Rename all existing files using Storage Template
Hi everyone, when I initially set up immich, I kept the {{filename}} in the template, but it didn't quite work out the way I intended.
I've since updated the storage template to "{{y}}/{{y}}-{{MM}}/{{filetype}}{{dd}}-{{MMM}}-{{yy}}{{HH}}{{mm}}{{ss}}" to get something along these lines "UPLOAD_LOCATION/library/admin/2022/2022-02/IMG_03-Feb-22_045605.jpg".
The issue I'm facing is, when I run the " STORAGE TEMPLATE MIGRATION" job, it mentions "Apply the current Storage Template to previously uploaded assets" but it only shows "1" under "Active" for a brief moment and then finishes and only applies changes to the folder structure and not individual files.
What I want is for all the files to get renamed according to the new storage template without having to remove and reupload everything.
Is there a way I could go about this? I'm running immich v1.133.0 v1.33.1 (updated as part of the checklist below) as a docker container on ubuntu server.
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I guess you should show your template settings screenshot and what you see / what you expect
Storage Template:
What I expect is for it to rename all the existing images and videos and show that it's doing that like it does for metadata extraction:
What it actually does:
That’s totally normal.
The issue I'm facing is that, in the storage template settings, it says this:
Sure, you haven’t shown the file of issue
So far everything you’ve shown is working properly. 1 job covers all files
Implying I can retroactively apply the template to previously uploaded assets by running the storage template migration job. But it only applies to the folder structure when I do that, where as it applies to all files and their names when it happens for the first time
That's the thing, When I go into the "Folder" view, I can confirm that none of the files have had their filenames changed. after that job. They still have wildly different filenames, unlike the template I set.
When I first set up the immich container, it did have an impact on the filenames. But I did not set the template up the way I intend as I did not quite know what I wanted regarding that. I'm trying to retroactively apply the template and rename all the files. But that is not happening when I run the storage template migration job.
Oh wow... I think I have found the issue....
The "Explorer" / "Folder" view in immich shows the old file names on the thumbnails for some reason. I've navigated to the same folder and the files have actually been renamed 🤦
I've run a job to regenerate thumbnails now to see if the filenames I was seeing are related in some way to them. Writing here when it finishes the generation.
If that’s actually true that sounds like a bug
Well, is it showing the old name, or just the IMG_xxxx name
The visual issue did not get resolved by regenerating all the thumbnails so the filenames displayed in the folder view are not related to the thumbnails
Here is an example
This is the filename shown in the folder view
And here is that same file's filename when I navigate to it
So, the storage template migration job was actually doing what it was supposed to all along. It's just that I was checking the results in the wrong place and that's what caused my confusion.
That's my bad, but it definitely is a bug of sorts, just not one that would affect too many people as I doubt everyone enables the folder view anyway 🤷
Before I close this thread as the issue I was having is resolved, is there something I should to to report this bug vith the folder view? 🙂
And, also, thank you for jumping in to help!
That name doesn’t seem related to immich at all. Is it the original name of the file? The folder view might show that
Yes, it's the original filename
That might not be a bug. I would have to check on my instance
The part that confused me was that when I finally checked what the file is named now, it is named the way immich named it using the template. But, its' just that the folder view shows the original file name, and not the actual current one.
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