On 16 November 2013 07:41, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Unfortunately since the phone is a FAT device it is not possible to create a symlink, or am I misunderstanding? Colin > > 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
