How should I set up large External Libraries for all users?
Hello again, I have a very large External Libraries that is shared among all family members. Each family member also has his/her own smaller External Library.
How should I set up this large EL such that the scanning won't be performed multiple times unnecessarily?
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.You can make a user for the shared assets, add the shared external library to that with exclusions, then use partner share
If you add the same assets to multiple users they wil be re encoded no way to avoid that
@Zeus thank you. in order to use "partner share", I need to place all the scanned thumbnails to an album first, then share that album. Is this correct? Is it possible to just share all the photos under that common user account without placing all photos in the albums?
Partner share does share all assets yes
Not just an album
this got me puzzled...
Do you have another user on the server yet..?
yes
this common user account is the 3rd user in server
Do you have the like private users setting?
Check the admin settings. There’s an option to hide other users
okok
the admin account can add users.
searched the docs, can't locate where to hide other users within admin
Admin settings - server settings - public users, turn on
🫣 yes, found it. thx thx thx