download complete folders?

[flob42]

it should be possible to download a complete folder in the Syncfolder and not only download one file..

[ghost]

...plus specific directories inside that folder.

[l-jonas]

Isn't that something for the main syncthing App (Only sync selected subdirectories)

[Pazuu]

My usecase would be to download a folder which contains all songs of an album by some artist, or all pictures of one holiday trip. So i would love to not have to select them all one by one. :)

Thank you so much for working on this awesome app everybody!!!

[l-jonas]

@Pazuu Is there any music player which can work with remote sources (things from the open file dialog)? There is the same problem for an gallery app. (Or syncthing lite needs an integrated gallery and music player)

I think that the main syncthing app is better for downloading/ syncing many files/ directories. Syncthing lite is better for downloading things on demand.

Is there an good reason why syncthing lite would be better than syncthing for this use case?

[Pazuu]

I understand your point and i think as soon as the syncthing app gets an easy ui for selective sync of a single folder within a shared folder, my usecase would be satisfied. :)
Syncthing lite would be more for onetime use of a file then? But i could imagine that it would be handy to download a certain folder to show holiday pictures in it to a friend just once. But i will think more about that :)

Thank you for your efforts!! Have a wonderfull day!!

[l-jonas]

@Pazuu Well, for your use case, an integrated file viewer in syncthing lite (for music and pictures, is there anything else where it would make sense?) would be a good solution (as it is done in the owncloud android app) because opening them one by one is not very usable.

The main syncthing app is basically the dekstop version (you can access the web UI) with an additional simplified Android UI. So the first step to make it usable for this use case would be to add an selective sync at it (the ignore patterns could be used for this as base). But its main purpose is to sync everything.

[Pazuu]

I think i just love the idea of an integrated file viewer (for music and pictures/videos) in syncthing lite. :)