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File support (send/receive but also mounting)

Open Utopiah opened this issue 8 months ago • 8 comments

Hi there! Great project.

I'm using KDE Connect on my desktop and mobile phone but also my XR HMD headset. It's so very convenient to share files, e.g. video recordings. Anyway I was starting to wonder if I could get files from my headless Raspberry Pi this way, rather than scp, and stumble upon your work. Is it a planned feature?

Utopiah avatar Apr 25 '25 07:04 Utopiah

I have the same use case. KDE Connect is by far the best method to send files from your phone to your PC. Having this as an option would make it so much simpler compared to setting up either FTP, SyncThing or some Dav server.

I am currently using KDE Connect inside a Docker Container, which I would gladly not have :D

SnoutBug avatar May 09 '25 13:05 SnoutBug

Hi there! Great project.

I'm using KDE Connect on my desktop and mobile phone but also my XR HMD headset. It's so very convenient to share files, e.g. video recordings. Anyway I was starting to wonder if I could get files from my headless Raspberry Pi this way, rather than scp, and stumble upon your work. Is it a planned feature?

it sounds like an interesting feature, i'll give it a look, but am very short on free time

metallkopf avatar May 16 '25 01:05 metallkopf

I have the same use case. KDE Connect is by far the best method to send files from your phone to your PC. Having this as an option would make it so much simpler compared to setting up either FTP, SyncThing or some Dav server.

sending files has issues, i couldn't get it to work with large files, i'll take a look again

I am currently using KDE Connect inside a Docker Container, which I would gladly not have :D

what's your use case that needs to be dockerized?

metallkopf avatar May 16 '25 01:05 metallkopf

what's your use case that needs to be dockerized?

My server is headless, therefore KDE Connect won't run without some trickery. Since I don't want to mess up my server I created a docker image for kde connect and let that run instead.

This implementation with file support, however, would make my docker image superfluous.

SnoutBug avatar May 16 '25 13:05 SnoutBug

My server is headless, therefore KDE Connect won't run without some trickery. Since I don't want to mess up my server I created a docker image for kde connect and let that run instead.

This implementation with file support, however, would make my docker image superfluous.

are you sending files from your server or just receiving?, because its will be easier to implement reception

metallkopf avatar May 16 '25 17:05 metallkopf

KDE Connect won't run without some trickery

Might want to try kdeconnectd -platform offscreen first.

Utopiah avatar May 16 '25 17:05 Utopiah

My server is headless, therefore KDE Connect won't run without some trickery. Since I don't want to mess up my server I created a docker image for kde connect and let that run instead. This implementation with file support, however, would make my docker image superfluous.

are you sending files from your server or just receiving?, because its will be easier to implement reception

just receiving files on the server

Might want to try kdeconnectd -platform offscreen first.

That's a small part of the trickery

SnoutBug avatar May 16 '25 18:05 SnoutBug

with version 0.4.0 you can receive files, sending files is still not implemented due to "some issues"

metallkopf avatar May 24 '25 15:05 metallkopf