#Questions about file structure and multiple accounts

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lilac oriole
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I've been lurking and looking at Immich for far too long... Now it's time to do something about it 😅

I intend to run it on TrueNAS Scale. In a container.

Right now when I upload images to my NAS, the folder structure is year/month/yyymmdd_timestamp.jpg
Can I do something similar with Immich? I understand that every user might get their own folders, and that my images and my wife's images might not end up in the same folder.

Also. Is it possible to let Plex see the photos and videos uploaded to Immich through the mobile app?
Right now we use Plex for watching photos and videos. And we might continue to use it for at least videos in the future.

And speaking of me and my wife. Is there an easy way to see each other's photos in Immich. That would be extremely handy when we're selecting photos for the yearly photobook.

Thanks in advance.

cobalt nimbusBOT
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hollow wave
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  1. Yes use the storage template adn you can define the folder structure in the file system.
  2. Just point plex at the library folder where images are stored and I would assume it would be able to loop through all the folders and pickup the photos / videos
  3. There's partner sharing where you can share your entire library with another user
lilac oriole
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@hollow wave thanks for fast a precise answer! You're the man 🥳

hollow wave
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Hopefully you enjoy 🙂

lilac oriole
lilac oriole
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@hollow wave followup question
I got it started, it works, everything is nice

Now I'm looking into importing my existing libraries to Immich.
Is there a way I can import some libraries just for me, and some that would be shared with my partner?

My wife is not that interested in my images from college. But she is interested in the images we have from our time together.

Will I have to create a "private" account that then shares the private images with my main account?
And possibly do the same for my wife, as she has images too that she'd like in Immich, which I might not be interested in

hollow wave
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Unfortunately partner sharing currently is all or nothing. So yes you basically understand the concept right now. Better sharing is in the works for the future but yes if you only want to partially share, you will have to do some roundabout things

lilac oriole
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So, if A shares with B, and B shares with C, then C won't see A's images, right?

If so, that workaround would work for now

hollow wave
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I "believe" so 😂 you may have to do a little test to verify. But logically it should work like that

lilac oriole
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Awesome 😎
I'll give it a try 🙂

lilac oriole
# hollow wave Hopefully you enjoy 🙂

Just to report back
I'm now very sure I'm going to love Immich
Already very pleased with everything 😄

Soon ready to completely ditch Google Photos for good 😄

hollow wave
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Just make sure to have a good backup system in place 🙂

lilac oriole
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Everything is running on TrueNAS, with 1:1 mirror, snapshots, and then off-location backups to backblaze

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I do hosting as a side hustle.
I've learned to have proper backup policies 😄