Location of Videos ????

[peterljohnson55]

I am trying to find and copy to my PC, via USB-mini cable, the videos from my S4.
I can find the pictures, but in what folder are the videos located?

(I want to do a direct copy and not go thru the likes of Dropbox, or any other intermediary software).

Thanks for your help.
Peter.

 

[Rukbat]

Look in your camera app settings, to see if it has a setting for the location of the videos. Otherwise, look in the DCIM folder (in one of the folders in it) or look for a Videos folder. (Different apps save videos in different places. They're supposed to save all shots in the DCIM (Digital Camera IMages) folder, by convention.)

 

[peterljohnson55]

Thank you Rukbat,
I looked in...
Settings>More>Applications Manager>GALAXY Apps ... Nothing to help me there.
As before, I found my *.jpg files in DCIM, but again, no videos.
Are the video files MP4 format? I searched the phone for MP4 but nothing.
I also searched for WMV but nothing either.
Do you know the format of the video files?
Thanks for your help.
Peter

 

[prolongExistence]

I just looked, on my s4 Active they are in the DCIM/Camera folder & yes, they are mp4 format. And the Galaxy Apps that you mentioned is just a Samsung version of an app store. Doesn't really have anything to do with your local device per say.

 

[peterljohnson55]

Thanks, prolongEx, and Ruckbat.
I downloaded 'Samsung Kies 3' an interfacing program for PC>Mobile, and reverse.
Kies has solved my problem.
Also, after having used Kies, I can NOW find the MP4 files in DCIM/Camera (as you say prolongEx), using Windows Explorer, where before I could not. It's is one of those 'go figure' outcomes.
Also, I made a test video with phone, and did not have Kies open. But Explorer was able to find the video in the DCIM/Camera folder, as one would expect.
So, I really don't know what the deal is, but all works now.
Thanks for your support.
Peter.

 

[peterljohnson55]

This is a partial view of the KIES window, with video properties panel open, showing path of file.