Help adding External library | Immich | Page 1

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 4:24 AM

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I tried both "D:\Fun\Photos" and "D:\Fun\Photos" without double quotes. Both didn't work

devout lichen Nov 30, 2023, 4:34 AM

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Shouldn't need quotes as far as I know. Do you have your external drive mounted to the immich docker services?

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 4:38 AM

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how do I do that? i directly giving the path where I stored my photos in my laptop

devout lichen Nov 30, 2023, 1:09 PM

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Can you post your compose file? For however you deploy immich.

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 2:28 PM

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I used the one download the installation guide. I didn't update anything I think

📎 docker-compose.yml

devout lichen Nov 30, 2023, 2:37 PM

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You'll need to add the drive location to the volume section. I'm not entirely sure of the format you need for Windows.

volumes:
  - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
  - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
  - D:\Fun\Photos:<internal location>

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 4:32 PM

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devout lichen You'll need to add the drive location to the volume section. I'm not entirely su...

Thanks. I will give it a try. Do I need to redeploy and run any commands after making change or just restarting docker is enough?

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I updated like this and restarted docker. It didn't work 😦

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 4:55 PM

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i also tried

twin edge Nov 30, 2023, 7:33 PM

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Alex helped me to resolve this issue in another message thread. I am all set on this

tough bane Sep 27, 2024, 5:38 PM

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Hey every1 just wanted to see if this thread could be shared here? 🙏 thanks in advance

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"D:/.DATA media:/mnt/media/my-media:ro"
- "C:/Users/username/Desktop/my test:/mnt/media/win:ro"

these are my mount locations

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the external drive is under D and C is the local filesystem, but once I add the external libraries and re-scan, no changes happen in the size of the items

elder anvil Sep 27, 2024, 5:47 PM

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I did and this is all I had to do

thorny moat Sep 27, 2024, 6:19 PM

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Sometimes it doesn't work because the path changes. you should first mount the External with fstab, then follow the immich instruction

tough bane Sep 28, 2024, 4:40 PM

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elder anvil

Turns out this worked perfectly!

But I couldnt use my external drive, had to copy all of the assets over to my local drive and then set that as the primary location.

Thanks Marcus appreciate the help 🙏

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