UX: Skip RAW files by default when downloading photos and albums

[lastzero]

As a user with RAW files, I don't want them to be downloaded by default when I click Download All as I only use JPEGs for sharing.

This adds a hidden download.raw = false setting that you can manually set to true in settings.yml until we implement a user interface for it.

Related Code:

• frontend
• backend

Related Issues:

• Config: Add option to skip all RAW images when indexing #2227
• Download: Configure download name for files and albums #848
• Download: Choose size in which photo should be downloaded #655
• Download: Select Files and Formats and configure defaults #449

[lastzero]

Started a new preview build for testing:

https://docs.photoprism.app/release-notes/#development-preview

[lastzero]

Last commit extends the DownloadSettings struct with 4 additional options (evaluated in the front- and backend when starting a download or creating a ZIP file):

• Name: File name pattern for downloaded files (was there before)
• Disabled: Disables downloads
• Originals: Only download files stored in the "originals" folder
• MediaRaw: Include RAW image files
• MediaSidecar: Include metadata sidecar files (JSON, XMP, YAML)

You can change these settings in the config/settings.yml file (may require a restart):

Download:
  Name: file
  Disabled: false
  Originals: true
  MediaRaw: false
  MediaSidecar: false

A user interface will be implemented at a later time, as we currently do not have additional resources available. Thanks for your support and patience!

[korikori]

Hi, for an iPhone user, the default options after this change lead to the following:

• only download HEIF files;
• won't download JPEG files.

Settings the Originals option to false brought back the JPEG downlods. If you could add an option to disable HEIF downloads, or add them to the option that disables RAW downloads, that would be great.

[graciousgrey]

If you could add an option to disable HEIF downloads, or add them to the option that disables RAW downloads, that would be great.

I would rather not include it in disable RAW as HEIF is not a raw format. Feel free to open a new feature request for a disable HEIF download option

[korikori]

Thanks for your reply. I don't insist on this option, I only mentioned that as it changed the default behavior for me.