Comment by jacomoRodriguez
20 hours ago
Habe you tried nextcloud + memories app? Every metadata is stored in EXIF and the directory structure on disk defines the directory structure in the app (and vice versa). When you want to move your tooling or just do things manual again, grab the disk and your are ready.
People are really sleeping on nc memories, does all the good things but none of the "I decide how your images are stored and nothing else should touch them" that immich does.
When I checked half a year ago memories (with the nc ecosystem) was still ahead in terms of features (gallery specific), albeit object tagging is rather crap in nc (faces better)
What do you mean by the first part ? Does immich store the metadata or something in a proprietary format ?
I'm very happy with Memories.
I store my pictures on a NAS jail. That directory is mounted read-only on another jail with NC and Memories. I like the guarantee that my gallery app cannot alter my files.
Also, many gallery apps don't allow browsing a directory tree. You have one level of "albums" and that's it. Memories support it. I have pictures 5-6 directories deep, following a system that makes sense to me.
Where it does store the metadata or database info ?
In the NextCloud instance somewhere.
I used memories for a while but Immich is much better. I use an external library because I export images from Lightroom Classic and that's where I throw them in YYYY/MM directories. I could import them directly into Immich but I had problems with the Lightroom plugin I used. Especially when exporting hundreds of images at once.
Any chance you’re doing this for film photography? I also use a plugin (Negative Lab Pro) for negative inversion of film scans that keeps me stuck on Lightroom Classic. It would be great to get a pipeline beyond Classic but with the ability to jump back and re-edit. Curious if you have more details on what you do/don’t connect into Immich from Lightroom.
what would you say: which features from Immich are better / not available in nc memories?
> Have you tried nextcloud + memories app? Every metadata is stored in EXIF and the directory structure on disk defines the directory structure in the app (and vice versa).
Ouch. One feature I love with Immich is that I can run it as Docker containers (I think it requires four containers) and pass the drive/volume with my photos as read-only, so I'm sure Immich cannot possibly modify my files.
The last thing I want is the latest solution du jour modifying my files.