v1.119.0

[alextran1502]

v1.119.0

Caution

The env variable for the host binding was erroneously named HOST instead of IMMICH_HOST (which is how it was listed in the docs). This has been corrected in this release.
If you were using the HOST env var in your setup before, please update it to IMMICH_HOST.

If you are using the built-in Prometheus endpoint for monitoring, please read on. If not, you can ignore this section.

The following env variables have been removed:

• IMMICH_METRICS
• IMMICH_API_METRICS
• IMMICH_HOST_METRICS
• IMMICH_IO_METRICS
• IMMICH_JOB_METRICS

Use IMMICH_TELEMETRY_INCLUDE / IMMICH_TELEMETRY_EXCLUDE instead.

Examples:

-- IMMICH_METRICS=true
++ IMMICH_TELEMETRY_INCLUDE=all

-- IMMICH_METRICS=true
-- IMMICH_HOST_METRICS=false
++ IMMICH_TELEMETRY_INCLUDE=all
++ IMMICH_TELEMETRY_EXCLUDE=host

-- IMMICH_API_METRICS=true
-- IMMICH_HOST_METRICS=true
++ IMMICH_TELEMETRY_INCLUDE=api,host

Welcome to release v1.119.0 of Immich. This release focuses on fixing issues surrounding video encoding and thumbnail generation for a variety of old and new formats, along with minor improvements across the app. Some of the highlights below:

• Create new OAuth users without passwords
• Debounce email notifications for album changes
• Improve mobile app layout on tablets
• VAAPI hardware decoding
• Notable fix: Face Detection using excessive RAM with OpenVINO
• Notable fix: transcodes not playing in the mobile app in certain situations

VAAPI hardware decoding

Prior to this release, Immich only used VAAPI for video encoding; it still used the CPU for decoding and tone-mapping. This release adds end-to-end acceleration for VAAPI, making transcoding much faster with lower CPU utilization. With this addition, every supported acceleration API now has end-to-end acceleration in Immich.

If you use VAAPI hardware acceleration, you can enable hardware decoding in the transcoding settings to take advantage of this change.

Transcoding fix for mobile

When the source video is Dolby Vision, transcodes sometimes either didn't play in the mobile app, or only the audio was played. In particular, this meant that many videos captured on iOS could not be viewed on Android.

This issue has been fixed. However, existing transcodes of Dolby Vision videos created using Immich 1.114.0 - 1.118.2 will still have the issue and will need to be re-transcoded for correct playback in these cases.

To re-transcode affected videos, you can either select them in the web app and choose the Refresh encoded videos option or go to the Job Status page and click All next to Transcode Videos.

Note: you only need to do this if you encounter playback issues for these videos.

Support Immich

If you find the project helpful, you can support Immich by purchasing a product key at https://buy.immich.app.

Cheers! 🍻

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What's Changed

🚨 Breaking Changes

• refactor(server): move host env to config repo by @jrasm91 in refactor(server): move host env to config repo #13507
• refactor(server): telemetry env variables by @danieldietzler in refactor(server): telemetry env variables #13705

🚀 Features

• feat(server): vaapi hardware decoding by @mertalev in feat(server): vaapi hardware decoding #13561

🌟 Enhancements

• feat: show warning when running main branch build by @bo0tzz in feat: show warning when running main branch build #13462
• fix(server): Allow passwordless users when oauth enabled by @jedi04 in fix(server): Allow passwordless users when oauth enabled #13517
• feat(web): Change relink person icon from minus to pencil by @CrushedAsian255 in feat(web): Change relink person icon from minus to pencil #13536
• fix(web): improve photosphere viewer settings by @grgergo1 in fix(web): improve photosphere viewer settings #13468
• feat(server): add pcm_s16le accepted audio codec by @pyorot in feat(server): add pcm_s16le accepted audio codec #13418
• feat(server): wait five minutes before sending email on new album item by @HeyBanditoz in feat(server): wait five minutes before sending email on new album item #12223
• chore(mobile): proper new UI layout for tablet by @alextran1502 in chore(mobile): proper new UI layout for tablet #13650
• chore(mobile): thumbnail image ui improvements by @dvbthien in chore(mobile): thumbnail image ui improvements  #13655
• feat: Use video thumbnail for GIF types by @Pranay-Pandey in feat: Use video thumbnail for GIF types #13677
• feat(ml): configurable batch size for facial recognition by @mertalev in feat(ml): configurable batch size for facial recognition #13689

