Can't move encoded-video location
Hi all
I wanted to move my encoded-video folder to some cheap/slow/not backed storage up because my Immich was growing quite large. I added the
When I up the stack immich server immediately stops:
The first thought is the file copy has not worked or permissions are incorrect, but I can verify them:
If I rename the original encoded-videos folder back to its correct name Immich comes up. It's ignoring the encoded-videos path.
I had a friend test with his docker instance and he had the same issue with same error. So either the documentation is missing a step or there is something else going on.
Some assistance would be much appreciated.
Thanks
I wanted to move my encoded-video folder to some cheap/slow/not backed storage up because my Immich was growing quite large. I added the
ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=/media/immich/no_backup/encoded-video line to the .env file and - ${ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION}:/data/encoded-video to the compose. I also moved (with cp-ap to preserve permissions and attributes) all the files into the new location. I then renamed the original encoded-video location so I could be sure it was not being used.When I up the stack immich server immediately stops:
[Nest] 7 - 12/02/2025, 8:04:09 AM ERROR [Microservices:StorageService] Failed to read (/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/.immich): Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/.immich'
microservices worker error: Error: Failed to read: "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/encoded-video/.immich (/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/.immich) - Please see https://docs.immich.app/administration/system-integrity#folder-checks for more information.", stack: Error: Failed to read: "<UPLOAD_LOCATION>/encoded-video/.immich (/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/.immich) - Please see https://docs.immich.app/administration/system-integrity#folder-checks for more information."The first thought is the file copy has not worked or permissions are incorrect, but I can verify them:
root@immich:/media/storage/immich# docker exec -it immich_server ls -la /data/encoded-video
total 57
drwxr-x--- 7 root root 9 Dec 2 07:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 Dec 2 07:56 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Nov 30 07:28 .immich
...If I rename the original encoded-videos folder back to its correct name Immich comes up. It's ignoring the encoded-videos path.
I had a friend test with his docker instance and he had the same issue with same error. So either the documentation is missing a step or there is something else going on.
Some assistance would be much appreciated.
Thanks
