded version of Google Camera and one major annoyance is that it takes portrait photos only in burst mode. You then need to open gallery, find the sub-folder which it created for burst mode, copy the portrait image and delete the rest. And you have to do this every time you take a portrait photo.
With GCam Tool, all this happens in the background. After you take a photo with Google Camera, you will find it in your camera roll when you open Gallery. You can:
Choose source and destination folders
Delete sub-folders created by Google Camera every time
By default the app copies photos to your photo gallery. If you buy the $1 upgrade, it also deletes the files and sub-folders (thereby actually moving the photos instead of copying).
Your upgrade will help an indie developer like me survive. Please spread the word and let me know your thoughts.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptuners.gcamtool
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Whenever I try to move any images from internal to SD Card, it moves zero images. I have also sent out an email to the support. I'm using Galaxy S8 btw.
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if the possibility also to port folders with DNG(RAW) format?, because GCam also creates a separate folder
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I believe the app already does that now.
casao01 said:
Whenever I try to move any images from internal to SD Card, it moves zero images. I have also sent out an email to the support. I'm using Galaxy S8 btw.
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I think I just replied to your email. I am posting it here as well.
The app only moves (for now) images taken in Portrait Mode. Could you please try and let me know?
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This is what i was looking for from many days... thankyou so much..it works great
Hi Dev. Great work! I've been looking for that for a long time. Any chance this will work with regular (non portrait) photos? It will be great to be able to automatically move photos to sd card... A suggestion: is it doable to have an option to rename the file to whatever pattern you want before moving it? This way it could match other photos names in the gallery. Thanks again for the very useful app!
Good and helpful app and I would like to support your work.
But how do I buy the pro version?
Clicking on "upgrade" button brings up a window and then clicking on "Upgrade to pro" does nothing..?
Great app! But every reboot I'm getting a notification. Tapping on it just opens the app and then when I open the settings and back out the notification goes away. Any ideas why?
I think I'm doing something wrong because this app isn't working for me. I have the photo storage paths set, and have the option checked for it to delete sub folders. But none of the photos ever move and they stay in the burst folders.
Sorry to be that guy, but could you provide a step by step for me, or point out some kikind of error I may be making?
Thanks for your hard work. This app will be fantastic once I get it working because those burst folders drive me nuts.
Edit: maybe I'm misunderstanding part of what this app does. I went into my gallery app and the photos are all there and not in any sub folders, but when I go to my pictures through the google camera app they are still in the burst folders.
I have some issue with moving non-portrait photo into another folder. As soon as the non-portrait photo is moved. The original portrait photo is gone. I no longer see it from my camera folder and cannot see it from Google Photo.
Even worse, I did the batch moving and now all my portrait photos are gone. Is this the right behavior?
same thing with the restarts , nokia 7 plus here
Are you aware your app is no more on the store? It was the life and I even bought the pro version :c
bisio971 said:
Are you aware your app is no more on the store? It was the life and I even bought the pro version :c
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FYI https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77665451&postcount=44
To @Apptuners: paid for the app, no regrets. Even with it taken down. Don't worry
Apptuners said:
I love taking portrait photos on Google Camera app....
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How do you manage to copy the portrait only photo to DCIM/Camera. delete the original folder and (non portrait) photo and still have google photos backup the moved photo normally?
When I do this manually with a script, google photos doesn't beackup the portrait photo and it still shows a burst of two photos, the portrait and the non portrait, with this one showing only a grey thumbnail, and it never back ups.
Can you shed some light? Do you change anything in the EXIF of the moved portrait photo?
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FYI https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77665451&postcount=44
To @Apptuners: paid for the app, no regrets. Even with it taken down. Don't worry
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Thanks man
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How do you manage to copy the portrait only photo to DCIM/Camera. delete the original folder and (non portrait) photo and still have google photos backup the moved photo normally?
When I do this manually with a script, google photos doesn't beackup the portrait photo and it still shows a burst of two photos, the portrait and the non portrait, with this one showing only a grey thumbnail, and it never back ups.
Can you shed some light? Do you change anything in the EXIF of the moved portrait photo?
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No I don't modify EXIF for "photo move" feature. EXIF is modified only when selfie flipping is prevented.
As for how GCam Tool manages to do it, I believe it is all about speed. If the photos and subfolders stay long enough in the source folder, Google Photos will back up it. I don't know how fast your script is, but when you take a photo with Google Camera, GCam Tool instantly jumps into action, moves the required files and deletes the unwanted ones (and sub-folders). It all happens in like 3-4 seconds and sometimes more depending on how long it takes on your phone for Google Camera to do the HDR+ processing and save the files.
