I got immich with SSO up and running. It runs like a dream compared to Photoprism and is simple enough for me, but also has necessary features like user accounts.

There is one thing I couldn’t find in the docs:

I already have a library of 5000 photos and 150 videos on my server that sync to my phone with Syncthing to 4 different directories (one for each phone I took the photos on) in Immich. Right now I have that directory as an external library, but I don’t think this is the “right way.”

My goal:

  • No duplicates between phone app and desktop app
  • Don’t have to re-upload every image from my phone as my network is 100/30 mbps
  • Am able to manage my photos from the Immich app and web app (deleting photos that will propagate between devices)

Can I just map the “Upload” folder to that syncthing photo base folder and get parity between my phone and my server? Or do I have to re-upload everything from my phone? Or am I waiting for a feature that doesn’t quite exist yet? I noticed some feature discussions about photo hashing and de-duplication.

I tried asking in a discussion on the repo, but nobody answers those much.

  • lal309@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This is the only thing keeping me from moving everything from PhotoPrism to Immich. I have over 40,000 objects (photos and videos) on my server already. If I could somehow get immich up and going on and have immich “recognize” this giant directory of objects without having to reupload everything, I would switch tonight.