1"RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER"(1) General Commands Manual"RAPID-PHOTO-DOWNLOADER"(1)
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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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10 rapid-photo-downloader [options] [path]
11 Options:
13 -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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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.
50 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.
55 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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62 Optional value that when specified, is parsed to determine if it
63 represents an automatically detected device or a path on this computer.
64 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.
69 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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76 -h, --help
77 Show help message and exit.
78 --version
80 Displays information about the currently installed version and
81 exits.
82 --detailed-version
84 Displays information about the currently installed version and its
85 libraries and exits.
86 -v, --verbose
88 Displays program information on the command line as the program
89 runs.
90 --debug
92 Displays debugging information on the command line as the program
93 runs
94 -e, --extensions
96 Displays image file extensions the program recognizes and exits.
97 --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.
105 --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.
113 -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.
117 -t {on,off}, --this-computer {on,off}
119 Turn on or off downloading from this computer (see description
120 above), overwriting existing program preferences.
121 --this-computer-location PATH
123 The PATH on this computer from which to download, overwriting
124 existing program preferences.
125 --photo-destination PATH
127 Sets the PATH where photos will be downloaded to, overwriting
128 existing program preferences.
129 --video-destination PATH
131 Sets the PATH where videos will be downloaded to, overwriting
132 existing program preferences.
133 -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.
137 --backup-auto-detect {on,off}
139 Turns on or off the automatic detection of backup devices,
140 overwriting existing program preferences.
141 --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.
148 --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.
155 --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.
160 --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.
165 --ignore-other-photo-file-types
167 Do not download photos with the following extensions: TIF, TIFF and
168 MPO.
169 --auto-download-startup {on,off}
171 Turns on or off starting downloads as soon as the program itself
172 starts.
173 --auto-download-device-insertion {on,off}
175 Turns on or off starting downloads as soon as a device is inserted.
176 --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.
180 --delete-thumbnail-cache
182 Deletes all thumbnails in the Rapid Photo Downloader Thumbnail
183 Cache, and exits.
184 --forget-remembered-files
186 Forgets which files have been previously downloaded, and exits.
187 --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.
191 --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.
196 --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.
201 --camera-info
203 Print information to the terminal about attached cameras and exit.
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206 If the environment variable RPD_SCAN_DEBUG is set to any value, the
207 program's scan operation will output voluminous debug information to
208 stdout.
209 If the environment variable RPD_DEVEL_DEFAULTS is set to any value, the
211 program's default preferences will be set to those of a development
212 environment.
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215 analyze-pv-structure(1)
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218 Rapid Photo Downloader was written by Damon Lynch
219 <damonlynch@gmail.com>.
220 This manual page was written by Damon Lynch.
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224 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
225 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
226 Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
227 later version.
228 On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
230 Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
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