Having trouble with Google Photos and other file managers indexing and showing specific video files
I use an app called AZ ScreenRecorder fairly regularly which saves all vidos recorded by it to the directory: /storage/emulated/0/AzRecorderFree. I've never had problems with it before. A few days ago, I was using the Asus File Manager to create a new folder in the internal storage which doesn't let the camera app index certain pictures I take as I didn't want them cluttering up my camera's in app gallery (i use the default camera app on my phone). I searched up how to do this and apparently all you need to do is create a folder with the suffix ".nomedia" and move the pictures from the /DCIM/camera to that and they are no longer indexed by the camera app. I did this on Thursday and it worked out fine.
I used the screen recorder on friday for some important game recordings and when I came back to watch them through the google photos app like I always have, they weren't there. I looked through the Asus File manager's video page and couldn't find anything in the AzScreenrecorder folder other than the one's I took on thursday before making that folder.
I figured pretty quickly that that folder may be the issue, so I went ahead and deleted it. That didn't seem to work. After a little more fiddling, I went to the in app gallery in the screen recorder and all of the files were there so there was no recording issue.
I kept trying to reload pages and see if it would sync but nothing worked. Then, I went to the Asus File Manager's internal storage tab, then followed it to the AzRecorderFree folder. All of my missing videos were there and perfectly playable. Looking at the AzRecorderFree folder within the videos tab of the file manager, I found that the folder size was less than the one in the internal storage, but the path of both was the same (/sdcard/AzRecorderFree), interestingly.
I have no clue what the issue could be at this point and would appreciate any help. Also, just to be clear, google photos has been syncing properly with all of my other pictures and videos so I don't see an issue over there. Photos has a "device folders" tab which has "AzRecorderFree" within it and is set to backup and sync, but the last video there is from Thursday.
Update (3/14): i just found out that all media from snapchat, whatsapp, and az screen recorder has not been getting backed up on Google Photos. Whatsapp and Snapchat also suffer from the same issue of coming up on the internal storage and not coming up on my file manager's media tabs.
Device: Google Pixel 2XL
System: Android 8.1.0
Apps used:
AZ Screen Recorder - No Root
File Manager (made by ZenUI, ASUS Computer Inc.)
Google Photos
Thank you in advance for any help!
TL;DR:
Basically, I regularly use an app that records my screen. Recently, the recordings haven't been getting stored in the same place that I normally see them (Google photos). Using a file manager app, I see that they are coming up in my internal storage, but not in that manager app's in-app videos tab. The interesting thing is that the path for both of those (the in-app videos tab and the internal storage folder) is the same. Clearly something ****y is going on and I want to figure it out.
I use an app called AZ ScreenRecorder fairly regularly which saves all vidos recorded by it to the directory: /storage/emulated/0/AzRecorderFree. I've never had problems with it before. A few days ago, I was using the Asus File Manager to create a new folder in the internal storage which doesn't let the camera app index certain pictures I take as I didn't want them cluttering up my camera's in app gallery (i use the default camera app on my phone). I searched up how to do this and apparently all you need to do is create a folder with the suffix ".nomedia" and move the pictures from the /DCIM/camera to that and they are no longer indexed by the camera app. I did this on Thursday and it worked out fine.
I used the screen recorder on friday for some important game recordings and when I came back to watch them through the google photos app like I always have, they weren't there. I looked through the Asus File manager's video page and couldn't find anything in the AzScreenrecorder folder other than the one's I took on thursday before making that folder.
I figured pretty quickly that that folder may be the issue, so I went ahead and deleted it. That didn't seem to work. After a little more fiddling, I went to the in app gallery in the screen recorder and all of the files were there so there was no recording issue.
I kept trying to reload pages and see if it would sync but nothing worked. Then, I went to the Asus File Manager's internal storage tab, then followed it to the AzRecorderFree folder. All of my missing videos were there and perfectly playable. Looking at the AzRecorderFree folder within the videos tab of the file manager, I found that the folder size was less than the one in the internal storage, but the path of both was the same (/sdcard/AzRecorderFree), interestingly.
I have no clue what the issue could be at this point and would appreciate any help. Also, just to be clear, google photos has been syncing properly with all of my other pictures and videos so I don't see an issue over there. Photos has a "device folders" tab which has "AzRecorderFree" within it and is set to backup and sync, but the last video there is from Thursday.
Update (3/14): i just found out that all media from snapchat, whatsapp, and az screen recorder has not been getting backed up on Google Photos. Whatsapp and Snapchat also suffer from the same issue of coming up on the internal storage and not coming up on my file manager's media tabs.
Device: Google Pixel 2XL
System: Android 8.1.0
Apps used:
AZ Screen Recorder - No Root
File Manager (made by ZenUI, ASUS Computer Inc.)
Google Photos
Thank you in advance for any help!
TL;DR:
Basically, I regularly use an app that records my screen. Recently, the recordings haven't been getting stored in the same place that I normally see them (Google photos). Using a file manager app, I see that they are coming up in my internal storage, but not in that manager app's in-app videos tab. The interesting thing is that the path for both of those (the in-app videos tab and the internal storage folder) is the same. Clearly something ****y is going on and I want to figure it out.
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