Instantly email videos/audio/pictures to me?

[Ferrari353]

I'm looking for an app that will instantly email me any videos/pictures/audio I make? Like those times when somebody is doing something funny and you have to take a picture or video and then they see you and make you delete it. Yeah, for those times, I want an app that will either automatically email it to me (or save it somewhere else like maybe in Dropbox, so it goes to my PC) or like have a button that I can press that will make it be emailed to me (like with my email address already filled out and stuff so it's only one button press. Is there anything that can do that?

 

[JLang]

Looks like a job for Tasker.

Are you planning on becoming a paparazzo?

 

[amlothi]

Tasker can certainly be triggered to copy a file to somewhere else, but I'm not sure if that would work unless you know the exact name of the file that needs to be copied.

A more simple solution might be to find an app designed for this purpose.

Note: I am not recommending this app! I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is. However, a simple search found this:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pixtas.photosafe

 

[JLang]

Tasker can certainly be triggered to copy a file to somewhere else, but I'm not sure if that would work unless you know the exact name of the file that needs to be copied.

Wouldn't setting 'any file' in folder X as the target be enough? Of course you'd would also need to create a script to remove that file from folder X, after it has been copied to DropBox or SugarSync, or mailed, to avoid it being copied/mailed again when the next new snap is taken.

 

[Ferrari353]

Looks like a job for Tasker.

Are you planning on becoming a paparazzo?

nah but like when your friend is doing some crazy dance or something and you know they'll deny it later, you need proof >=D

The pixtas photo safe thing would be good if it backed up every time I took a picture.

 

[JLang]

nah but like when your friend is doing some crazy dance or something and you know they'll deny it later, you need proof >=D

But the image quality will be atrocious. Not something you'd like to show on Youtube! If you want steady and good quality images pre-install a proper photo or video camera somewhere that you activate remotely from your phone...

 

[amlothi]

Wouldn't setting 'any file' in folder X as the target be enough? Of course you'd would also need to create a script to remove that file from folder X, after it has been copied to DropBox or SugarSync, or mailed, to avoid it being copied/mailed again when the next new snap is taken.

I'm not sure, I tried quickly and got an error saying "File Not Found". According to the Tasker manual, pattern matching is not available in tasks.

Matching is used in the following places:

• In the If condition of an action, when the ~ (match) or !~ (not match) operators are specified.
• In text paremeters of State and Event contexts

Even if you could do it, if he has a lot of photos in the folder, it will take some time backing up ALL of the photos each time a new photo is taken. Perhaps there is a more elegant way, but I don't really care to spend time figuring it out.

 

[Ferrari353]

But the image quality will be atrocious. Not something you'd like to show on Youtube! If you want steady and good quality images pre-install a proper photo or video camera somewhere that you activate remotely from your phone...


How about the webcam on your laptop? You could operate that with free Teamviewer on your phone and laptop! Even when you're not in the room, but next door or on the other side of town!

No, it's one of those moments that something just happens on the spot. I wouldn't know where to prepare for...