Copy specific files/extentions without path

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andrezagato

Hello,
I have been searching on the website and forum for a way to do this but with no success, so I am reaching out for help.
I want to create a copy of camera SD cards to my storage. But I don't want to keep the folder structure.
In a card like this there are several subfolders and I want to be able to just find only the .mp4 of the file and copy it.
Using a include filter is easy enough, but I would like to copy without keeping the file structure.
Example:
Original:
SD CARD\private\m4root\clip\C0001.mp4
Destination
SD CARD copy folder\C0001.mp4

Is it possible ?
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xCSxXenon

You would have to have a row/entry for every source folder, point them all to the same destination folder, and use 'update' sync to avoid items getting deleted in the destination. If you have more than a few source folders, this isn't feasible. FFS isn't really the tool for this scenario
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andrezagato

Thanks for the reply!
I think I will need to find some other software
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Zenju

You can copy a list of files whithout their relative path manually (uncheck "keep relative path"): https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=tips-and-tricks#copy-to-alternate-folder