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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty much however you want. You can let it import and sort by a folder logic of your design or can make it read an already existing library without immich modifying the structure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, will have to check the docs... I remeber someone told me it can't import folder structure, but it's been a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It definitely can, it's called an "external library". I just added my entire photo collection and use Immich as a frontend to view them all

[–] skittlebrau 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Can you view an external library using your own folder structure and not in a timeline display? I was under the impression Immich can’t do that, at least not without manually creating them all as separate albums or by using a script.

Eg.

I have photos from the last 30 years stored in this type of folder structure:

2002

  • 2002-06-23 Mum’s birthday party — 2002-06-23 Mum’s birthday party-0001.TIF

I’m less interested in using it for photo backup since I’d prefer not to use an automated tool since I curate everything in my library so that it stays organised - I’m looking for something for viewing/displaying and sharing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Ah, yeah I guess you can't browse your photos using a file system view. I just meant that it won't automatically reorganize your pictures on the file system.

However you can create albums via an API call. You could probably write a script that adds each folder to an album or something.