Namexif VS Photoview

If you’re using Windows you can sort the folders by Date Taken or use a tool like NameExif to rename your photos by the date taken in 2023-06-20 12:00 format so they sort correctly. Source: 11 months ago

Https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html I mean, this is like the first result on a Google search. I'm sure there are more sophisticated options if you dig harder. Source: about 1 year ago

I used NameExif https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html first to rename all my files into created YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-[event (optional)], then ran exifsort to move them all into YYYY-MM folders. Source: about 1 year ago

The Date Taken data should be preserved which is more important than the file date. You can sort your folders by Date Taken or what I do is use NameExif to rename my photos by date/time taken, which means they’ll always sort correctly and the info can never be accidentally lost. Source: almost 2 years ago

Alternatively what I do is rename my pictures by the date taken so they sort chronologically by file name using an app called Name Exif. Source: almost 2 years ago

I looked at a bunch of these 2 years ago and ended up using PhotoView for a private gallery. It had the right mix of simplicity and features, and I was actually able to get it running. https://github.com/photoview/photoview. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

I can suggest 3 options. * Photoview - It is like a gallery with recursive folder structure (folders inside folders) support. You can create shareable links for the folders, with password protection. The UI is great. And your clients will be able to download the complete folder, also individual images at either full resolution or reduced. The issue is you cannot use the UI to add or delete photos, but it can be a... Source: 12 months ago

I have tried A LOT of solutions and I finally stopped after using Nextcloud and Photoview. I synchronise files from my computer to Nextcloud using rclone and view them on Photoview whenever I need. You can sync to you nextcloud using their official app on phone. I use Photoview because I have not found a single self-hosted solution that keeps the folder structure and lets me view them as both, in folder structures... Source: about 1 year ago

Self-host and use Photoview [1], it has face recognition. I use this since 2 years with 5TB of photos (on ZFS) and it works flawlessly. It is worth it - everything under your control and you decide when to migrate. [1]:https://github.com/photoview/photoview. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

PhotoView is the only one of these I've found a) functional/usable and b) tolerable. Source: over 1 year ago