Auto upload: wifi/charging only for specific filetypes

[tobiasKaminsky]

Back on old instant upload we distinguished between upload on type and "situation"

• video / wifi only
• video / charging only
• images /wifi only
• images / charging only
  all settings could be changed interdependently.

Now with auto upload it is "folder based" and only options are

• Upload pictures via wifi only (which is misleading as it applies for all file types)
• charging only

So my idea is to extend this to have a selectable pre-defined "mime-type" list:

• pictures
• videos
• other
  The menu setting would then be
• Upload via wifi only
• Upload when charging only
  Each setting has a second option line where the selected items are be shown:
• Upload via wifi only: videos
• Upload when charging only: videos, other

@AndyScherzinger @eppfel

[eppfel]

This sounds a little complex, especially because the auto Upload settings are already numerous. I would first think about the use-cases for the old options used in Instant Upload. Maybe it is more related to file size, than to file type?
And to achieve what you suggest one could easily separated file types in separate folders on their android system.

Anyway It would be a powerful feature to sync distinctive mime types, I just see bigger issues now.

The misleading description about "pictures" should be fixed independently.

[tobiasKaminsky]

The misleading description about "pictures" should be fixed independently.

This is done in #494

Maybe this is a topic for a meetup :)

[AndyScherzinger]

Yes, this sounds like a meetup would help a lot! 👍

[kvoit]

As I suggested and motivated in #587, I think the current possibilities are insufficient. I understand that the new auto upload feature is meant to be more general and I don't think we need complex rules. However, a size threshold for mobile upload would be help a lot: If file >10MB, wait for Wifi to upload. I don't think this would make it too complicated.

[jmclaren7]

It seems to me that upload conditions based on file size would be a first step in addressing the issue of conserving data (upload only on wifi). However, it wont help keep media organized. Most of my users and myself organize videos in separate folders and that feature was a must have of the old app.

I haven't made myself familiar with this project but maybe this concept would minimize the work needed:

• When scanning for media directories we should note ones that contain both photos and videos.
• Display the list of media directories as we currently do (combined videos and photos). ie a folder called "Camera" would be listed.
• Append to the list any directories that contained both types but apply a filter to only work with photos and display on the list as "Camera (Photos only)".
• Append to the list any directories that contained both but apply a filter to only work with videos and display on the list as "Camera (Videos only)".

For the general use case a file size option is probably more valuable but i imagine both these features would be possible if the technique I described for the file-type condition is possible. I imagine the file size option would fit into the dialog for the folder preferences and apply to that entire folder. In the case of the technique I described this would actually be rather versatile as it would give the option to control the upload size condition separately for videos and photos.

[AndyScherzinger]

@tobiasKaminsky @mario @eppfel @jancborchardt what do you think of @jmclaren7's approach? Technically this is doable and to me it seems to be one way to do it.

I am not a UX expert so I don't have (a better) idea how else this could be solved but I understand the requirement of having images and videos sorted into different remote directories and that is doesn't work for folders that contain images and videos (or even images/videos/audio).

[AndyScherzinger]

@tobiasKaminsky what do you think of splitting images/video into 2 "folders" e.g. for camera where we then would do it based on the file types? To me this would be a pragmatic solution in handling this, especially when custom folders are added to the game.

[mario]

There are other filetypes too however :)

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