Comment on My take on selfhosted photo management
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’m honestly so happy to be using Synology Photos. It reads my folder structure; leaves EXIF data alone; unless I want to change it (i.e. time/date); has great sort and search features; I can easily share photos/albums with people, even for them to add photos to my albums; and the mobile apps “just works” for viewing and backing up my photos and videos from multiple devices.
Yes, it’s “proprietary”, but it doesn’t hold your images hostage as something like a proprietary database would. I’m free to explore my photos using any third-party I like, simply by pointing to where they are stored on the NAS.
And while it has some OK subject recognition, I pair it with Exire Foto for mind-blowing, local AI-based search if I need to find something very specific in my collection of 125,000+ images.
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I really liked Synology Photos except for the fact that the mobile app would log itself out, presumably after a fixed time, and neglect to tell me that my photos were no longer being backed up as a result. It was infuriating and I couldn’t find a fix so I had to ditch it.
Presumably you don’t have that issue?
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’ve never had that issue on any of the devices it’s been installed on.
It’s asked me to log back in, but usually for reasons that would make sense.
On my device, I do use the Photos app quite often, so I’d know if there was a problem right away. My wife never opens her app, but I do check it from time to time to make sure that it’s still backing things up.
Alternatively, I believe the Synology Drive and Files apps also include backup functionality that might work better for you.
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Maybe it’s just something funky with my setup (using 2FA maybe?) but I never could figure it out. I’ve since switched to Immich anyway, was just curious if it affected anyone else!
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That’s a shame. Was this on iOS or Android?
How’s Immich running for you? It looks significantly more polished than when I last checked it out. I may give it a spin!