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Media Import
<10kB. Updated 2018-07-14. Supports both Anki 2.0.x and 2.1.x.
Description
Import media files as new notes.
This add-on will allow you to import media files into your Anki collection and use their file names as a component of the note. You can create cards that might look like this (using apple.jpg):
When the add-on is installed, a Media Import... option will be added to the Tools menu.
Selecting this menu item will open the Media Import window.
From this window, you are able to:
- Browse and select which folder to use as the source of media files
- Choose which note type to use for the imported notes
- Decide what content to put into each of the fields
Here is a list of the content available to insert into fields. We will use an example file named apple.jpg.
- Media - The media file itself (image or audio will appear on the card)
- File Name - The name of the file without the extension (apple)
- File Name (full) - The name of the file including the extention (apple.jpg)
- Extension - Only the extension of the file (jpg)
- Sequence - A number indicating the order in which the file was imported. If 15 files were imported, each file will contain a value starting from 0 to 14.
All new notes are added to a deck named MediaImport. This deck is created for you automatically if it doesn't exist.
If you would like to report an issue or offer contributions, please see the add-on's github page.
Current version: 2.5
Changed in 2.5:
- Anki 2.1 support (2.0.x will no longer be supported)
- Fixed various cases that could generate empty/incorrect decks
- Allow mapping to tags
Changes in 2.1:
- Fixed bug where no cards are generated if you don't select a note type (and use the default).
Changes in 2.1:
- Fixed bug where you couldn't use a non-ascii path
Changes in 2.0:
- Added user interface to allow selection of note type and field mapping
Changes in 1.3:
- Improved error handling if no cards generated
Changes in 1.2:
- Fixed several issues with non-English file names on Windows
Changes in 1.1:
- Fixed unicode conversion error (thanks to commenter below)
When the add-on is installed, a Media Import... option will be added to the Tools menu.
Selecting this menu item will open the Media Import window.
From this window, you are able to:
- Browse and select which folder to use as the source of media files
- Choose which note type to use for the imported notes
- Decide what content to put into each of the fields
Here is a list of the content available to insert into fields. We will use an example file named apple.jpg.
- Media - The media file itself (image or audio will appear on the card)
- File Name - The name of the file without the extension (apple)
- File Name (full) - The name of the file including the extention (apple.jpg)
- Extension - Only the extension of the file (jpg)
- Sequence - A number indicating the order in which the file was imported. If 15 files were imported, each file will contain a value starting from 0 to 14.
All new notes are added to a deck named MediaImport. This deck is created for you automatically if it doesn't exist.
If you would like to report an issue or offer contributions, please see the add-on's github page.
Current version: 2.5
Changed in 2.5:
- Anki 2.1 support (2.0.x will no longer be supported)
- Fixed various cases that could generate empty/incorrect decks
- Allow mapping to tags
Changes in 2.1:
- Fixed bug where no cards are generated if you don't select a note type (and use the default).
Changes in 2.1:
- Fixed bug where you couldn't use a non-ascii path
Changes in 2.0:
- Added user interface to allow selection of note type and field mapping
Changes in 1.3:
- Improved error handling if no cards generated
Changes in 1.2:
- Fixed several issues with non-English file names on Windows
Changes in 1.1:
- Fixed unicode conversion error (thanks to commenter below)Download
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To download this add-on, please copy and paste the following code into the desktop program:
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Reviews
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This add-on has been key to making it easy to turn Gregg shorthand outlines into Anki notes. I start with the images from the Gregg Anniversary textbook at Angelfishy, then I use a tool I wrote (jeremy-w/ImageSlicer) to carve those up and spit them out as images named per the outline's reading, then I slurp the images in using this add-on. Works a charm!
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Ok
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This add-on fulfills my requirements exactly!
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very useful! Thanks a lot for your work!
I'm looking forward to the version for Anki 2.1
I'm looking forward to the version for Anki 2.1
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Perfect for what I needed!
