[jve]

> - photos: NextCloud

If you don't mind horrible experience viewing photos/videos via nextcloud, go on. In my case this was unusable. Thumbnails not pregenerated even after trying (Yeah, didn't spend whole day on that issue) and generates on the fly. So viewing larger directory is... rubbish. Videos don't play as nice not to say they don't even have thumbnails. Feels like "guest book" from 2000 - no features that auto organizes stuff - just a directory with photos and you're on your own with unorganized mess of photos.

How great was HN when it suggested me https://photoprism.app/ - and it really just works! Nice, performant, featureful, yet feels lightweight. Finally I can view my photos.

I still use nextcloud just for sync and photoprism just has directory mounted as readonly. Still, sync from phone feels heavy along with "failed to sync" errors and just hangs doing nothing... I long to try out syncthing - but then I loose web access to documents which.. maybe someone can suggest some frontend for that?

Someone also suggested https://photostructure.com/ - it looks decent, haven't tried out.

[Georgelemental]

Nextcloud released a new version of their photos app a few days ago (https://nextcloud.com/blog/announcing-nextcloud-hub-3-brand-...). Haven't had the chance to try it yet though

[znpy]

What’s the difference between nextcloud hub and the good old nextcloud server?

[bklaasen]

No difference. Just a branding exercise.

Nextcloud will soon be at version 25, which will also be named Nextcloud Hub 3. Frank Karlitchek talks about this during the Q&A, about an hour and a half into the video linked below.

However there are major improvements coming in that new version, specifically to the Photos app[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJXZzqsv8A&t=1103

[mceachen]

I'm the author of PhotoStructure: AMA, or hop into our discord! https://photostructure.com/go/discord

[neurostimulant]

Plex is pretty good for viewing stored video and photos (pre-generated thumbnails and video transcoding + preview), while NextCloud is pretty good at syncing them. Install both and point plex to the synced photos and videos directory in the server.

[waynesonfire]

works fine for me