Yes. It'd be pretty silly of it not to.
I just gave it my giant lightroom library.
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HOW i need it
Like you have it running and added but it's not scanning?
I can check my config later today if nobody else replies sooner.
https://docs.immich.app/features/libraries/
External libraries use import paths to determine which files to scan. Each library can have multiple import paths so that files from different locations can be added to the same library. Import paths are scanned recursively, and if a file is in multiple import paths, it will only be added once.
Have you double checked your folder permissions?
i double checken permissions and when i set its path to "/mnt/drive/cat" it can find every pic in there. but as mentioned when i set the path to "/mnt/drive" it cannot look into the folders i have on /drive. is there a setting i need to enable or something?
Are you running it in docker? If so, did you bind the mount properly? Exec into sh in the container and manually test the folder.
If not docker, su to the immich user and test the same thing.
i dont think its in docker. i run it as an app in truenas. and it does have the permissions to all folders in the main folder
Yes it's docker... Immich is only deployed via docker.
Indeed its your docker mount points / volumes.
One option you have is to import your organized files into Immich through the immich-cli. That will make sure it ends up in the intended file structure.
This might be relevant:
https://github.com/Salvoxia/immich-folder-album-creator
I haven't tried it myself, but I did see it referenced in another thread.
I think it sould work, but That's why I went for homegallery (single binary executable)
Yes, it will scan recursively.
Are you using the CLI importer tool?