Files Got Lost after Migration
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After upgrading Immich to the new data structure, I realized that the original photos are no longer available for download. The file paths shown in the UI no longer exist, because previously I had a different upload path for the original photos (/mnt/HDDs/photos), while thumbnails and other data were stored under immich/data (/mnt/HDDs/Applications/immich/data).
The photos still appear correctly in the browser and within Immich, likely because the thumbnails and metadata are intact. However, attempting to download any photo results in nothing being downloaded. Photos that originally existed on my phone have since been re-synced, but the older originals are missing.
At the moment, I have photos located in both paths: newly added photos in the newer path (/mnt/HDDs/Applications/immich/data/library), and older/unsynced originals in the previous location (/mnt/HDDs/photos). I tried adding the old path as an external library, but Immich detects the files as duplicates.
Is there a way to re-import the original images from the old directory while retaining the existing media info, metadata, and associations? Or what would be the best approach to resolve this situation going forward?
The photos still appear correctly in the browser and within Immich, likely because the thumbnails and metadata are intact. However, attempting to download any photo results in nothing being downloaded. Photos that originally existed on my phone have since been re-synced, but the older originals are missing.
At the moment, I have photos located in both paths: newly added photos in the newer path (/mnt/HDDs/Applications/immich/data/library), and older/unsynced originals in the previous location (/mnt/HDDs/photos). I tried adding the old path as an external library, but Immich detects the files as duplicates.
Is there a way to re-import the original images from the old directory while retaining the existing media info, metadata, and associations? Or what would be the best approach to resolve this situation going forward?