Also once the move is done, GCam Tool rebuilds the thumbnail gallery and runs MediaScanner as well to notify the system regarding file move, which could be another reason. And most people have DCIM/Camera as their target folder, which is already being monitored by Google Photos. So as soon as GCam Tool moves the files into DCIM/Camera, Google Photos backups it.
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Thanks man
No I don't modify EXIF for "photo move" feature. EXIF is modified only when selfie flipping is prevented.
As for how GCam Tool manages to do it, I believe it is all about speed. If the photos and subfolders stay long enough in the source folder, Google Photos will back up it. I don't know how fast your script is, but when you take a photo with Google Camera, GCam Tool instantly jumps into action, moves the required files and deletes the unwanted ones (and sub-folders). It all happens in like 3-4 seconds and sometimes more depending on how long it takes on your phone for Google Camera to do the HDR+ processing and save the files.
Also once the move is done, GCam Tool rebuilds the thumbnail gallery and runs MediaScanner as well to notify the system regarding file move, which could be another reason. And most people have DCIM/Camera as their target folder, which is already being monitored by Google Photos. So as soon as GCam Tool moves the files into DCIM/Camera, Google Photos backups it.
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Thank you, so much for me to thinker. Love it! Bought your app, it's as useful as water for me
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Thank you, so much for me to thinker. Love it! Bought your app, it's as useful as water for me
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Great. Thank you very much for the kind words.
Hi,
Google camera stores photos in subdirectories of DCIM/Camera using this naming convention:
IMG_<date>_time>
Can I change this by means that any photo should be stored in a single file in DCIM/Camera?
THX
c.monty said:
Hi,
Google camera stores photos in subdirectories of DCIM/Camera using this naming convention:
IMG_<date>_time>
Can I change this by means that any photo should be stored in a single file in DCIM/Camera?
THX
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Me and i guess all the other members are not really understanding what your issue is.
You are right with the info how Google Camera stores pictures. Also every picture is a singe file?!
When you are referring to the portrait shots (which are stored as 2 diffrent pics), yes, this is not the best solution by google, but also, no they cant be stored in a single file becasue .jpeg limitations.
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bejunk said:
Me and i guess all the other members are not really understanding what your issue is.
You are right with the info how Google Camera stores pictures. Also every picture is a singe file?!
When you are referring to the portrait shots (which are stored as 2 diffrent pics), yes, this is not the best solution by google, but also, no they cant be stored in a single file becasue .jpeg limitations.
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Actually my request is this:
I don't want Google Camera to store pictures in sub-directories.
Instead all pictures should be stored in /DCIM/Camera.
However I assume this is not possible.
Therefore I want to address this question: What's the technical reason for storing pictures in sub-directories?
THX
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Actually my request is this:
I don't want Google Camera to store pictures in sub-directories.
Instead all pictures should be stored in /DCIM/Camera.
However I assume this is not possible.
Therefore I want to address this question: What's the technical reason for storing pictures in sub-directories?
THX
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All my pictures i take with Google Camera are stored in: /DCIM/Camera/HERE
So, whats the problem?
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All my pictures i take with Google Camera are stored in: /DCIM/Camera/HERE
So, whats the problem?
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All my pictures I took yesterday are stored in /DCIM/Camera/IMG_20200329_<time>/, all pictures I take today are stored in /DCIM/Camera/IMG_202003230_<time>/.
Why is this?
Can I change setting to store all pictures in /DCIM/Camera/?
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All my pictures I took yesterday are stored in /DCIM/Camera/IMG_20200329_<time>/, all pictures I take today are stored in /DCIM/Camera/IMG_202003230_<time>/.
Why is this?
Can I change setting to store all pictures in /DCIM/Camera/?
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I think you are confusing file names with folders. All your pictures are stored in /DCIM/Camera. The "IMG_202003230_<time>" is the filename of the picture. Maybe just Open an file explorer and see yourself.
Anyway, see my attached picture. All your shots are in 1 folder.
At this point I don't even jnow if you are just trolling.
I can assure you: this is not a fake.
For your reference I have attached a screenshot that displays the content of /DCIM/Camera.
This should make it very clear:
There are only sub-directories in which the pictures taken are stored.
c.monty said:
I can assure you: this is not a fake.
For your reference I have attached a screenshot that displays the content of /DCIM/Camera.
This should make it very clear:
There are only sub-directories in which the pictures taken are stored.
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Yes, i see. But the reason those are stored in folder is because they are portrait shots. So google camera makes a folder and there it stores 1. portrait shot with background blur and 2. portrait without background blur.
I also mentioned it in one of my first answers. I mean there could be a better implematation, but i think this is ok. Theres no way storing both of these files in 1 file. This is good, because afterwards you can still decide if you want the background blur or not.
Just do normal snaps and they will be not in a folder. Just files.
Anyway, whats your trouble with this?
You can use Gcam Tool if you want the portrait photos to be moved in DCIM/Camera folder