compose requirements for mediakit access to external mounts?

[tincanfury]

the standard docker compose for mediakit only has the following volume mounted from the immich installation,
- ${IMMICH_PATH}:/immich:ro # Read-only access to Immich photos

the readme only says the following,

External library considerations

-     Ensure external library paths are not set to read-only if using Docker Compose
-     Enable Immich's recycle bin feature before processing external libraries
-     Remember that MediaKit reads from Immich thumbnails, so original file locations don't affect similarity detection

If I have external mounts that don't mount under the standard $IMMICH_PATH location what is the correct way to mount them for medakit to gain access to them?

[RazgrizHsu]

Hi @tincanfury,

Could you clarify what specific external data you're referring to?

MediaKit is designed to work exclusively with Immich's data structure. The current implementation reads:

• Photo metadata from Immich's PostgreSQL database
• Thumbnail images from Immich's storage paths

The standard IMMICH_PATH mount should provide access to all necessary Immich data, including:

• Upload directory
• Thumbnails
• Profile pictures
• Any libraries configured within Immich

If you have additional requirements:

If you need MediaKit to access data outside of Immich's standard structure, you would need to modify the source code yourself. MediaKit isn't designed to handle external data sources beyond what Immich manages.

Questions to help clarify:

1. What specific external data are you trying to access?
2. Is this data that Immich itself can't see?
3. Are you using Immich's external library feature, and if so, are those paths not accessible through the standard IMMICH_PATH?

This will help determine if there's a configuration issue or if custom code modifications are indeed needed.