Immich•3y ago

Use an USB Drive as UPLOAD_DESTINATION and already having files

Hi again , sorry to bother you again but I didn't find the solution in the docs. I have an harddrive of ~20000 pictures that I want to use as an external storage. Is there a way to "import" the pictures without uploading them ? since they are alreay on the drive. Not sure if I am clear...
Thank you !

bo0tzz•9/12/23, 9:34 PM

https://immich.app/docs/features/read-only-gallery

Read-only Gallery [Experimental] | Immich

Overview

AntoineGOP•9/12/23, 9:37 PM

Thanks for your fast answer. I saw that but there are a couple thing that don't suit me : 1 - i don't want the library to be read-only since it will be the main storage 2 - it still needs to "copy" the files that are already on the drive

AntoineGOP•9/12/23, 9:40 PM

will I need to move all my files on another hardrive and send it back through immich npm ?

AntoineGOP•9/12/23, 9:58 PM

Think I found my way : https://immich.app/docs/features/bulk-upload do you think it would suit my requirements ?

Bulk Upload (Using the CLI) | Immich

You can use the CLI to upload an existing gallery to the Immich server

AAntoineG Think I found my way : https://immich.app/docs/features/bulk-upload do you think...

bo0tzz•9/13/23, 6:30 AM

This will copy all the files, but it should work yeah

bo0tzz•9/13/23, 6:30 AM

Your exact use case isn't fully supported yet

AntoineGOP•9/13/23, 2:41 PM

I did it with bulk upload but it seems that --album didn't work..; is it a know issue ?

AntoineGOP•9/13/23, 3:26 PM

or do we need to upload each folder separately ?

Use an USB Drive as UPLOAD_DESTINATION and already having files

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