1RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER(1)   General Commands Manual  RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER(1)
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NAME

6       rapid-photo-downloader - Downloads, renames and backs up photos and
7       videos from cameras, phones, memory cards and other devices
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SYNOPSIS

10       rapid-photo-downloader [options] [path]
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12       Options:
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14           -h, --help
15           --version
16           --detailed-version
17           -v, --verbose
18           --debug
19           -e, --extensions
20           --photo-renaming {on,off}
21           --video-renaming {on,off}
22           -a {on,off}, --auto-detect {on,off}
23           -t {on,off}, --this-computer {on,off}
24           --this-computer PATH
25           --photo-destination PATH
26           --video-destination PATH
27           -b {on,off}, --backup {on,off}
28           --backup-auto-detect {on,off}
29           --photo-backup-identifier FOLDER
30           --video-backup-identifier FOLDER
31           --photo-backup-location PATH
32           --video-backup-location PATH
33           --ignore-other-photo-file-types
34           --auto-download-startup {on,off}
35           --auto-download-device-insertion {on,off}
36           --thumbnail-cache {on,off}
37           --delete-thumbnail-cache
38           --forget-remembered-files
39           --import-old-version-preferences
40           --reset
41           --log-gphoto2
42           --camera-info
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DESCRIPTION

45       Rapid Photo Downloader imports photos and videos from cameras, phones,
46       memory cards and other devices at high speed. It can be configured to
47       rename photos and videos with meaningful filenames you specify. It can
48       also back up photos and videos as they are downloaded. It downloads
49       from and backs up to multiple devices simultaneously.
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51       Unique to Rapid Photo Downloader is its Timeline, which groups photos
52       and videos based on how much time elapsed between consecutive shots.
53       Use it to identify photos and videos taken at different periods in a
54       single day or over consecutive days.
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56       Files are downloaded from two different types of sources: (1) one or
57       more automatically detected devices like cameras, phones, memory cards,
58       and external drives; and (2) a single manually specified path, shown in
59       the user interface as "This Computer".
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PATH

62       Optional value that when specified, is parsed to determine if it
63       represents an automatically detected device or a path on this computer.
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65       If the path represents an automatically detected device, automatic
66       detection of devices is turned on, as in the --auto-detect option.
67       Furthermore, downloading from a manually specified path as in the
68       --this-computer-location option is turned off.
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70       Otherwise, the path is assumed to be a manually specified path as in
71       the --this-computer-location option, in which case downloading from
72       this computer is turned on and downloading from automatically detected
73       devices is turned off.
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OPTIONS

76       -h, --help
77           Show help message and exit.
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79       --version
80           Displays information about the currently installed version and
81           exits.
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83       --detailed-version
84           Displays information about the currently installed version and its
85           libraries and exits.
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87       -v, --verbose
88           Displays program information on the command line as the program
89           runs.
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91       --debug
92           Displays debugging information on the command line as the program
93           runs
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95       -e, --extensions
96           Displays image file extensions the program recognizes and exits.
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98       --photo-renaming {on,off}
99           Turn on or off the the renaming of photos while downloading,
100           overwriting existing program preferences. If turned on, the
101           renaming scheme used will incorporate the photo's metadata date,
102           time, the number of downloads today, and the file extension in
103           lower case: "YYYYMMDD-HHMM-<DownloadsToday>.<LowercaseExtension>",
104           e.g. 20160512-1309-23.jpg.
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106       --video-renaming {on,off}
107           Turn on or off the the renaming of videos while downloading,
108           overwriting existing program preferences. If turned on, the
109           renaming scheme used will incorporate the video's metadata date,
110           time, the number of downloads today, and the file extension in
111           lower case: "YYYYMMDD-HHMM-<DownloadsToday>.<LowercaseExtension>",
112           e.g. 20160512-1429-26.mp4.
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114       -a {on,off}, --auto-detect {on,off}
115           Turn on or off the automatic detection of devices from which to
116           download, overwriting existing program preferences.
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118       -t {on,off}, --this-computer {on,off}
119           Turn on or off downloading from this computer (see description
120           above), overwriting existing program preferences.
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122       --this-computer-location PATH
123           The PATH on this computer from which to download, overwriting
124           existing program preferences.
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126       --photo-destination PATH
127           Sets the PATH where photos will be downloaded to, overwriting
128           existing program preferences.
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130       --video-destination PATH
131           Sets the PATH where videos will be downloaded to, overwriting
132           existing program preferences.
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134       -b {on,off}, --backup {on,off}
135           Turns on or off the backing up of photos and videos while
136           downloading, overwriting existing program preferences.
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138       --backup-auto-detect {on,off}
139           Turns on or off the automatic detection of backup devices,
140           overwriting existing program preferences.
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142       --photo-backup-identifier FOLDER
143           Sets the FOLDER in which backups are stored on the automatically
144           detected photo backup device, with the folder's name being used to
145           identify whether or not the device is used for backups. For each
146           device you wish to use for backing up photos to, create a folder on
147           it with this name. Overwrites existing program preferences.
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149       --video-backup-identifier FOLDER
150           Sets the FOLDER in which backups are stored on the automatically
151           detected video backup device, with the folder's name being used to
152           identify whether or not the device is used for backups. For each
153           device you wish to use for backing up videos to, create a folder on
154           it with this name. Overwrites existing program preferences.
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156       --photo-backup-location PATH
157           Sets the PATH where photos will be backed up when automatic
158           detection of backup devices is turned off. Overwrites existing
159           program preferences.
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161       --video-backup-location PATH
162           Sets the PATH where videos will be backed up when automatic
163           detection of backup devices is turned off. Overwrites existing
164           program preferences.
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166       --ignore-other-photo-file-types
167           Do not download photos with the following extensions: TIF, TIFF and
168           MPO.
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170       --auto-download-startup {on,off}
171           Turns on or off starting downloads as soon as the program itself
172           starts.
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174       --auto-download-device-insertion {on,off}
175           Turns on or off starting downloads as soon as a device is inserted.
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177       --thumbnail-cache {on,off}
178           Turns on or off use of the Rapid Photo Downloader Thumbnail Cache.
179           Turning it off does not delete existing cache contents.
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181       --delete-thumbnail-cache
182           Deletes all thumbnails in the Rapid Photo Downloader Thumbnail
183           Cache, and exits.
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185       --forget-remembered-files
186           Forgets which files have been previously downloaded, and exits.
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188       --import-old-version-preferences
189           Imports preferences from an old program version (0.4.11 or
190           earlier), and exits. Requires the command line program gconftool-2.
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192       --reset
193           Resets all program settings to their default values, deletes all
194           thumbnails in the Thumbnail cache, forgets which files have been
195           previously downloaded, and exits.
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197       --log-gphoto2
198           Includes gphoto2 debugging information in log files, which can be
199           useful when analyzing any problems libgphoto2 might have accessing
200           a camera.
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202       --camera-info
203           Print information to the terminal about attached cameras and exit.
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ENVIRONMENT

206       If the environment variable RPD_SCAN_DEBUG is set to any value, the
207       program's scan operation will output volumous debug information to
208       stdout.
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SEE ALSO

211       analyze-pv-structure(1)
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AUTHORS

214       Rapid Photo Downloader was written by Damon Lynch
215       <damonlynch@gmail.com>.
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217       This manual page was written by Damon Lynch.
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220       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
221       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
222       Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
223       later version.
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225       On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
226       Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
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