Hi Thomas That looks like a great idea, I did not know that could be done. Off to learn about udev to, hopefully, find how to do it.
Colin On 15 November 2013 22:27, Thomas Novin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Just write a udev rule to create a symlink so that your photos are under > /DCIM/(XXX) whenever you mount that camera/phone. > > Rgds//Thomas > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 15 November 2013 00:44, Jim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > No, but as I recall we added a feature for Shotwell to search the device >> > if >> > DCIM was not found looking for an appropriate root. I looked it up now >> > and >> > what it has is a lookup table of common roots on the camera's file >> > system >> > (including AVCHD for video, /private/sony for guess-who's cameras, and >> > /MP_ROOT). >> > >> > Do you know where on the camera your photos are located? Maybe we need >> > to >> > add another common path. >> >> I do know, but it is not going to be a common path, I am using an >> Android app Note Everything which stores its photos in >> noteeverything/photos. In fact it is not a big issue for me, it can >> be done manually using Import from Folder, which is not a major >> problem. >> >> Colin >> >> > >> > -- Jim >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Colin Law <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > On 14 November 2013 01:27, Jim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > What version of Shotwell are you running? Older versions looked >> > exclusively >> > in DCIM, but as I recall we patched it to look elsewhere. >> > >> > Version 0.15.0 on Ubuntu 13.10 Do you mean you think it should already >> > search the complete directory hierarchy on the attached device? It does >> > not >> > appear to do that for me. Colin >> > >> > -- Jim On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Colin Law >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: I am running an app on my camera (phone) that puts its photos in >> > a >> > non-standard folder (not under DCIM). Is there a way I can tell Shotwell >> > to >> > automatically look there for photos (as well as the standard folder)? >> > Colin >> > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell >> _______________________________________________ >> Shotwell mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
