Ok guys so here is the situation. Got a new phone (Moto X Play). I want to know the best Free way for Auto Photo and Video backup so that i don't loose them(it used to be a frequent scenario in my previous device). I googled a lot and ended up with Having Google photos and Flickr installed. Google photos backs up videos too but the photos are of only 16mp (max) but my camera can take 21mp pics so google photos isn't the best choice. While flickr offers photo backup with no restrictions the Video Backup is restricted to max 3 minutes. So i think having both of them at the same time is pretty useless and considering the battery drain and bandwidth charges(I live in India). I also have 200gig of free Onedrive Space(Some giveaway).. So should i use onedrive for backing up? But the problem is onedrive's android app is extremely limited and doesn't offer much options. And there is also no option in google photos to backup up only videos... So what do you guys suggest? (Ondrive only or Flickr with some other service or flickr and google photos or..?).
I wonder what will happen further down the line when I don't own a pixel anymore and my Google storage allowance is full because I filled it up with full resolution photos when I did have a Pixel.
How will Google deal with that? Will they look at the image's metadata to establish whether a particular photo was taken on a Pixel or some other phone?
I don't have a source but I read somewhere that it is only for photos and video you took with you pixel. I would assume that means those photos and video don't count toward your storage usage.
I would imagine they use the meta-data from the pixel. Sounds like someone should write a tool to re-encode all your images to have the pixel meta information.
For those who upload their photos what do you use?
Google Photos. Have never had an issue. You get free storage for photos if you don't save the raw versions.
Will Google photos do anything to the photos?
I use google photos. I have 200GB storage and set it at original quality. It's great.
I set it to backup on wifi while charging although never had an issue with backing up on battery. Just make sure you don't back up on mobile data
Is "Unlimited photo/video in Original quality" valid for all devices and media?
In the Backup portion of the Google Photos app it states "Photos and videos uploaded from your PIxel before 2021-01-16 get unlimited free storage at Original quality"
How about photos/video that weren't created on the Pixel 2's hardware? I'm thinking of things like raw .ARW photos or video taken from my Sony RX100. I haven't yet tried it on the phone but the raw .ARW files upload to Google Photos via the Backup and Sync From Google software on Windows so they may as well on android.
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In the Backup portion of the Google Photos app it states "Photos and videos uploaded from your PIxel before 2021-01-16 get unlimited free storage at Original quality"
How about photos/video that weren't created on the Pixel 2's hardware? I'm thinking of things like raw .ARW photos or video taken from my Sony RX100. I haven't yet tried it on the phone but the raw .ARW files upload to Google Photos via the Backup and Sync From Google software on Windows so they may as well on android.
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Photos and Videos taken with Pixel phones can upload at original quality. I have tried using other phones, but all I got is backup at high quality. I don't see much difference except the file size on Pixel photo/video backup is bigger.
Now, if you use Windows PC and try to upload a photo/video file, then there are 2 choices(High Quality or Original quality), but you need to set it in the Google Photos settings(default I believe is High Quality)
It appears to me that everything backed up by the photos app goes at original quality. I had not previously used the auto backup feature on my nexus, so when I transitioned all my files to the pixel 2 I let it go wild and it uploaded all my transferred files.
But do the Nexus files take up Google account storage space?
I'm trying to take advantage of the store-everything-as-Original option the Pixel 2 offers, so I'm trying to find out if media is evaluated as "Produced By A Pixel 2" so it falls under that.
Are the photos created on your Nexus -- but uploaded from the Pixel 2 -- counting towards your Google storage or are they exempted from storage use by falling under the Pixel 2's "store unlimited Original photos/videos" grace? I know I can do it all under High Quality, but I'd like to do it as Original and take advantage of unlimited storage option I have by using the Pixel 2 .
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I'm trying to take advantage of the store-everything-as-Original option the Pixel 2 offers, so I'm trying to find out if media is evaluated as "Produced By A Pixel 2" so it falls under that.
Are the photos created on your Nexus -- but uploaded from the Pixel 2 -- counting towards your Google storage or are they exempted from storage use by falling under the Pixel 2's "store unlimited Original photos/videos" grace? I know I can do it all under High Quality, but I'd like to do it as Original and take advantage of unlimited storage option I have by using the Pixel 2 .
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I think it's any picture files -- video I imagine they might do more detection or you could potentially backup whole seasons and series worth of episodes and movies... -- simply uploaded from the pixel 2/XL falls under the unlimited original quality photos/videos. I purposefully downloaded all pictures taking up space in my Google Drive, as well as the photos I've accumulated over the years, and input it in my phone; had Google Photos (stock app) "back[it]up", and checked to see if any space was being taken up in my Google Drive...and it was not! I've actually "converted" folders and gigabytes of photos taking up physical space on my devices taking advantage of this feature. Once I saw a hint that Google Photos didn't really discriminate what photos was being backed up, I definitely wanted to test and take advantage if it were possible.
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Hey cool, thanks for sharing that! I'll have to test it more myself (like with raw .ARW images, which aren't something the Pixel 2 would produce) and see if it'll handle those the same way as .jpg images.
No storage space! Camera app that uploads directly to Gdrive for videos and photos? If it uses social media filters, does graphics that's even better. As long as I can take pictures and vlog without buying more storage.