.env file custom location path problem, can't use window physical path

[hushed copper]

My Desktop Docker all files location is installed in C:\Users\nasho.docker\immich-app disk I want to move all media (only videos, photos) to X:\immich-app how do I change it?
Please help me please I've been working on this for a long time and it still doesn't work!

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[hushed copper]

The pth of the immich C:\Users\nasho.docker\immich-app

I want change to X:\immich-app

[torn bear]

What have you tried so far?

You should be able to just docker compose down, move the entire folder, then docker compose up

[hushed copper]

I've searched all over and either the file doesn't work or immich is broken by me.

[torn bear]

You'll need to post more detail than this for me to help you

What have you tried exactly, what error messages and such are you getting?

I see you're also still posting more threads and comments elsewhere, please don't do that

[hushed copper]

Sorry it's a bit hard to understand since I'm not familiar with Docker, but I did follow the guide and the only changes I made were to modify the .env and docker-compose.yml but I'm not sure how to modify my path into the format it needs.

The file says this:

You can find documentation for all supported environment variables at here.

Customize the storage location for uploaded, thumbnail and transcoded video files

• UPLOAD_LOCATION=. /library

• UPLOAD_LOCATION=/custom/location/on/your/system/immich/immich_files
• THUMB_LOCATION=/custom/location/on/your/system/immich/thumbs
• ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=/custom/location/on/your/system/immich/encoded-video
• PROFILE_LOCATION=/custom/location/on/your/system/immich/profile
  But what does the path /custom/location/on/your/system/immich/profile mean? I can't find her in the window.

[hushed copper]

file UPLOAD_LOCATION=/custom/location/on/your/system/immich/immich_files
This paragraph /custom/location/on/your/system/immich/immich_files
I can't figure out how to type
I can't find this path in window.
So how do I translate the address I want to the address the file needs?

[torn bear]

I think you can just write X:\immich-app

[hushed copper]

so I can write like this ?

You can find documentation for all the supported env variables here

Custom location where your uploaded, thumbnails, and transcoded video files are stored

• UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library

• UPLOAD_LOCATION=X:\immich-app
• THUMB_LOCATION=X:\immich-app
• ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=X:\immich-app
• PROFILE_LOCATION=X:\immich-app

[torn bear]

You don't need all the extra ones, just UPLOAD_LOCATION, unless you're trying to separate things out in which case they need to be different paths

[hushed copper]

So I just need to change UPLOAD_LOCATION= this path other like:
PROFILE_LOCATION=
ENCODED_VIDEO_LOCATION=
THUMB_LOCATION=
Don't need to chande right?
But somebody say need to change docker-compose.yml too right?

[torn bear]

I don't know exactly what you're trying to do or what you're looking at

But I think you can just forget about all those extra _LOCATION vars, all you need is the default one

[hushed copper]

change where media is stored because there is no space for media in my Docker storage.

[hushed copper]

I can try to see if I can get back to you later, I hope you can continue to help me, thank you!

[torn bear]

Right, so just change UPLOAD_LOCATION to where you want it and copy the files over

[hushed copper]

So it's a change in .env.
Docker-compose.yml does not need to be changed?
Will there be no problem with the Server? (Synchronization problem)

[torn bear]

Yes
Indeed
You need to copy the files to the new folder of course

[hushed copper]

The location where your uploaded files are stored

UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
So I just change to

The location where your uploaded files are stored

UPLOAD_LOCATION=X:\immich-app
like this? But does the fact that his symbols are oriented differently cause the formatting to be out of order? (, /)

[hushed copper]

Failed, the file was not transferred to X:\immich-app after restart.

[torn bear]

You need to copy the files yourself

[hushed copper]

Please find time to take a look at it for me, please.

[hushed copper]

Currently the media is still stored where it was, and after testing and restarting it is still the same.

[hushed copper]

Our Windows path is C:\Users\asus\Anaconda3 and its corresponding Linux path is /mnt/c/Users/asus/Anaconda3, you need to do the following to convert the Windows path to Linux path:

Remove the colon from the win path.
Change the C in the win path to a lowercase c;
Add /mnt/ in front of the win path;
You need to replace the backslash \ with a slash /;

I followed the above rules to make the changes

[hushed copper]

I'm really sorry to take so long.

[hushed copper]

Have you considered a more detailed guide?

[torn bear]

If you change the path from /a/ to /b/ then you need to manually copy the files from /a/ to /b/ as well. What part is not clear?

[hushed copper]

Unfortunately, I've reinstalled it twice and failed in both attempts.

Could you please find some time for me to do a live broadcast and let you teach me?