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kingoddball 2010-06-20 00:53
How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!

FifthFreedom 2010-06-20 00:58
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoddball (Post 722235)
Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!
Somebody suggested a while ago that the temporary folders are not indexed by default.

Therefore, if you put your folder inside "Temp" then the icons should not appear.

HtheB 2010-06-20 01:22
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FifthFreedom (Post 722239)
Somebody suggested a while ago that the temporary folders are not indexed by default.

Therefore, if you put your folder inside "Temp" then the icons should not appear.
He can't move or rename the folder since SlideMe will be using it...
Or else SlideMe will make new icons AGAIN....

sandyh2001in 2010-06-20 01:27
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
create a folder named Private and keep those images there

rustler 2010-06-20 01:50
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoddball (Post 722235)
Hi,

Is there a way to stop a folder being scanned by Photos?
I have a folder "SlideME" (from android dual boot) which has toward 300 little icon which are appearing in my Photo's app and clogging it up.
I don't want to delete the folder.

Thanks!
I believe you are looking for 'tracker-cfg' from the app manager, under system. I don't know what repository it is in.
It allows you to configure the media tracker and the directories it catalogs.
Take care.

arnest 2010-06-20 02:38
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Where can I find information how to use "Tracker-cfg" to make sure images are not shown in my photos?

stlpaul 2010-06-20 02:55
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by arnest (Post 722281)
Where can I find information how to use "Tracker-cfg" to make sure images are not shown in my photos?
Click on "NoWatchDirectory" and add the paths you don't want to be indexed. It is recursive so you only need to add the highest level directory.

stlpaul 2010-06-20 03:00
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Oh, and you may need to rebuild tracker databae after making the change.

arnest 2010-06-20 03:49
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by stlpaul (Post 722287)
Click on "NoWatchDirectory" and add the paths you don't want to be indexed. It is recursive so you only need to add the highest level directory.
I added /home/user/MyDocs/.images to the list. But I am not sure it helps since the directory was empty.
The problem is I don't know how find where this images are stored. Many of them are actually from themes. Any tip?

arnest 2010-06-20 03:50
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
How do I rebuild tracker database?
Sorry stupid question I find it.

jedi 2010-06-21 08:46
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Code:
# tracker-processes --hard-reset

Neegs 2010-06-21 11:42
Re: How to stop images appearing in "Photos" app?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sandyh2001in (Post 722253)
create a folder named Private and keep those images there
This works for me. Very easy to do


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