Seeking Help Retaining Media and 3rd Party Resources While Still Staying Updated via AnkiHub

[Ahmed7]

Hello,

@Study99

Sketchy (old version), Pathoma, Bootcamp, Physeo, OME, Picmonic, BnB, and Pixorize.

We automatically protect Pathoma, Physeo, and Picmonic.

1. There are no updates to the Picmonic field
2. We don’t add updates to the Pathoma field, you can use it for your own notes or images
3. Sketchy can be unprotected, you will receive a ton of new updates
4. Bootcamp can be unprotected, we added a lot of new hyperlinks in that field
5. OME also received a ton of updates, you can unprotect that field
6. Physeo can remain protected since we do not sync Physeo images. You need an active Physeo subscription to be able to see their images
7. BNB field we don’t add anything to it, its protected by default
8. Pixorize you can unprotect, we added a ton of new images and updates in that field

You can of course keep any of those unprotected or protected depending on your preferences and use case

@Study99

Overarching Question: How do you most effectively receive AnkiHub updates without losing media along the way?

If you want a field to remain exactly how it is from v11 to v12, then protect that field. You won’t lose anything and it won’t be overwritten.

You can see this post on how to protect fields: 🔐 Protecting Fields and Tags

@Study99

In the docs it says that media packs include licensed or public domain images (Sketchy, Physeo, and Pixorize) - does this AnkiHub maintains all of these, and we don’t have to worry about sourcing/protecting them ourselves?

• Regarding Sketchy and Pixorize, yes, we provide them and sync them for you. They get updated regularly
• Regarding Physeo, no, you need a Physeo subscription to get the media folder which will then allow you to see the images. If you unprotect the Physeo field and sync in v12, you will just get broken images and missing media

@Study99

What about other resources like FA, BnB, Pathoma, Bootcamp, etc? For those, is that where the a) media downloads are necessary, and b) protecting them thereafter?

• Since the inception of AnKing Overhaul, there has been no additions to the Pathoma field or the BNB field. There are no media folders for them nor are there any HTML or any additions to those fields. Those fields are for you to add your own images and notes in. It is protected by default

• Regarding BootCamp, there are no images in the BootCamp field. Just links to videos (this is bootcamps decision)

• Regarding FA, we do not sync any FA images. If you have the media from v11, you can just protect that field so nothing gets changed

@Study99

If so, is the idea that AnkiHub shouldn’t touch those 3rd-party fields at all, so any updates are coming purely from what individual users update on their own?

Correct, for example, we automatically protect the FA field by default when users update to v12. So unless you manually unprotect it, nothing happens to your FA field

@Study99

Is the image replacement project the solution I’m looking for (but don’t fully understand)?

This was a project that removed all copyright images in the extra and added their HTML to the additional resources field. Many images are now improved and we added anything that was removed into the extra via tables and other images.

@Study99

If no, are there workarounds I should use instead? (e.g., should users opt out of image replacements using the tag !AK_UpdateTags::temporary::ImageFix; or are there other workarounds like downloading V11, protecting fields, then upgrading to V12, that would help achieve my goal)?

You cannot opt out of image replacements per se since that means you won’t receive any changes in the extra field

You can download v11, get the media folder and import images, then upgrade to v12 and protect the fields that you don’t want altered. Some users do that.

@Study99

I found the below and am wondering if this is the most current place to source media, or if there’s a more current one:
Reddit link.## Goal: Retain 3rd party images and other helpful resources while still getting updated through AnkiHub.

You don’t need any folders to get media in v12 (for copyrighted content such as FA or additional resources, once again we do not sync them and they can be found elsewhere on the internet, but we do not source them). More can be read on this topic here: Why don't I have all the media in the AnKing Step Deck?

Hope that answers your questions. Let me know if you need any clarifications