Immich•2y ago

Google Photos Migrate on Windows?

I recently installed and set up Immich on my local server. I am attempting to migrate from Google Photos to Immich and I have been trying to follow https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/1340?sort=top. I have tried the tools https://github.com/mattwilson1024/google-photos-exif and https://github.com/garzj/google-photos-migrate, but I simply can't seem to get past invalid directory messages. Am I doing something completely wrong or are none of these tools compatible with Windows? Thanks for any help or advice you are able to provide!

GitHub

gphotos import + albums migration · immich-app immich · Discussion ...

gphotos import + albums With this guide, you STILL have to add images that are in multiple albums manually (except for the first instance of that image, so hopefully this isn’t too many) can get al...

GitHub

GitHub - mattwilson1024/google-photos-exif: A tool to populate miss...

A tool to populate missing DateTimeOriginal EXIF metadata in Google Photos takeout, using Google's JSON metadata. - GitHub - mattwilson1024/google-photos-exif: A tool to populate missing ...

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Alex Tran•2y ago

I think posting in the discussion is helpful as well

koolkidOP•2y ago

sure thing!

ddshd•2y ago

What error are you getting? The reason I'm asking is that I was getting an error in the parent version of this repo: https://github.com/jeverling/exif-wrapper/, however, this fork has fixed the bug that caused it

koolkidOP•2y ago

if (!existsSync(googleDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified google directory does not exist.');
    }
    if (!existsSync(outputDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified output directory does not exist.');
    }
    if (!existsSync(errorDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified error directory does not exist.');
    }

if (!existsSync(googleDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified google directory does not exist.');
    }
    if (!existsSync(outputDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified output directory does not exist.');
    }
    if (!existsSync(errorDir)) {
      errs.push('The specified error directory does not exist.');
    }

those three erorrs get called, but I can cd into the same directories that I pass as arguments and the error and output directories are copied directly from the readme so they should be accessible with no problems Sorry about the janky format I’ll be able to send full error copies as soon as I get back home

Alex Tran•2y ago

Have you successfully import the takeout?

koolkidOP•2y ago

I ended up just setting up a mac and trying it on there and it works perfectly, so I guess those tools aren't compatible with Windows, at least natively

Alex Tran•2y ago

Ah, yeah I tried on Windows and had a hard time

koolkidOP•2y ago

I believe some of them should work on linux too

Alex Tran•2y ago

those systems usually work better from Linux standpoint

koolkidOP•2y ago

yeah or the dockerized scripts thanks for tuning in!

Simulot•2y ago

Hi, i just worked on my own tool for importing google photos take out. Here is the link https://github.com/simulot/immich-go. I have included a windows version in the release, but never tested it. Let me know your though on it Maybe you should give a look before sending nice reaction 😃

ddshd•2y ago

Can we collect these various tools in some place, maybe a wiki or discussion

Alex Tran•2y ago

Haven't tried it but I look at the repo, and thanks for the effort 🙂

Simulot•2y ago

your welcome. by the way, what an incredible work with immich! bravo

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