5.4.0: no system default file naming possible anymore (option missing in upload screen)

[bcutter]

https://github.com/nextcloud/ios/releases/tag/5.4.0 introduced a new automatic file naming default.

It is not possible anymore to continue upload files (especially photos/videos/media from local photos app) with the system default naming (like "IMG_5614.HEIC").

This breaks a whole media collection for me and likely other use cases for others.

Please re-add the option to use the system default naming, alternatively allow using the Nextcloud iOS app default naming.

Currently the upload photos/videos screen is missing that option since 5.4.0. Hopefully accidentally, not because of dictation.

[dukey]

+1 on this.  

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[marinofaggiana]

We have eliminated this option because the original names (ex. IMG_0001.MOV) once reached 9999 start again from 0001.

However, you can continue by entering mask IMG_

[bcutter]

Yes that's an iOS behavior known since ever.

Using the fixed "IMG_xxxx" mask is not sufficient, as certain apps maintain their own naming scheme which is important for users to distinguish that media. Examples:

While I like and honor your attempt to work around that once every few months/years event of the 9999->0000 flip (which also only is an "issue" if you keep more than 9.999 media files within one folder, so... rather a corner case), I kindly ask again as mentioned to revert the former option of keeping the system default naming.

Depending on your confidence level you could keep the current 5.4.0 setting as default, but let users choose how they would like to store their media (in my and other cases: consistently to the iOS system naming).

[marinofaggiana]

mmm, ok, will make a 5.4.1 with this old switch

[bcutter]

5.4.1: even the option is not available anymore in the upload screen (which is now pretty plain without any options), the former option/setting is back in the advanced setting menu:

[marinofaggiana]

@bcutter why must be in the upload view ? the fewer options the better, they just create confusion