Submitted 3 weeks ago by blinfabian@feddit.nl to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I have a complete file structure with years on years worth of photos and videos. I’ve learned you can add an external library to Immich and it’ll scan the pics you have there, but is it possible for it to scan recursivley?
for example i give the path “/mnt/drive” and immich can find “/mnt/drive/cat/picture.jpeg”. is this possible?
Yes, it will scan recursively.
One option you have is to import your organized files into Immich through the immich-cli. That will make sure it ends up in the intended file structure.
I think it sould work, but That’s why I went for homegallery (single binary executable)
Are you using the CLI importer tool?
This might be relevant:
github.com/Salvoxia/immich-folder-album-creator
I haven’t tried it myself, but I did see it referenced in another thread.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Yes. It’d be pretty silly of it not to.
I just gave it my giant lightroom library.
blinfabian@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
HOW i need it
Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Like you have it running and added but it’s not scanning?
I can check my config later today if nobody else replies sooner.