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Re:My Ridiculously Robust Photo Management System (Immich Ed... by ListenLinda on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:51PM (#46840703)
seems like he missed the mark. why not sync to side-car files? What about videos?
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Re:My Ridiculously Robust Photo Management System (Immich Ed... by jmathai on Saturday January 31, 2026 @04:37PM (#46841116)
I did say it was robust…

I include video [1] and audio (.m4a) [2] files via EXIF.

For text files [3], I add a JSON block at the top to mimic EXIF.

I don’t want to deal with an additional sidecar file per asset. The risk of losing one during a transfer between systems is too high. It’s a conscious decision and not an oversight.

[1] https://github.com/jmathai/elodie/blob/2645bf25b81c63f65d6f1...

[2] https://github.com/jmathai/elodie/blob/master/elodie/media/a...

[3] https://github.com/jmathai/elodie/blob/master/elodie/media/t...

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