Doing that. And loving dropbox.

I'm using subversion. So far it is working very well.

Actually, I don't know. I use Dropbox to backup my media folder, not the actual deck (not every time, at least). I use the Anki synchronisation for that.
How long does it take to do the upload (the little blue ball)? If it's only 1-2 seconds then it's uploading only a small part. I think it's that way, because it says like "72.9 KB changed", while the whole file is 6.4 MB

stoked wrote:

Edit: Or does it only upload the diffs and not the full file? Then it's fine!

Yep, I think they call it "delta syncing", only the differences are transfered.

I don't really want them to have my files, so I'm not a fan of this.

If it just kept references to what files had changed, that would be more my style...   And have my computers directly connect to each other to do the actual transfer.  It eliminates some of the redundancy and usefulness, but nobody else has my files that way.

wccrawford wrote:

I don't really want them to have my files, so I'm not a fan of this.

If it just kept references to what files had changed, that would be more my style...   And have my computers directly connect to each other to do the actual transfer.  It eliminates some of the redundancy and usefulness, but nobody else has my files that way.

Who cares? It's not like you have nude pictures of yourself in those files

Doesn't Anki already make backups of decks?  What's the difference between using this dropbox method and Anki's backups?

Using this for the media is fine, but it's a bad idea for the actual decks. The Anki decks should never be copied while they're open, or you risk data corruption.

Okay guys, be careful with this:

http://groups.google.com/group/ankisrs/ … 0bab0de583

Uhh, hehe. Well I didn't know that. 

bombpersons wrote:

Is their a way to have an anki deck get it's media from somewhere else than filename.media?
If I keep my media folder in my dropbox, and my anki deck elsewhere, how can I get the media to show on cards?

I'm having exactly the same problem, I kept the media folder inside the Dropbox folder and moved the deck outside Dropbox in order to prevent any corruption. I'm not being able have the media show up in my cards now, which is the piece that's missing for an otherwise perfect Anki/Dropbox match.
Resolve, is there any hope for us?

Doesn't dropbox give you the ability to prevent some files from being synced?