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Immich2d ago
Bronce

Changing Date & Location of an Image That Was Included as an External Library Doesn't Work

When I try to edit the date or location of a image it throws me the following error in the logs:
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056695+00:00[Nest] 7 - 05/05/2025, 5:05:06 PM  WARN [Microservices:Error: File not found - /images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056774+00:00at ReadTask._ExifToolTask_parser (/usr/src/app/node_modules/exiftool-vendored/dist/ExifToolTask.js:76:71)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056791+00:00at ReadTask.parser (/usr/src/app/node_modules/exiftool-vendored/dist/ExifToolTask.js:47:167)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056803+00:00at ReadTask._Task_resolve (/usr/src/app/node_modules/batch-cluster/dist/Task.js:146:40)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056814+00:00at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:65:5)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056826+00:00at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:526:9)] Error reading exif data (/images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp): Error: File not found - /images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056695+00:00[Nest] 7 - 05/05/2025, 5:05:06 PM  WARN [Microservices:Error: File not found - /images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056774+00:00at ReadTask._ExifToolTask_parser (/usr/src/app/node_modules/exiftool-vendored/dist/ExifToolTask.js:76:71)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056791+00:00at ReadTask.parser (/usr/src/app/node_modules/exiftool-vendored/dist/ExifToolTask.js:47:167)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056803+00:00at ReadTask._Task_resolve (/usr/src/app/node_modules/batch-cluster/dist/Task.js:146:40)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056814+00:00at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:65:5)
2025-05-05 15:05:06.056826+00:00at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:526:9)] Error reading exif data (/images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp): Error: File not found - /images-phones/Mallorca 2022/signal-2022-08-23-20-43-06-315.jpg.xmp
When is it looking for an xmp file instead trying to edit exif data?
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Immich
Immich2d ago
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Tempest
Tempest2d ago
immich will never edit exif data this is because immich will never alter an original file (it's against the immich development design). The original asset will remain unchanged, however xmp files will store additional / altered data related to the asset.
Bronce
BronceOP2d ago
ah I see makes sense! so if there is no xmp it will try to create one I suppose?
Tempest
Tempest2d ago
correct
Mraedis
Mraedis2d ago
Is your library read-only perhaps? It might have tried to edit it in the past but failed to save
Bronce
BronceOP2d ago
okay got it to work! I had to apply again permissions recursively, looked like the one sub-directory it tried to write to didn't have the permissions as the other directories Thanks for the help! Really helped me to understand better how immich is working with external libraries!
Immich
Immich2d ago
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