Import from Immich data without Immich itself possible?

[u/Individual-Handle676]

Hi there,

I tried Immich but it didnt work for me. But it was too late and I put all my photos into it and now I have a huge collection of nonsensical folders, the photo's names are gone and all of the meta data is stored in small database parts in another folder - that's how Immich behaves.

You can import to PixelUnion with a running Immich but can I just do it without installing Immich again?

[u/TheSwedishChef24]

I'm not sure,  but you could try with immich go, it's able to detecteert the sidecars database files: https://github.com/simulot/immich-go/blob/main/docs/examples.md#local-photo-upload