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YYYY/MM/DD or even YYYY/MM definitely tends to be too granular for photos in my experience, but I've been dumping the recent year's photos / videos into a YYYY
by enobrev 6y ago
YYYY/MM/DD or even YYYY/MM definitely tends to be too granular for photos in my experience, but I've been dumping the recent year's photos / videos into a YYYY directory every January (which takes seconds to do), and it's been great. Gives me a fresh new directory for all the new media for the year, without directory fatigue when looking for older photos. I also clear out the photos / videos on my phone at the same time for the same reason.
That said, google photos is where I go to search my photos. I'd love something self-hosted, but I don't care enough to weigh options and implement something, and I especially don't care enough to build my own.
Google's File API sounds really interesting. I personally want a tag-based filesystem that can _look_ and even have interactions like directories and files, but works like a graph. There was a great discussion about that sort of filesystem in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763235
- mceachen 6y ago> I'd love something self-hosted You should try PhotoStructure. Self-hosted, runs on desktop or headless or docker, and auto organizes your photos and videos into datestamped directories using whatever pattern you want. Disclaimer: I'm the author https://blog.photostructure.com/introducing-photostructure/ https://blog.photostructure.com/introducing-photostructure/
- enobrev 6y agoThank you for the recommendation. Looking at my Downloads folder, it seems I tried it out about 6 months ago, very shortly after my son arrived. I imagine that may be why I never gave it much of a chance. I look forward to revisiting it.
- mceachen 6y agoNeat. Ping me if you have any issues (hello@photostructure.com), please. Also: this release is coming soon: https://photostructure.com/about/v-0-8/ https://photostructure.com/about/v-0-8/
- enobrev 6y agoThank you. Also, regardless of whether I end up using this, this looks to be an excellent and beautiful application. Well done!