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So I tried setting all the import paths the same and all the folder paths the same. Moved all the media into the \photos folder, the one I set the same for all the collections. TNG didn't recognize the _TYPE tags and made them all photos. Stick with me.. :-) So I thought I have an old version 9.2 se...

So if you leave the paths blank and select the "import File Name Only" which is how I leave it by default the TNG will determine the collection type according to _TYPE or FORM eg pdf, mp4, mp3 and assign the media to a collection. Selecting a file, say a video will display a file not found error sin...

If you specify a path under import settings then TNG appears to ignore the _TYPE tag and expects everything to be in the single folder. This works but everything is in the "photo" collection. If you do designate a collection after your import TNG will move files from the single folder to the collect...

If you use _TYPE then TNG looks in the folder that matches the type. If you don't then TNG can use the path to the file to specify where it is from the following. In the import settings dialog you can set the path to be removed (matched to) from the imported path. Photos folder: c:\somefolder\Ron\ph...

ABS and LMO exports work great now, and all images are being exported.
Also the _PRIM Y tag is working for both types of exports.

Thanks Mike!

Hi Mike, I'm going to do some more reading on media usage with TNG. I agree that you shouldn't have to change the folder structure or map the output of FH according to any target application. My first thought at the moment would be for me to use IPTC/XMP for tags in Windows. This way I can search by...

Hi Mike, Wow, that's great! I just installed 2.0 first and will start testing 2.0.1. I still have to figure out how to handle the _TYPE attribute. TNG has two ways to look at media when imported. If you use sub directories eg. Photos, Headstones, Documents, Media, you can supply the path from the ge...

Sounds great Mike! A little info on the gedcom history. FH wouldn't import from RM7 or Legacy 8 without creating duplicate media links. I ended up with over 7,000 media items instead of 3,200. I found that FH preferred absolute media links like FTM so I imported the file into Webtrees which I knew w...

A quick note. I did get All~ABS to work and it exported all images without the large videos. I can confirm that the primary photo setting works fine _PRIM Y I'm testing _TYPE and I'm seeing issues. Previously I tested with the images in separate folders. There was a bug in TNG 10.1 with _TYPE that D...

Just doing some test exports. ALL~LMO - I get about 320 images out of 3,200. ALL~ABS - I get to 1,200 and it stops at 78%. This is my fault, I get an "out of memory error". I checked the Object it stopped on and it's an mp4 video file. There is one individual, who was an actor and I have copies of t...

I'll check for other Objects and if they have CHAN, DATE, TIME or not and will post. The supported _TYPEs below I found in documentation for a FTM to TMG converter. ------ TNG will take the first 5 letters of the following types. So DOCUMENTS etc. would work. PHOTOs HISTOries BIOGRaphies DOCUMents P...

Hi Mike, Thanks for the quick reply! Here's the area that has the media links from the project. 1 _ATTR working on classic Mustangs 2 TYPE Hobbies 2 DATE 2012 2 PLAC Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2 OBJE @O7@ 2 OBJE @O8@ 2 OBJE @O9@ 1 FAMC @F2223@ 1 FAMS @F1@ 1 FAMS @F2@ 1 OBJE @O1@ 1 OBJE @O2@ 1 OBJE @...

First post and newbie FH user. I've been a long time TNG user for my web presence and have had challenges with converting exported gedcoms to be compatible, eg. media type, default photo, living, etc. I was tired of running through the scripts and decided to give FH a try. I've used many programs fo...