Did you know??...

[Timmah!]

...that you can control your phone & run your phone's apps from your desktop?  So obvious, but never thought of it 'til today...

[Timmah!]

What makes this nice is I can edit videos taken with my phone using the phone's video editor, from my desktop, without having to load the video onto my pc & use a 3rd-party video editor.  Can browse through all yor phone's files & apps...doing anything on your phone from the comfort of your pc & mouse without all that tapping, fiddling & squinting.  Also negates the need for an emulator to run the apps.  Very handy.

[WeednFeed]

I’m too old to now these things! Are you hard hard wiring the phone to the  computer? Now that I think about it I back up my iPhone and iPad to my pc via cable through my iTunes. Hmm must check that out. Apple pretty damn fussy 

[Timmah!]

1 hour ago, WeednFeed said:

I’m too old to now these things! Are you hard hard wiring the phone to the  computer? Now that I think about it I back up my iPhone and iPad to my pc via cable through my iTunes. Hmm must check that out. Apple pretty damn fussy 

...Bluetooth, but I also connect the phone via its recharge port @ the bottom of the phone.

When you left-click the Windows button on the bottom-left corner of your desktop screen, you will find an icon entry for your phone to click, toward the bottom of the menu; I simply drag a shortcut icon of it to my desktop,  so I can then access that way.  It requires Windows 10 or higher to work.  It's a function built by Microsoft. 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Timmah!

[major-mark63]

same with my wife samsung phone its connecting by itself on tv(which is a samsung also ) , you can watch your photo or videos easily..

[Timmah!]

@WeednFeed It's designed for Android devices; with maybe some functionality capable on an Apple .    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/your-phone-app-requirements-and-set-up-cd2a1ee7-75a7-66a6-9d4e-bf22e735f9e3

[Icequeen]

I actually did not know this. I mean I knew I could take pictures off my phone, but nothing else. Good to know. 

[Timmah!]

47 minutes ago, Icequeen said:

I actually did not know this. I mean I knew I could take pictures off my phone, but nothing else. Good to know. 

YESSSS!!!  I got like 2 years' worth of video taken with my Galaxy phone that I haven't bothered to edit & upload because of the time-draining hassle of: 

1. Upload the video file to my pc

2. Download a video editor

3. Wait for the editor to load & buffer the video file(s)

4. Finally edit the video

5. Wait for 9,000,O00 tears while the editor SLOOOOWLY slogs through processing the project

6. Upload to the Tube.

 

Now:

1. Select video from my phone's gallery

2. Click 'pencil' icon underneath it

3. Edit

4. Upload to the Tube

It's appeal is also the streamlined form & basic feature set; just what you need to trim, add some music, basic filters if you like, maybe even some text, quickly & easily. 

This makes me =D

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Timmah!

[Timmah!]

3 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

I’m too old to now these things! 

Well then, "then" them; like: 'Why back in our day'...  Aliota shit coming, nudging some inexorably towards the Luddite 'fuck it all' mindset, perhaps.   But there's some fun shit in the tech menagerie; making it worth selective 80-20 system ROI. 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Timmah!

[Icequeen]

Haha! Glad to see this makes you happy. Also thanks for the tutorial I have so many videos I would like to do this too.

[Timmah!]

6 minutes ago, Icequeen said:

Haha! Glad to see this makes you happy. Also thanks for the tutorial I have so many videos I would like to do this too.

Man, I'm tryin' to say.  There's these things called emulators, which is a program that mimics another operating system on your computer, so you can run that old system's software/programs; so- for instance- you can download a free nintendo emulator, then download the games from back in the day for free & play them for free; god knows how many quarters I spent in my youth at the video arcade.  

Well, I started all willy-nilly on the download an emulator & then download the mobile editing app; then there was some Creator Studio drive bullshit somewhere in there, then this update the something or other...I was like: fuck this noise; was as annoying as having to do the other horse shit I was trying to not do.  I was, just on principle like: This fucking phone can do all of it, record, smoothly, quickly edit, quickly process, & upload inside of 10 minutes; ;why the fuck am I re-inventing the wheel here; surely someone's made a simple interface for the pc + phone.  And they did.  So thus my quest ended; as does this TED talk.  

Thanks for tuning in. 

Now make sure you post some of this video for us aspiring tr0glodytes.  

Edited February 12, 2022 by Timmah!

[Timmah!]

Here's the most up-to-date information on Windows' 'Your Phone' app functionality - or lack thereof- vis a vis Iphone/Apple mobile devices.  Apparently, it's Apple being greedy bastards, making it difficult for software devs to make compatible apps; they want the consumer to be forced to buy their shit exclusively.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/using-iphone-with-your-phone-app-windows-10/fb706c99-a4c2-46e2-8120-3b0416c2553d

[TBB]

12 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

I’m too old to now these things! Are you hard hard wiring the phone to the  computer? Now that I think about it I back up my iPhone and iPad to my pc via cable through my iTunes. Hmm must check that out. Apple pretty damn fussy 

Old? Old?? Old???   Sheeeeeeet boy I got ties older than you???