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Back to the Data Export Overview

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Media files in CommCare include files captured from Image, Audio, Video, and Signature questions.

If you want to download a single multimedia file, you can locate the form it is associated with as described in Media Capture Questions in CommCare.

1. To start, save the export you would like to download (as you would in Part B above). Be careful to include the multimedia field by adding check-box next to it.
2. Scroll down on your form exports page until you see the Export you want to download. Select the blue export button
3. Now you have arrived at the download form export page. there are two buttons. 1) prepare export (deep blue) and 2) prepare multimedia (light blue). Pictured below. 
4. Select the"Prepare Multimedia" button, it will process, and the button will turn green. Select "Download Multimedia"

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These media files will be named in the format formName-questionID-username-formid.extension

Example: [form name]-[question_id]-[username]-[form_id].jpg

Example: registration-head_of_household-supervisor5-e9b4cdfa-c6a2-8607-b4e8-9839493ca2de

 

Use the alpha-numeric string at the end of the picture title, this is form_id and can be used to link the picture to your form export. 

 

When you download the multimedia, it will appear as a zip file onto your computer, each photo will be a unique JPEG.

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