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exactly what i needed
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Pretty Well but
I really liked the add-on but I still don't know if I can create more than one deck with different images. Anyone knows how to do it?
I really liked the add-on but I still don't know if I can create more than one deck with different images. Anyone knows how to do it?
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Great idea, however, it doesn't work :(
When I import media and then try to view the flashcard, a bluebox with a question mark in it displays instead of the image. Pretty confident I'm not doing anything wrong, I think it's just a big with the addon.
When I import media and then try to view the flashcard, a bluebox with a question mark in it displays instead of the image. Pretty confident I'm not doing anything wrong, I think it's just a big with the addon.
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Great addition to Anki
Thanks for writing this add-on. It has been very useful for adding lecture slides to my notes.
Thanks for writing this add-on. It has been very useful for adding lecture slides to my notes.
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Created Duplicates
I love this feature, if it weren't for the fact that it creates duplicates every time! I have two of the same card every time I import and they both get deleted if I try to delete one of them
I love this feature, if it weren't for the fact that it creates duplicates every time! I have two of the same card every time I import and they both get deleted if I try to delete one of them
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nice feature, but lacks one point
this is nice, indeed. But it lacks the same point as anki itself for media import. It does not rename the imported files. This might get troublesome, if you have asian (etc) sign inside your filenames, as that might mess up your anki-sync.
this is nice, indeed. But it lacks the same point as anki itself for media import. It does not rename the imported files. This might get troublesome, if you have asian (etc) sign inside your filenames, as that might mess up your anki-sync.
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Awesome App
Very useful and time saving for me. The only Issue I face is that I cannot change the card type after it has been imported. It would be nice if I could change the individual card types according to my needs. Please make it possible. Thanks in advance
Very useful and time saving for me. The only Issue I face is that I cannot change the card type after it has been imported. It would be nice if I could change the individual card types according to my needs. Please make it possible. Thanks in advance
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same problem
I have the same problem when selecting the folder with the pictures:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\manuel\Documents\Anki\addons\Media_Import.py", line 65, in doMediaImport
note['Front'] = exp
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 101, in __setitem__
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 95, in _fieldOrd
KeyError: 'Front'
I'm using Windows 7. What is this cygwin by the way. Could I solve the problem by installing it?
Thanks a lot.
I have the same problem when selecting the folder with the pictures:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\manuel\Documents\Anki\addons\Media_Import.py", line 65, in doMediaImport
note['Front'] = exp
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 101, in __setitem__
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 95, in _fieldOrd
KeyError: 'Front'
I'm using Windows 7. What is this cygwin by the way. Could I solve the problem by installing it?
Thanks a lot.
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Useful if it worked
I always get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\user\Documents\Anki\addons\Media_Import.py", line 65, in doMediaImport
note['Front'] = exp
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 101, in __setitem__
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 95, in _fieldOrd
KeyError: 'Front'
Btw.: C:\cygwin\home doesn't exist on my computer...
I always get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\user\Documents\Anki\addons\Media_Import.py", line 65, in doMediaImport
note['Front'] = exp
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 101, in __setitem__
File "C:\cygwin\home\dae\win\build\pyi.win32\anki\outPYZ1.pyz/anki.notes", line 95, in _fieldOrd
KeyError: 'Front'
Btw.: C:\cygwin\home doesn't exist on my computer...
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Problems with character encoding
Thanks for creating this useful addon! I've encountered a bug: It won't work if the filenames contain special characters (like "ó" or "á"), it doesn't import anything. I'm on Windows 7, with the most recent version of Anki (2.0.26)
"UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 7: invalid continuation byte"
after i've changed all the "special" characters, it worked fine!
Thanks for creating this useful addon! I've encountered a bug: It won't work if the filenames contain special characters (like "ó" or "á"), it doesn't import anything. I'm on Windows 7, with the most recent version of Anki (2.0.26)
"UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 7: invalid continuation byte"
after i've changed all the "special" characters, it worked fine!