Importing Media From External Devices

The Import Media dialog (File Ø Import Media From Device) makes it easy to locate still images and movies stored on auxiliary devices plugged into your system, and copy selected items onto a local hard drive for access through the Album.

Selecting files to import

Begin by choosing a device from those on the Source dropdown list. To appear on the list, a device must offer the widely-supported Mass Storage Devices interface. Those requiring TWAIN or other protocols must be accessed with appropriate third-party software.

Devices that often contain importable media include:

·     External optical disc drives, hard drives and flash memory drives

·     Camcorder or digital camera on-board drives of any of these types

The Show Video and Show Photos checkboxes let you specify which kinds of media files to list. By default, both video and photos are shown.

The View buttons select either of two listing types:

·     Thumbnails view provides a miniaturized image for each file, along with the file name and datestamp. With video files, the image is the first frame.

·     Details view omits the thumbail but lists additional data such as size and and duration along with each file name.

Import options

Check Rename Files and type into the provided edit box if you would like the names of all the imported files to share a common stem.

Choose destination folders for your imported videos and photos using the folder browser buttons  provided under Put Videos Here and Put Photos Here.

Finally, click the Import button to commence the import operation.