nextcloud
Having to create two automatic upload profiles per directory is counter-intuitive
Hello, As suggested by @joshtrichards, I'm opening an issue for the following enhancement idea.
The automatic upload feature is an excellent way of backing up photos and videos taken with your phone. But currently, it's necessary to create two upload profiles: one for photos, the other for videos.
The problem is that this distinction is counter-intuitive: novice users will think that everything they captures with their phone will be uploaded, whereas only photos will be. I myself thought that the few videos I shot were backed up. Another user even thought there was a bug (and opened issue #12347). This counter-intuition is reinforced by the "Automatic upload" page, which lists directories: it's not natural to think that a directory could be listed twice, and moreover, video upload profiles are listed after all directories containing photos.
As a solution, I think that each automatic upload profile should handle the photos and videos of the directory it monitors. For users who don't want videos to be uploaded, an "Include videos" checkbox should be added to the profile configuration (and I think this option should be enabled by default).
Thanks for reading, and have a nice day!
I' confused, in my case defining only one folder automatically upload everything (photos and videos). The second folder showing only videos is therefore useless.
I thought it was just a display bug, but it's obviously more than that.
So there's both a logic problem (there's no clear indication that videos or photos are being uploaded, leading to confusion) and apparently several bugs that make the function hazardous.
