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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: Why are photos in my phone stored in 3 places? What does vicoo
 mean?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:39:18 +0200
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micky, 2025-07-19 04:10:

[...]
> I understand why they are in two places.  I have installed 2 other
> camera apps, for close-ups, but in fact I only use the one that came
> with the phone, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro.  However I do remember
> thinking, what good is external storage if I never use it? so I changed
> from internal to external storage a year or two ago. 
> 
> But how come some are in DCIM and some in DCIM\camera?  Any suggestions?

Because you used apps which ignore the DCF (digital camera filesystem)
standard which *requires* to create a folder inside "DCIM" and *not*
store files directly to "DCIM".

The usual folder structure according to the standard is:

DCIM\<vendor>\<filename>

While <vendor> is often just "camera" or "Camera" most "real" camers put
their own name here like somthing with "CANON", "SONY" or similar.

[...]
> 2) ^^The one .png file was named vicoo20250514031511.png.   Any idea
> what vicoo means? 

"vicoo" is just how the app, which created the image, names the files.
Others may choose "img_" or "pic" or whatever. It has no special meaning
and totally depends on the app.

>      Google so-called AI says "PNGs are commonly used for web graphics,

Please do no ask an "AI". The format of images is well documented - no
need to ask an "AI", give Wikipedia a try, at least they have references
to the canonical definitions:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/png/>

> logos, illustrations, and screenshots, especially those needing
> transparent backgrounds or high quality images" but I was apparently
> trying to take a picture of my rear end, for medical reasons (I hope).
> No web graphics or logos involved. I used the regular camera but could
> setting on a different mode have made it use .png format?  Pro? video,
> Portrait, Night, 64M, Short video, Panorama, Slow motion, Time-lapse,
> Edit???  I normally just use Photo.  So what could vicoo2025....png be? 

It depends on the app. I don't know any app named "Photo" only. What app
is that exactly? Do you have a Google play link for the app?

For example:

Open Camera app:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera>

Google Pixel Camera app:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera>

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Arno Welzel
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