#encoded-video Folder kind of a nightmare. Working as intended?

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civic plover
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Apologies of this is a dumb question. I'm quite new to immich, and have it set up via docker on an ubuntu virtual machine and using NFS storage on my NAS. I recently discovered that the encoded-video folder is a mess In it are two main folders that are a string of numbers and letter with some hyphens (I assume corresponding to the two users?) and then within them are literally thousands of embedded folders that are two character combinations of numbers and letters. Many of these folders are completely empty, and the ones that have videos are just random strings of letters and numbers.

Is this the structure it's supposed to take? Attached a screenshot.

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smoky ermineBOT
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pearl iron
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It’s normal. Since these files are for internal use, their structure is designed for function over form. The use of UUIDs for file names avoids naming conflicts, and bucketing them into groups ensures that there aren’t too many files in any given folder (which causes performance issues on some file systems)

civic plover
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appreciate your response. I thought it might be. Thanks for your help!