[digiKam-users] how to import new pictures from Android

[frederic chaume]

Just found the path:

mtp:\Galaxy A51 de Frederic\Card\DCIM\Camera (the one I used with 
freefilesync to synchronize my smartphone on my PC))

and then I've been able to create a camera as an USB device , but I have 
an error when launching the import : "unable to connect to the device 
...."  while the same path is working with freefilesync

any ideas ?

FYI: the smartphone is configured to the "transfert pictures" mode

regards







Le 18/01/2022 à 17:42, frederic chaume a écrit :
> Hi Gilles
>
> "A smartphone as a network drive ? really..." => was thinking of the 
> SD card only 😉
>
> once connected I see it like this (note that I'm on windows)  and 
> didn't find anypath that I can use in DK:
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> Le 18/01/2022 à 17:22, Gilles Caulier a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> A smartphone as a network drive ? really...
>>
>> 1/ select the transfert of photo from your smartphone as Usb Mass 
>> Storage.
>> 2/ connect your smartphone to your computer and look if it detected 
>> as an USB key.
>> 3/ look where is mounted the smartphone by the system (path)
>> 4/ Setup a UMS device in digiKam setup camera. configure the mounted 
>> path.
>> 5/ on your camera, give the right to the computer to read contents 
>> (if necessary).
>> 6/ start the Import tool in digiKam.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>>
>>
>> Le mar. 18 janv. 2022 à 17:13, frederic chaume 
>> <frederic.chaume at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>     High all
>>
>>     I'm searching a way to import pictures from my smartphone
>>     (Samsung A51)
>>     as I'm doing with the SD card of my camera (select only new
>>     pictures) .
>>     I'm using it in parallel with my camera and importing the pictures
>>     manualy is painful and not secure. In a previous discussion there
>>     was a
>>     proposal to use transfert tools like freefilesync, but it will
>>     detect
>>     likely only new pictures until you didn't removed some already
>>     imported
>>     (then you will import them again)
>>
>>     So I tried again to investigate on the connection of my
>>     smartphone to DK
>>     (now using 7.5) but seems Digikam is looking for network drive
>>     only and
>>     I didn't find how to assign a drive to the SD card of my
>>     smartphone. I
>>     also look at DK configuration to create a camera , but same
>>     problem, DK
>>     is looking for a network drive.
>>     This may not be a problem on DK side, but I'm wondering if
>>     someone found
>>     an efficient way for such import
>>
>>     thanks all for your feedback
>>
>>     Regards
>>
>>     Frederic
>>
>>
>
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