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix(server): never try to parse Duration from exif data by @jrasm91 in fix(server): never try to parse Duration from exif data #13497
• fix: person update state inconsistencies by @danieldietzler in fix: person update state inconsistencies #13556
• fix: web search add to album reactivity by @danieldietzler in fix: web search add to album reactivity #13539
• fix(web): intersection observer not triggered to load more people by @alextran1502 in fix(web): intersection observer not triggered to load more people #13589
• fix(server): encodes iPhone 16 Pro video with unknown audio codec by @alextran1502 in fix(server): encodes iPhone 16 Pro video with unknown audio codec #13593
• fix(server): Revert "fix(server): copy video projection metadata for 360 videos (fix(server): copy video projection metadata for 360 videos #12376)" by @mertalev in fix(server): Revert "fix(server): copy video projection metadata for 360 videos (#12376)" #13611
• fix(mobile): Fix minor issues with downloading assets by @dvbthien in fix(mobile): Fix minor issues with downloading assets #13609
• fix(web): reset select all button state on escape press by @darrelhong in fix(web): reset select all button state on escape press #13600
• fix(server): only allow absolute import paths by @etnoy in fix(server): only allow absolute import paths #13642
• feat(web): allow changing shared user role in album options modal by @AnimeshKotka in feat(web): allow changing shared user role in album options modal #13654
• fix(server): add ld_library_path in start.sh by @mertalev in fix(server): add ld_library_path in start.sh #13686
• fix(server): nan transcoding estimate by @mertalev in fix(server): nan transcoding estimate #13693
• fix: Add debouncing to the search popup form by @Pranay-Pandey in fix: Add debouncing to the search popup form #13684
• fix(web): add crossorigin to link manifest for PWA by @automaton82 in fix(web): add crossorigin to link manifest for PWA #13708
• fix: duplicated library scan jobs and api server library watch by @zackpollard in fix: duplicated library scan jobs and api server library watch #13734
• fix: X years ago ordering by @darrelhong in fix: X years ago ordering #13742

📚 Documentation

• chore(docs): add Thai README by @richeyphu in chore(docs): add Thai README #13591
• chore(docs): update _storage-template.md by @chriskoch in chore(docs): update _storage-template.md #13578
• docs: add qsv note for jasper lake cpus by @evie-lau in docs: add qsv note for jasper lake cpus #13622
• docs: add warning to repair page by @polgarc in docs: add warning to repair page #13640
• feat(docs): add mention to purchase to support immich page by @CrushedAsian255 in feat(docs): add mention to purchase to support immich page #13612
• fix: Add DB_DATA_LOCATION config. by @Sweebah in fix: Add DB_DATA_LOCATION config. #13754

🌐 Translations

• chore(web): update translations by @weblate in chore(web): update translations #13443
• chore: move weblate translations to root directory by @ben-basten in chore: move weblate translations to root directory #13604

New Contributors

• @jedi04 made their first contribution in fix(server): Allow passwordless users when oauth enabled #13517
• @CrushedAsian255 made their first contribution in feat(web): Change relink person icon from minus to pencil #13536
• @grgergo1 made their first contribution in fix(web): improve photosphere viewer settings #13468
• @richeyphu made their first contribution in chore(docs): add Thai README #13591
• @chriskoch made their first contribution in chore(docs): update _storage-template.md #13578
• @HeyBanditoz made their first contribution in feat(server): wait five minutes before sending email on new album item #12223
• @dvbthien made their first contribution in fix(mobile): Fix minor issues with downloading assets #13609
• @darrelhong made their first contribution in fix(web): reset select all button state on escape press #13600
• @jrstrunk made their first contribution in chore(docs): correct two small typos #13644
• @evie-lau made their first contribution in docs: add qsv note for jasper lake cpus #13622
• @polgarc made their first contribution in docs: add warning to repair page #13640
• @AnimeshKotka made their first contribution in feat(web): allow changing shared user role in album options modal #13654
• @Pranay-Pandey made their first contribution in feat: Use video thumbnail for GIF types #13677
• @automaton82 made their first contribution in fix(web): add crossorigin to link manifest for PWA #13708
• @Sweebah made their first contribution in fix: Add DB_DATA_LOCATION config. #13754

Full Changelog: v1.118.2...v1.119.0

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This discussion was created from the release v1.119.0.

[Morthor]

[CrushedAsian255]

Have you opened a support ticket on the Discord?

[alextran1502]

sounds like your file system at UPLOAD_LOCATION is unmounted

[Morthor]

Apologies. It was an issue on my side.

[alextran1502]

No problem, thanks for reporting!

[T0ytoy]

Thank you for the update! As always, it is greatly appreciated.
I have a question: what is hardware decoding useful for? Currently on my instance, every video I upload is initially transcoded (using hardware acceleration!) into a lighter h264 version and stored, this version is then used when a user try to see a video from the app or webpage.

Would hardware decoding let me disable h264 encoding of all my videos, saving space on disk, by encoding video on-the-fly when a user wants to play a video? That would probably be ideal for me, since I only have 1-3 max concurrent users at all time.

Thank you!

[alextran1502]

Hardware transcoding only helps with speeding up the transcoding process

[T0ytoy]

Could you explain to me what is the difference between 1.118 and 1.119 regarding VAAPI hardware acceleration of video transcoding, if I already enabled VAAPI hardware transcoding in 1.118? Is the difference that before, it used hardware acceleration on part of the transcoding process (of newly added videos), and now it uses it on the whole transcoding process, making it faster (for the same end result)?

I hope I'm making myself clear enough, thank you for your time ;)

[mertalev]

Is the difference that before, it used hardware acceleration on part of the transcoding process (of newly added videos), and now it uses it on the whole transcoding process, making it faster (for the same end result)?

Exactly this.

[yu-jingrui]

Android app still at 1.118.0 in play store?

[alextran1502]

Yeah PlayStore is getting very slow with their review process

[drmcachr]

Tablets UI still has many blank between photos

[alextran1502]

You should open an issue and provide where is this view from, which settings have you used so we can track and fix it

[Meliox]

I think it is the same as this one. #13808 that you fixed yesterday.
In portrait mode I see this when <= 3 thumbnails and in horizontal mode <= 4 thumbnails on my tab s9 - immich 1.119.1.
I see this on all pages, main, search, library (don't have albums to confirm). Let me know if you want me to create a ticket should above not fix it