Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#1

Post by dkn775 » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 6:13 PM UTC

I want to be able to use my raspberry pi to access my media drives from in and out the house, hopefully have some other tools like network monitoring and photo galleries and iOS integration.

I liked how umbrel setup, but I am wondering if there is something less crypto focused? Umbrel used tailscale to connect which is I am fine with. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#2

Post by WallyFunk » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

I got these from here: https://github.com/AwesomeDog/awesome-nas

https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism

https://hub.docker.com/r/viktorstrate/photoview

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#3

Post by AlexITC » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 7:20 PM UTC

WallyFunk wrote: post #2

I got these from here: https://github.com/AwesomeDog/awesome-nas https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism https://hub.docker.com/r/viktorstrate/photoview

These look very cool, I wonder if there is anything supporting rokutv to set photo wallpapers picked from my server, do you happen to know any?

Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#4

Post by mayankchhabra » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 7:26 PM UTC

Curious what aspects of Umbrel do you find not satisfactory? I know you said you'd like to see something less crypto focused. Is it the selection of crypto-oriented apps in the app store that you don't like to see? (And I totally get if that's the case, just trying to understand.)

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#5

Post by johng » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 7:29 PM UTC

I recently found out about Immich and it’s been amazing. It even syncs from my iPhone. Very happy.

https://immich.app/

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#6

Post by dkn775 » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 8:15 PM UTC

mayankchhabra wrote: post #4

Curious what aspects of Umbrel do you find not satisfactory? I know you said you'd like to see something less crypto focused. Is it the selection of crypto-oriented apps in the app store that you don't like to see? (And I totally get if that's the case, just trying to understand.)

Can I connect an external hdd to the pi that isn’t running umbrel and use it to host the files shared via umbrel file browser?

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#7

Post by awsanswers » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2 very fast and lightweight. Only an image gallery

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#8

Post by kompleksanda » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 12:47 AM UTC

AlexITC wrote: post #3

WallyFunk wrote: post #2

I got these from here: https://github.com/AwesomeDog/awesome-nas https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism https://hub.docker.com/r/viktorstrate/photoview

These look very cool, I wonder if there is anything supporting rokutv to set photo wallpapers picked from my server, do you happen to know any? Thanks.

> These look very cool, I wonder if there is anything supporting rokutv to set photo wallpapers picked from my .

Re: Ask HN: Use RPi to host my photos, simple solution like umbrel?

#9

Post by mayankchhabra » Mon, Aug 07, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

dkn775 wrote: post #6

mayankchhabra wrote: post #4

Curious what aspects of Umbrel do you find not satisfactory? I know you said you'd like to see something less crypto focused. Is it the selection of crypto-oriented apps in the app store that you don't like to see? (And I totally get if that's the case, just trying to understand.)

Can I connect an external hdd to the pi that isn’t running umbrel and use it to host the files shared via umbrel file browser?

Ah unfortunately that's not supported. When running umbrelOS on a Raspberry Pi, it stores everything on the HDD/SSD you connect to the Pi on install to make sure your data isn't susceptible to microSD card's wear and tear. So if you change the HDD/SSD, it will format the drive and use it as the main drive. And connecting two or more drives to the Pi isn't supported because the Pi lacks power to support more than 1 drive at once, causing abnormal behavior.